MySQL Job Trends

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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 157 154
Rank change year-on-year -109 -3 +19
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 493 1,143 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.80% 2.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.31% 10.65% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 357 754 956
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Database and 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 6,743 10,728 10,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 16.92% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,363 6,210 8,440
10th Percentile £34,550 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 -98 440 £55,000 - 218
UK excluding London -122 283 £52,500 +5.00% 212
Work from Home -50 197 £45,000 -14.29% 148
London +16 169 £57,500 - 33
North of England -58 79 £52,500 - 47
South East -92 54 £60,000 +20.00% 75
East of England -20 50 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Midlands -29 44 £42,500 - 33
North West -33 40 £58,750 +17.50% 30
South West -58 40 £55,000 +7.32% 33
Yorkshire -19 30 £37,500 -31.82% 14
West Midlands +9 25 £39,000 -23.90% 21
East Midlands -37 15 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Wales -16 14 £67,500 +107.69% 2
North East +4 9 £47,500 -13.64% 4
Scotland -10 2 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Northern Ireland -2 1 £50,000 +11.11% 4

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 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.84%) Confluence
4 13 (2.64%) Apache Solr
5 12 (2.43%) SharePoint
6 11 (2.23%) Apache
7 9 (1.83%) CMS
8 7 (1.42%) IIS
9 6 (1.22%) nginx
9 6 (1.22%) WordPress
10 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.41%) Appian
11 2 (0.41%) SAS
11 2 (0.41%) WildFly
12 1 (0.20%) Camunda
12 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.20%) JBoss
12 1 (0.20%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 181 (36.71%) AWS
2 166 (33.67%) Azure
3 59 (11.97%) GCP
4 56 (11.36%) SaaS
5 32 (6.49%) GitHub
6 24 (4.87%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.46%) Serverless
8 17 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.64%) Amazon EMR
10 12 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.42%) Cloudflare
16 6 (1.22%) npm
17 5 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
17 5 (1.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.65%) Firewall
2 16 (3.25%) VPN
3 13 (2.64%) FTP
4 9 (1.83%) DNS
4 9 (1.83%) iSCSI
4 9 (1.83%) Remote Desktop
4 9 (1.83%) SAN
4 9 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.62%) Broadband
5 8 (1.62%) DHCP
6 7 (1.42%) VLAN
6 7 (1.42%) WAN
7 5 (1.01%) Internet
7 5 (1.01%) LAN
7 5 (1.01%) VoIP
7 5 (1.01%) WPA
8 3 (0.61%) MQTT
9 2 (0.41%) HTTP
9 2 (0.41%) PBX
9 2 (0.41%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (38.34%) SQL Server
2 111 (22.52%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (11.97%) Relational Database
4 58 (11.76%) MongoDB
5 40 (8.11%) NoSQL
6 38 (7.71%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (5.07%) DynamoDB
8 23 (4.67%) BusinessObjects
9 21 (4.26%) Power BI
10 18 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (3.45%) RDBMS
12 15 (3.04%) Big Data
13 14 (2.84%) Apache Cassandra
14 13 (2.64%) Electronic Patient Records
14 13 (2.64%) Hadoop
14 13 (2.64%) Neo4j
15 12 (2.43%) MariaDB
15 12 (2.43%) Pentaho
16 11 (2.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (15.62%) Git
2 31 (6.29%) JIRA
3 11 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.62%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.62%) GitLab
5 7 (1.42%) git-flow
6 5 (1.01%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.81%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.61%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.61%) Gradle
8 3 (0.61%) JUnit
8 3 (0.61%) Maven
8 3 (0.61%) Mocha
8 3 (0.61%) Mockito
8 3 (0.61%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.61%) webpack
9 2 (0.41%) JMeter
9 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 86 (17.44%) Finance
3 56 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.11%) Law
5 30 (6.09%) Marketing
6 19 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.84%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.64%) Health Technology
9 11 (2.23%) Retail
10 10 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.83%) Front Office
12 7 (1.42%) Automotive
13 5 (1.01%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.81%) Billing
14 4 (0.81%) Games
15 3 (0.61%) Advertising
15 3 (0.61%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.41%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.41%) Banking
16 2 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 208 (42.19%) Developer
2 78 (15.82%) Senior
3 52 (10.55%) Consultant
4 48 (9.74%) PHP Developer
5 46 (9.33%) Lead
5 46 (9.33%) Software Developer
6 41 (8.32%) Graduate
6 41 (8.32%) Graduate Developer
7 37 (7.51%) Analyst
8 36 (7.30%) Senior Developer
9 32 (6.49%) Software Engineer
10 31 (6.29%) IT Graduate
11 30 (6.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 29 (5.88%) Applications Support
