MySQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 206 164
Rank change year-on-year -138 -42 -12
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 444 712 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.62% 1.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.60% 9.43% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 355 583 1,550
10th Percentile £34,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,625 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

MySQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,930 7,552 17,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.77% 17.20% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,796 5,097 12,530
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MySQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MySQL job vacancy trend in the UK

MySQL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -117 410 £55,000 - 146
UK excluding London -127 307 £50,000 - 125
Work from Home -65 162 £52,130 -0.70% 75
London -75 102 £75,000 +19.52% 33
North of England -88 88 £50,000 -4.76% 43
South East -49 87 £55,000 +10.00% 43
North West -43 47 £55,000 - 23
Midlands -65 46 £42,500 -10.53% 13
South West -74 43 £55,000 -8.33% 11
East of England -30 33 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Yorkshire -56 31 £49,500 +4.21% 17
East Midlands -38 25 £37,500 -6.25% 8
West Midlands -40 21 £46,250 -13.15% 5
North East -45 10 £47,500 -11.63% 3
Scotland -22 5 £58,000 +5.45% 2
Wales -42 3 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Northern Ireland -38 2 £62,500 -26.47%

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.28%) CMS
3 18 (4.05%) Apache Spark
4 16 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (3.60%) nginx
5 15 (3.38%) Apache
6 13 (2.93%) WordPress
7 10 (2.25%) Confluence
8 9 (2.03%) IIS
9 7 (1.58%) Drupal
10 5 (1.13%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.68%) JBoss
11 3 (0.68%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.23%) Camunda
13 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.80%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.70%) Shopify
2 3 (0.68%) Magento
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 205 (46.17%) AWS
2 111 (25.00%) Azure
3 67 (15.09%) GCP
4 45 (10.14%) SaaS
5 32 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (6.31%) GitHub
7 26 (5.86%) Power Platform
8 25 (5.63%) Serverless
9 17 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (3.15%) Amazon S3
12 12 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.80%) Entra ID
15 7 (1.58%) Amazon ECR
15 7 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.58%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 7 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.73%) Firewall
2 18 (4.05%) VPN
3 9 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.80%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.80%) SAN
5 7 (1.58%) Broadband
5 7 (1.58%) DNS
5 7 (1.58%) Network Security
5 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.13%) VLAN
7 4 (0.90%) HTTP
7 4 (0.90%) MQTT
7 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.68%) DHCP
8 3 (0.68%) LoRaWAN
8 3 (0.68%) RTP
8 3 (0.68%) SSH
8 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.68%) VoIP
8 3 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (26.13%) PostgreSQL
2 109 (24.55%) SQL Server
3 66 (14.86%) Relational Database
4 63 (14.19%) NoSQL
5 62 (13.96%) MongoDB
6 24 (5.41%) Power BI
7 23 (5.18%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (4.50%) Apache Cassandra
8 20 (4.50%) MariaDB
9 16 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (3.38%) RDBMS
11 14 (3.15%) DynamoDB
12 12 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (2.03%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (1.80%) Big Data
15 8 (1.80%) Neo4j
16 7 (1.58%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (1.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 100 (22.52%) Git
2 22 (4.95%) GitLab
3 17 (3.83%) JIRA
4 11 (2.48%) PHPUnit
5 9 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.13%) JUnit
7 5 (1.13%) Vite
8 4 (0.90%) Mockito
8 4 (0.90%) NUnit
9 3 (0.68%) Gradle
9 3 (0.68%) Maven
10 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.45%) Selenium
10 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.45%) Subversion
11 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.23%) MSTest
11 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 100 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 61 (13.74%) Finance
3 49 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.86%) Law
5 20 (4.50%) Health Technology
6 19 (4.28%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.15%) Retail
8 13 (2.93%) Banking
8 13 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.58%) Advertising
10 7 (1.58%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.35%) Marketing
12 5 (1.13%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.90%) Social Housing
14 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Front Office
15 2 (0.45%) Back Office
