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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 253 176
Rank change year-on-year -85 -77 +9
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 592 611 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.22% 1.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.66% 8.15% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 449 465 964
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -0.93% -5.31%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -0.96%

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 8,886 7,500 12,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.19% 14.98% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,993 4,806 8,366
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,250 £113,750
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 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 16 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 24 August 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 -81 526 £55,000 +4.76% 95
UK excluding London -85 401 £50,000 - 82
Work from Home -81 200 £60,000 +26.32% 36
London -50 145 £85,000 +36.00% 29
North of England -24 133 £42,500 -19.05% 24
South East -26 105 £55,000 - 30
North West -33 56 £50,000 -13.79% 18
Midlands -40 51 £42,500 -10.53% 7
Yorkshire -14 45 £42,500 -12.37% 3
South West -73 44 £55,000 +15.79% 9
East of England -46 36 £47,500 - 9
North East -38 32 £42,500 -10.53% 3
East Midlands -13 29 £37,500 -21.05% 2
West Midlands -25 22 £47,500 +18.75% 5
Wales -59 20 £65,000 +1.96% 4
Scotland +7 12 £51,000 -9.33% 2

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 24 (4.05%) Apache
2 23 (3.89%) IIS
3 19 (3.21%) WordPress
4 16 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.70%) Confluence
5 12 (2.03%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.69%) CMS
8 7 (1.18%) Drupal
9 6 (1.01%) nginx
10 5 (0.84%) JBoss
11 4 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.51%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.34%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
14 1 (0.17%) Moodle
14 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.34%) Elementor
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Shopify
2 3 (0.51%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 306 (51.69%) AWS
2 167 (28.21%) Azure
3 87 (14.70%) GCP
4 57 (9.63%) GitHub
5 33 (5.57%) SaaS
6 30 (5.07%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.73%) Serverless
8 27 (4.56%) Amazon S3
9 25 (4.22%) GitHub Copilot
10 23 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 19 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (2.20%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.38%) Firewall
2 13 (2.20%) Broadband
3 11 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.69%) VPN
5 8 (1.35%) DNS
6 7 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (1.01%) iSCSI
7 6 (1.01%) SAN
7 6 (1.01%) VLAN
7 6 (1.01%) VoIP
8 5 (0.84%) LAN
8 5 (0.84%) WAN
9 4 (0.68%) Internet
9 4 (0.68%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.68%) MQTT
9 4 (0.68%) Network Security
9 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.51%) DHCP
10 3 (0.51%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (31.59%) PostgreSQL
2 162 (27.36%) SQL Server
3 116 (19.59%) Relational Database
4 87 (14.70%) MongoDB
5 68 (11.49%) NoSQL
6 34 (5.74%) MariaDB
7 26 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (4.39%) Power BI
8 21 (3.55%) DynamoDB
9 19 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (3.04%) Metadata
11 17 (2.87%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.87%) Redis
12 14 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.03%) Big Data
14 11 (1.86%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (1.52%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (1.52%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 145 (24.49%) Git
2 37 (6.25%) Claude Code
2 37 (6.25%) GitLab
3 31 (5.24%) JIRA
4 25 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.20%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (1.52%) PHPUnit
7 8 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (1.01%) JUnit
8 6 (1.01%) Selenium
9 5 (0.84%) RSpec
10 4 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.68%) minitest
10 4 (0.68%) Mocha
11 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.51%) git-flow
11 3 (0.51%) Mockito
11 3 (0.51%) NUnit
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
General
1 130 (21.96%) Social Skills
2 105 (17.74%) Finance
3 83 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.81%) Law
5 56 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.22%) Banking
8 18 (3.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (2.53%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.53%) Marketing
10 10 (1.69%) Retail
11 9 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.01%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.84%) Legal
15 4 (0.68%) Advertising
16 3 (0.51%) Games
16 3 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 250 (42.23%) Developer
2 154 (26.01%) Senior
3 79 (13.34%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.16%) Software Engineer
5 70 (11.82%) PHP Developer
6 61 (10.30%) Lead
7 42 (7.09%) Software Developer
