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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 194 154
Rank change year-on-year -162 -40 -8
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 431 703 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 1.66% 1.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.54% 9.66% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 340 589 1,573
10th Percentile £32,950 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £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 7,784 7,276 17,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.65% 17.20% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,591 5,112 12,595
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 1 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 1 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 -142 395 £55,000 - 170
UK excluding London -141 294 £50,000 - 141
Work from Home -82 161 £51,065 -2.73% 99
London -84 100 £75,000 +25.00% 59
South East -62 84 £55,000 +10.00% 55
North of England -105 73 £50,000 -4.76% 35
Midlands -66 47 £42,500 -10.53% 11
South West -84 42 £58,750 -2.08% 13
North West -62 41 £55,000 +2.33% 18
East of England -35 37 £50,000 +21.21% 23
East Midlands -56 26 £37,500 -11.76% 8
Yorkshire -75 24 £50,000 +2.04% 15
West Midlands -44 21 £46,250 -10.19% 3
North East -40 8 £47,500 -11.63% 2
Scotland -47 5 £58,000 +5.45% 4
Northern Ireland -40 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Wales -43 3 £35,000 - 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 21 (4.87%) Apache Spark
2 20 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.71%) nginx
4 15 (3.48%) Apache
4 15 (3.48%) CMS
5 11 (2.55%) Confluence
6 8 (1.86%) WordPress
7 7 (1.62%) IIS
8 5 (1.16%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.70%) JBoss
9 3 (0.70%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.23%) Camunda
11 1 (0.23%) Drupal
11 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.86%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (2.55%) Shopify
2 3 (0.70%) Magento
3 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 198 (45.94%) AWS
2 116 (26.91%) Azure
3 70 (16.24%) GCP
4 45 (10.44%) SaaS
5 31 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (6.50%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.80%) GitHub
8 24 (5.57%) Serverless
9 17 (3.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (3.02%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.86%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.86%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.64%) Firewall
2 17 (3.94%) VPN
3 8 (1.86%) iSCSI
3 8 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (1.86%) SAN
4 7 (1.62%) DNS
4 7 (1.62%) Network Security
5 5 (1.16%) Broadband
5 5 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.16%) VLAN
6 4 (0.93%) HTTP
6 4 (0.93%) MQTT
7 3 (0.70%) DHCP
7 3 (0.70%) FTP
7 3 (0.70%) LoRaWAN
7 3 (0.70%) SSH
7 3 (0.70%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.70%) VoIP
7 3 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (26.22%) PostgreSQL
2 104 (24.13%) SQL Server
3 63 (14.62%) NoSQL
4 60 (13.92%) MongoDB
4 60 (13.92%) Relational Database
5 26 (6.03%) Power BI
6 23 (5.34%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (4.64%) Apache Cassandra
8 19 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (3.25%) DynamoDB
9 14 (3.25%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.55%) MariaDB
10 11 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (2.09%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (2.09%) Electronic Patient Records
12 8 (1.86%) Big Data
12 8 (1.86%) Neo4j
13 7 (1.62%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 96 (22.27%) Git
2 18 (4.18%) GitLab
3 17 (3.94%) JIRA
4 11 (2.55%) Bitbucket
4 11 (2.55%) PHPUnit
5 10 (2.32%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.16%) JUnit
6 5 (1.16%) Vite
7 4 (0.93%) Gradle
7 4 (0.93%) Maven
7 4 (0.93%) Mockito
7 4 (0.93%) NUnit
8 3 (0.70%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.70%) Subversion
9 2 (0.46%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.46%) JMeter
9 2 (0.46%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.46%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
General
1 90 (20.88%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.62%) Finance
3 48 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.41%) Health Technology
4 19 (4.41%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.18%) Law
6 14 (3.25%) Retail
7 11 (2.55%) Banking
7 11 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.62%) Advertising
9 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.39%) Marketing
9 6 (1.39%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.93%) Social Housing
12 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Front Office
13 2 (0.46%) Automotive
13 2 (0.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 177 (41.07%) Developer
2 89 (20.65%) Senior
3 60 (13.92%) PHP Developer
4 42 (9.74%) Senior Developer
5 35 (8.12%) Lead
6 33 (7.66%) Software Developer
7 32 (7.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 31 (7.19%) Data Engineer