15 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 183 (41.22%) Developer
2 101 (22.75%) Senior
3 58 (13.06%) PHP Developer
4 50 (11.26%) Senior Developer
5 34 (7.66%) Full-Stack Developer
6 33 (7.43%) Software Developer
6 33 (7.43%) Software Engineer
7 32 (7.21%) Lead
8 27 (6.08%) Administrator
9 26 (5.86%) Data Engineer
9 26 (5.86%) DBA
10 21 (4.73%) Analyst
10 21 (4.73%) C# Developer
11 20 (4.50%) Backend Developer
12 19 (4.28%) Senior Backend Developer
13 18 (4.05%) Support Engineer
14 17 (3.83%) PHP Laravel Developer
15 16 (3.60%) C# Software Developer
15 16 (3.60%) SQL Developer
16 14 (3.15%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (23.87%) CSS
2 95 (21.40%) HTML
3 76 (17.12%) Laravel
4 71 (15.99%) React
5 57 (12.84%) RESTful
6 51 (11.49%) Vue
7 45 (10.14%) .NET
8 43 (9.68%) Node.js
9 42 (9.46%) REST
10 34 (7.66%) JSON
11 33 (7.43%) AngularJS
12 30 (6.76%) jQuery
13 27 (6.08%) HTML5
14 26 (5.86%) CSS3
15 23 (5.18%) Kafka
16 21 (4.73%) Spring
17 18 (4.05%) Spring Boot
18 17 (3.83%) .NET Core
19 15 (3.38%) RabbitMQ
19 15 (3.38%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.53%) Replication
3 26 (5.86%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.15%) NHS
8 13 (2.93%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (2.70%) IoT
9 12 (2.70%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.48%) Data Structures
11 10 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.35%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.35%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.35%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.13%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 118 (26.58%) Linux
2 27 (6.08%) Windows
3 23 (5.18%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.15%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.70%) CentOS
6 10 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.03%) Debian
8 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.68%) Android
9 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (30.41%) Agile
2 102 (22.97%) CI/CD
3 88 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (18.47%) Microservices
5 77 (17.34%) Software Engineering
6 71 (15.99%) Full-Stack Development
7 66 (14.86%) DevOps
8 60 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
9 51 (11.49%) Containerisation
10 49 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (10.36%) TDD
12 45 (10.14%) Data Modelling
12 45 (10.14%) Mentoring
12 45 (10.14%) Web Development
13 40 (9.01%) AI
13 40 (9.01%) OOP
14 38 (8.56%) Computer Science
15 36 (8.11%) Analytics
16 35 (7.88%) Data Pipeline
17 34 (7.66%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 175 (39.41%) SQL
2 154 (34.68%) PHP
3 138 (31.08%) JavaScript
4 85 (19.14%) Python
5 69 (15.54%) Java
6 58 (13.06%) C#
7 48 (10.81%) TypeScript
8 31 (6.98%) Bash
9 24 (5.41%) PowerShell
10 20 (4.50%) C++
11 14 (3.15%) PL/SQL
11 14 (3.15%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.70%) Go
13 10 (2.25%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.80%) Scala
15 7 (1.58%) Korn
16 6 (1.35%) C
17 3 (0.68%) VBA
18 2 (0.45%) Perl
18 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 60 (13.51%) Degree
2 32 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.03%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.35%) HNC
5 6 (1.35%) HND
5 6 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.68%) RHCE
9 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.45%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.43%) QA
2 28 (6.31%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.25%) HL7
6 9 (2.03%) GDPR
7 7 (1.58%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.58%) SLA
8 5 (1.13%) WCAG
9 4 (0.90%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (17.57%) Docker
2 32 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.80%) vSphere
6 5 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.68%) iptables
8 3 (0.68%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.45%) Samba
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 67 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.53%) Terraform
3 24 (5.41%) Ansible
4 17 (3.83%) Grafana
5 10 (2.25%) Nagios
6 7 (1.58%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.35%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.35%) Puppet
8 5 (1.13%) Argo
9 4 (0.90%) Rancher
10 3 (0.68%) Galera Cluster
10 3 (0.68%) Plesk
10 3 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.68%) systemd
10 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.23%) Graylog
12 1 (0.23%) Podman
12 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.08%) Oracle
3 21 (4.73%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.38%) VMware
5 13 (2.93%) Google
6 10 (2.25%) Splunk
7 8 (1.80%) Dell
7 8 (1.80%) SAP
8 7 (1.58%) Informatica
8 7 (1.58%) Rapid7
8 7 (1.58%) Veeam
9 6 (1.35%) Adobe
9 6 (1.35%) Cisco
9 6 (1.35%) Talend
10 5 (1.13%) Meraki
10 5 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.13%) Synology
11 4 (0.90%) Databricks
11 4 (0.90%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.90%) WooCommerce