13 27 (5.48%) Data Engineer
14 26 (5.27%) C# Developer
15 23 (4.67%) Support Analyst
16 21 (4.26%) SQL Developer
17 20 (4.06%) Support Engineer
18 17 (3.45%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (24.14%) CSS
2 94 (19.07%) HTML
3 77 (15.62%) React
4 76 (15.42%) .NET
5 48 (9.74%) jQuery
5 48 (9.74%) REST
6 46 (9.33%) Laravel
7 42 (8.52%) ASP.NET
8 36 (7.30%) RESTful
9 33 (6.69%) Node.js
10 27 (5.48%) AngularJS
10 27 (5.48%) Vue
11 26 (5.27%) Symfony
12 24 (4.87%) JSON
13 21 (4.26%) HTML5
14 20 (4.06%) Kafka
15 18 (3.65%) Web Services
16 17 (3.45%) Django
17 16 (3.25%) SOAP
18 15 (3.04%) CodeIgniter
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.55%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (8.52%) Product Ownership
3 31 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.27%) Cloud Native
5 17 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.25%) Virtual Team
7 15 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (3.04%) NHS
8 14 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (2.03%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.03%) IoT
11 8 (1.62%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.62%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.62%) Social Media
12 7 (1.42%) Legacy Code
13 6 (1.22%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 85 (17.24%) Linux
2 48 (9.74%) Windows
3 30 (6.09%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.64%) Unix
5 12 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.22%) CentOS
8 5 (1.01%) Android
9 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.81%) VMS
10 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.61%) Rocky
10 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.41%) Solaris
11 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (35.90%) Agile
2 164 (33.27%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (23.12%) OO
4 110 (22.31%) OOP
5 101 (20.49%) CI/CD
6 82 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (15.82%) Software Engineering
8 70 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
9 68 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 65 (13.18%) MVC
11 63 (12.78%) Mentoring
12 62 (12.58%) AI
13 61 (12.37%) Computer Science
14 57 (11.56%) ETL
15 56 (11.36%) Microservices
16 52 (10.55%) Containerisation
17 51 (10.34%) Data Modelling
17 51 (10.34%) DevOps
18 43 (8.72%) Test Automation
18 43 (8.72%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 211 (42.80%) SQL
2 150 (30.43%) PHP
3 145 (29.41%) JavaScript
4 117 (23.73%) Python
5 90 (18.26%) C#
6 84 (17.04%) Java
7 72 (14.60%) TypeScript
8 44 (8.92%) C++
8 44 (8.92%) Delphi
8 44 (8.92%) Pascal
9 20 (4.06%) Bash
10 14 (2.84%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.43%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.03%) Scala
13 9 (1.83%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.42%) Korn
14 7 (1.42%) R
15 6 (1.22%) Go
15 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.01%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (16.84%) Degree
2 59 (11.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.64%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 9 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.61%) MCSE
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.41%) CCNA
9 2 (0.41%) CCNP
9 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.41%) HNC
9 2 (0.41%) HND
9 2 (0.41%) MCSA
10 1 (0.20%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.18%) QA
2 14 (2.84%) SLA
3 13 (2.64%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.03%) HL7
5 8 (1.62%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.01%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.41%) PSD2
8 1 (0.20%) COBIT
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (18.05%) Docker
2 20 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 7 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Flume
6 2 (0.41%) HDFS
6 2 (0.41%) NFS
6 2 (0.41%) pfSense
6 2 (0.41%) Samba
6 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 67 (13.59%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.07%) Ansible
3 23 (4.67%) Terraform
4 7 (1.42%) Grafana
5 5 (1.01%) Argo
5 5 (1.01%) Autotask
5 5 (1.01%) Nagios
5 5 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.61%) Kibana
7 2 (0.41%) logstash
7 2 (0.41%) Oozie
7 2 (0.41%) Plesk
7 2 (0.41%) Puppet
7 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.20%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Rancher
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 94 (19.07%) Oracle
2 65 (13.18%) Microsoft
3 19 (3.85%) Informatica
3 19 (3.85%) SAP
4 16 (3.25%) Talend
5 14 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.64%) Databricks
7 12 (2.43%) Splunk
8 10 (2.03%) Google
8 10 (2.03%) VMware
9 9 (1.83%) Dell
9 9 (1.83%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.42%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.01%) Datto
11 5 (1.01%) Palantir
11 5 (1.01%) RedGate
12 4 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.61%) Apple
13 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.61%) Zend