8 37 (6.25%) Administrator
8 37 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 33 (5.57%) Senior Software Engineer
10 31 (5.24%) DBA
11 29 (4.90%) C# Developer
11 29 (4.90%) Database Engineer
12 25 (4.22%) Python Engineer
13 24 (4.05%) .NET Developer
14 23 (3.89%) Java Developer
14 23 (3.89%) Web Developer
15 22 (3.72%) Backend Developer
15 22 (3.72%) Lead Software Engineer
16 21 (3.55%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (24.49%) CSS
2 130 (21.96%) HTML
3 106 (17.91%) React
4 89 (15.03%) .NET
5 81 (13.68%) Laravel
6 79 (13.34%) RESTful
7 61 (10.30%) Node.js
7 61 (10.30%) REST
7 61 (10.30%) Vue
8 54 (9.12%) Terraform
9 50 (8.45%) Kafka
10 44 (7.43%) Spring Boot
11 43 (7.26%) jQuery
11 43 (7.26%) Spring
12 38 (6.42%) AngularJS
13 37 (6.25%) ASP.NET
14 36 (6.08%) HTML5
15 30 (5.07%) CSS3
16 28 (4.73%) RabbitMQ
17 26 (4.39%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.78%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.28%) Replication
3 38 (6.42%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.07%) Product Ownership
4 30 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 20 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (3.21%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.36%) NHS
9 13 (2.20%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.86%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.35%) IoT
13 7 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.18%) Social Media
14 6 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
14 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 160 (27.03%) Linux
2 34 (5.74%) Windows
3 27 (4.56%) Ubuntu
4 25 (4.22%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.38%) Debian
6 17 (2.87%) CentOS
7 9 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.51%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.34%) Rocky
12 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (33.28%) Agile
2 171 (28.89%) CI/CD
3 164 (27.70%) Software Engineering
4 163 (27.53%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (20.10%) DevOps
6 117 (19.76%) Microservices
7 110 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (16.55%) Full-Stack Development
9 97 (16.39%) AI
10 76 (12.84%) Mentoring
11 74 (12.50%) Clean Code
12 68 (11.49%) Web Development
13 65 (10.98%) OOP
14 64 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
15 60 (10.14%) Containerisation
16 59 (9.97%) High Availability
17 55 (9.29%) Scrum
18 51 (8.61%) Data Modelling
19 50 (8.45%) Observability
20 47 (7.94%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 209 (35.30%) SQL
2 201 (33.95%) JavaScript
3 158 (26.69%) PHP
4 137 (23.14%) Python
5 101 (17.06%) Java
6 88 (14.86%) C#
7 61 (10.30%) TypeScript
8 33 (5.57%) Shell Script
9 30 (5.07%) Bash
10 19 (3.21%) C++
11 17 (2.87%) Ruby
11 17 (2.87%) VB.NET
12 16 (2.70%) Go
13 13 (2.20%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.01%) Scala
15 5 (0.84%) Korn
15 5 (0.84%) Perl
16 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.68%) Rust
17 3 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (13.68%) Degree
2 42 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.72%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.20%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.18%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.18%) HNC
6 7 (1.18%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.51%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.51%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.34%) RHCE
10 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.17%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.78%) QA
2 34 (5.74%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.69%) GDPR
5 8 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.18%) HL7
7 5 (0.84%) SLA
7 5 (0.84%) WCAG
8 4 (0.68%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 138 (23.31%) Docker
2 26 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.69%) vSphere
5 7 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.51%) iptables
7 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) Samba
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 105 (17.74%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.07%) Grafana
3 29 (4.90%) Ansible
4 17 (2.87%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.36%) Nagios
6 6 (1.01%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.01%) Puppet
7 4 (0.68%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.51%) Plesk
8 3 (0.51%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.51%) systemd
8 3 (0.51%) WSUS
9 2 (0.34%) kaniko
9 2 (0.34%) Kibana
9 2 (0.34%) Rancher
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Graylog
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 71 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.45%) Oracle
3 28 (4.73%) Google
4 23 (3.89%) Red Hat
4 23 (3.89%) Splunk
5 18 (3.04%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.04%) VMware
6 11 (1.86%) Rapid7
6 11 (1.86%) Veeam
7 9 (1.52%) Dell
8 7 (1.18%) Adobe
8 7 (1.18%) Cisco
9 6 (1.01%) Databricks
9 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.01%) Synology
10 5 (0.84%) Informatica
10 5 (0.84%) Meraki
11 4 (0.68%) IBM
11 4 (0.68%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.68%) WooCommerce