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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 225 162
Rank change year-on-year -128 -63 -8
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 459 636 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.48% 1.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.78% 9.04% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 370 504 1,526
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £40,562 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,957 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +4.76% -7.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,375 £81,250
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 7,936 7,033 17,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.55% 16.40% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,897 4,595 12,515
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 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 24 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 -109 423 £55,000 - 115
UK excluding London -110 310 £50,000 - 95
Work from Home -45 173 £52,500 - 54
London -72 112 £70,000 +16.67% 30
North of England -45 107 £50,000 -4.76% 41
South East -57 85 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North West -25 49 £55,000 - 21
Yorkshire -34 45 £45,000 -5.26% 16
Midlands -44 45 £42,500 -10.53% 10
South West -86 36 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England -34 27 £47,500 - 8
East Midlands -32 24 £35,000 -24.32% 5
West Midlands -42 21 £47,500 -6.40% 5
North East -40 13 £47,500 -3.80% 4
Scotland -20 5 £58,000 +5.45% 1
Wales -43 3 £35,000 +7.69% 1
Northern Ireland -41 2 £62,500 -26.47% 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 19 (4.14%) Apache Spark
2 18 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.92%) CMS
2 18 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.70%) Apache
4 15 (3.27%) nginx
4 15 (3.27%) WordPress
5 11 (2.40%) Confluence
5 11 (2.40%) IIS
6 7 (1.53%) Drupal
7 3 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.65%) JBoss
7 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.44%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.22%) Camunda
9 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.53%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.61%) Shopify
2 3 (0.65%) Magento
3 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 219 (47.71%) AWS
2 122 (26.58%) Azure
3 62 (13.51%) GCP
4 43 (9.37%) SaaS
5 30 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (6.32%) GitHub
7 28 (6.10%) Power Platform
8 27 (5.88%) Serverless
9 17 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
10 14 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.83%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 8 (1.74%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.74%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.53%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.58%) Firewall
2 18 (3.92%) VPN
3 9 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.74%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.74%) SAN
5 7 (1.53%) Broadband
5 7 (1.53%) DNS
5 7 (1.53%) Network Security
5 7 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.09%) VLAN
7 4 (0.87%) VoIP
7 4 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.65%) DHCP
8 3 (0.65%) HTTP
8 3 (0.65%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.65%) LoRaWAN
8 3 (0.65%) RTP
8 3 (0.65%) SSH
8 3 (0.65%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (28.76%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (23.53%) SQL Server
3 79 (17.21%) MongoDB
4 73 (15.90%) NoSQL
5 67 (14.60%) Relational Database
6 27 (5.88%) MariaDB
7 26 (5.66%) Power BI
8 24 (5.23%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (4.58%) Apache Cassandra
10 16 (3.49%) RDBMS
11 13 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (2.61%) DynamoDB
13 11 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.96%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.74%) Big Data
16 8 (1.74%) Neo4j
16 8 (1.74%) Oracle Database
17 6 (1.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 98 (21.35%) Git
2 23 (5.01%) GitLab
3 17 (3.70%) JIRA
4 11 (2.40%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.18%) PHPUnit
6 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.31%) Claude Code
8 5 (1.09%) JUnit
9 4 (0.87%) Mockito
9 4 (0.87%) NUnit
9 4 (0.87%) Vite
10 3 (0.65%) Gradle
10 3 (0.65%) Maven
10 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.44%) Selenium
11 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 103 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.16%) Finance
3 47 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.23%) Law
6 21 (4.58%) Health Technology
7 15 (3.27%) Banking
7 15 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.05%) Retail
9 11 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.74%) Marketing
11 7 (1.53%) Advertising
11 7 (1.53%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.31%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.87%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.65%) Front Office
15 3 (0.65%) Legal
15 3 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 186 (40.52%) Developer