9 30 (6.96%) Software Engineer
10 23 (5.34%) C# Developer
11 21 (4.87%) Analyst
12 20 (4.64%) Backend Developer
12 20 (4.64%) SQL Developer
12 20 (4.64%) Support Engineer
13 19 (4.41%) Senior Backend Developer
14 18 (4.18%) Azure Developer
14 18 (4.18%) C# Software Developer
14 18 (4.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 18 (4.18%) Graduate PHP Developer
14 18 (4.18%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (23.20%) CSS
2 88 (20.42%) HTML
3 71 (16.47%) Laravel
4 66 (15.31%) React
5 55 (12.76%) RESTful
6 43 (9.98%) Vue
7 40 (9.28%) Node.js
8 38 (8.82%) .NET
8 38 (8.82%) REST
9 32 (7.42%) jQuery
10 30 (6.96%) JSON
11 27 (6.26%) AngularJS
12 24 (5.57%) Kafka
13 23 (5.34%) Spring
14 20 (4.64%) Spring Boot
15 19 (4.41%) HTML5
16 18 (4.18%) CSS3
17 15 (3.48%) .NET Core
17 15 (3.48%) RabbitMQ
17 15 (3.48%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.28%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.41%) Replication
4 18 (4.18%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.48%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.25%) NHS
7 13 (3.02%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.78%) IoT
8 12 (2.78%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.55%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.62%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.39%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.16%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 108 (25.06%) Linux
2 27 (6.26%) Windows
3 22 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.71%) Ubuntu
5 14 (3.25%) CentOS
6 10 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.09%) Debian
8 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.93%) Rocky
10 3 (0.70%) Android
10 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (32.48%) Agile
2 99 (22.97%) CI/CD
3 82 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (17.40%) Microservices
5 66 (15.31%) Software Engineering
6 65 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
6 65 (15.08%) DevOps
7 62 (14.39%) Full-Stack Development
8 51 (11.83%) Containerisation
9 47 (10.90%) OOP
9 47 (10.90%) TDD
10 43 (9.98%) Mentoring
11 42 (9.74%) Data Modelling
12 41 (9.51%) Computer Science
13 40 (9.28%) Data Pipeline
14 37 (8.58%) AI
14 37 (8.58%) Analytics
14 37 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 37 (8.58%) Data Engineering
14 37 (8.58%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 184 (42.69%) SQL
2 148 (34.34%) PHP
3 128 (29.70%) JavaScript
4 84 (19.49%) Python
5 76 (17.63%) Java
6 59 (13.69%) C#
7 49 (11.37%) TypeScript
8 32 (7.42%) Bash
9 25 (5.80%) PowerShell
10 24 (5.57%) C++
11 14 (3.25%) PL/SQL
12 12 (2.78%) Go
12 12 (2.78%) T-SQL
13 11 (2.55%) Scala
14 7 (1.62%) Korn
14 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.39%) C
16 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.70%) VBA
17 2 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 64 (14.85%) Degree
2 35 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.55%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.39%) HNC
6 6 (1.39%) HND
6 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.16%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.70%) RHCE
10 2 (0.46%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.73%) QA
2 28 (6.50%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.32%) HL7
5 9 (2.09%) GDPR
6 7 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.62%) SLA
7 6 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.93%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (17.87%) Docker
2 31 (7.19%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.09%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.86%) vSphere
6 5 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.93%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.70%) iptables
8 3 (0.70%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.46%) Samba
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 69 (16.01%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.19%) Terraform
3 28 (6.50%) Ansible
4 17 (3.94%) Grafana
5 12 (2.78%) Nagios
6 7 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.62%) Puppet
7 6 (1.39%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.16%) Argo
9 4 (0.93%) Rancher
10 3 (0.70%) Galera Cluster
10 3 (0.70%) systemd
10 3 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.46%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.23%) Graylog
12 1 (0.23%) Plesk
12 1 (0.23%) Podman
12 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (12.30%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.73%) Oracle
3 21 (4.87%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.25%) VMware
5 13 (3.02%) Google
6 10 (2.32%) SAP
7 9 (2.09%) Splunk
8 8 (1.86%) Databricks
8 8 (1.86%) Dell
8 8 (1.86%) Informatica
9 7 (1.62%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.62%) Talend
9 7 (1.62%) Veeam
10 6 (1.39%) Adobe
10 6 (1.39%) Cisco
11 5 (1.16%) Meraki
11 5 (1.16%) Palantir
11 5 (1.16%) Synology
12 4 (0.93%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.93%) Salesforce