2 104 (22.66%) Senior
3 58 (12.64%) PHP Developer
4 51 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 43 (9.37%) Software Engineer
6 38 (8.28%) Lead
7 36 (7.84%) Software Developer
8 34 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (5.88%) Administrator
9 27 (5.88%) DBA
10 25 (5.45%) Data Engineer
11 21 (4.58%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 20 (4.36%) Analyst
12 20 (4.36%) C# Developer
13 18 (3.92%) Support Engineer
14 16 (3.49%) Backend Developer
15 15 (3.27%) C# Software Developer
15 15 (3.27%) Senior Backend Developer
15 15 (3.27%) Web Developer
16 14 (3.05%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (23.53%) CSS
2 97 (21.13%) HTML
3 73 (15.90%) Laravel
3 73 (15.90%) RESTful
4 69 (15.03%) React
5 55 (11.98%) Vue
6 53 (11.55%) .NET
7 52 (11.33%) Node.js
8 43 (9.37%) REST
9 35 (7.63%) AngularJS
9 35 (7.63%) JSON
10 30 (6.54%) jQuery
11 28 (6.10%) HTML5
12 27 (5.88%) CSS3
13 25 (5.45%) Kafka
14 23 (5.01%) Spring
15 20 (4.36%) Spring Boot
16 18 (3.92%) .NET Core
17 17 (3.70%) ASP.NET
18 13 (2.83%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.54%) Replication
3 20 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.92%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.05%) NHS
7 14 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.83%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.18%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.18%) IoT
9 10 (2.18%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.31%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.09%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 118 (25.71%) Linux
2 27 (5.88%) Windows
3 25 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.49%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.61%) CentOS
6 10 (2.18%) Debian
6 10 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.65%) Android
8 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (30.72%) Agile
2 99 (21.57%) CI/CD
3 92 (20.04%) Microservices
4 90 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (19.61%) Software Engineering
5 73 (15.90%) Full-Stack Development
6 67 (14.60%) DevOps
7 57 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
8 51 (11.11%) Containerisation
8 51 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 48 (10.46%) Mentoring
9 48 (10.46%) TDD
9 48 (10.46%) Web Development
10 47 (10.24%) AI
11 45 (9.80%) Data Modelling
12 39 (8.50%) Computer Science
13 37 (8.06%) Analytics
14 35 (7.63%) Clean Code
15 34 (7.41%) Open Source
16 33 (7.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 176 (38.34%) SQL
2 159 (34.64%) JavaScript
3 150 (32.68%) PHP
4 91 (19.83%) Python
5 78 (16.99%) Java
6 60 (13.07%) C#
7 42 (9.15%) TypeScript
8 30 (6.54%) Bash
9 26 (5.66%) PowerShell
10 18 (3.92%) C++
11 14 (3.05%) PL/SQL
11 14 (3.05%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.61%) Go
13 10 (2.18%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.74%) Scala
15 7 (1.53%) Korn
16 6 (1.31%) C
17 4 (0.87%) Perl
18 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
18 3 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 61 (13.29%) Degree
2 30 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.36%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.40%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.53%) HNC
5 7 (1.53%) HND
5 7 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.31%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.09%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.65%) RHCE
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.97%) QA
2 29 (6.32%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.18%) HL7
5 9 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.96%) GDPR
6 7 (1.53%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.53%) SLA
7 5 (1.09%) WCAG
8 4 (0.87%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (16.78%) Docker
2 31 (6.75%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.74%) vSphere
6 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.65%) iptables
8 3 (0.65%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.44%) Samba
10 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.66%) Ansible
2 26 (5.66%) Terraform
3 18 (3.92%) Grafana
4 10 (2.18%) Nagios
5 8 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.53%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.53%) Puppet
7 5 (1.09%) Argo
8 4 (0.87%) Rancher
9 3 (0.65%) Galera Cluster
9 3 (0.65%) Plesk
9 3 (0.65%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.65%) systemd
9 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.22%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.22%) Graylog
11 1 (0.22%) Podman
11 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.54%) Oracle
3 21 (4.58%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.27%) VMware
5 14 (3.05%) Google
6 12 (2.61%) Splunk
7 8 (1.74%) Dell
8 7 (1.53%) Adobe
8 7 (1.53%) Rapid7
8 7 (1.53%) Veeam
9 6 (1.31%) Cisco
9 6 (1.31%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.31%) WooCommerce
10 5 (1.09%) Informatica
10 5 (1.09%) Meraki
10 5 (1.09%) SAP
10 5 (1.09%) Synology
10 5 (1.09%) Talend
11 4 (0.87%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.87%) Salesforce