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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 241 171
Rank change year-on-year -97 -70 -23
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 546 638 1,583
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.30% 1.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.35% 8.38% 9.92%
Number of salaries quoted 427 503 1,313
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +0.95% -6.25%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £80,000
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 8,596 7,609 15,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.69% 15.49% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,757 4,912 11,158
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,091 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +4.43% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £105,000
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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -92 487 £54,500 +3.81% 97
UK excluding London -89 377 £50,000 - 82
Work from Home -66 207 £52,500 +5.00% 44
North of England -27 128 £50,000 -4.76% 27
London -41 122 £85,000 +36.00% 30
South East -35 99 £55,000 +10.00% 26
North West -32 54 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Midlands -36 54 £42,500 -10.53% 8
Yorkshire -22 47 £42,500 -10.53% 4
South West -66 40 £52,500 -8.70% 6
East of England -37 32 £47,500 - 8
East Midlands -2 30 £37,500 -18.92% 1
North East -48 27 £46,250 -2.63% 8
West Midlands -30 24 £47,500 +18.75% 7
Wales -55 14 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Scotland -2 10 £51,000 -11.30% 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 24 (4.40%) Apache
2 21 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.48%) WordPress
4 18 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (2.93%) Confluence
5 16 (2.93%) IIS
6 15 (2.75%) CMS
7 12 (2.20%) Apache Spark
8 9 (1.65%) nginx
9 7 (1.28%) Drupal
10 4 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.73%) JBoss
10 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.37%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.18%) Moodle
13 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.73%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.37%) Elementor
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Shopify
2 3 (0.55%) Magento
3 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 290 (53.11%) AWS
2 164 (30.04%) Azure
3 70 (12.82%) GCP
4 43 (7.88%) GitHub
5 42 (7.69%) SaaS
6 34 (6.23%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (5.31%) Serverless
9 26 (4.76%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (2.01%) Anthropic Claude
17 11 (2.01%) Entra ID
18 10 (1.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.03%) Firewall
2 13 (2.38%) Broadband
3 11 (2.01%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.01%) VPN
4 9 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.47%) DNS
5 8 (1.47%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.47%) SAN
5 8 (1.47%) VoIP
6 6 (1.10%) Network Security
6 6 (1.10%) VLAN
7 5 (0.92%) LAN
7 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 4 (0.73%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (0.73%) MQTT
8 4 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.55%) DHCP
9 3 (0.55%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.55%) Internet
9 3 (0.55%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (32.60%) PostgreSQL
2 141 (25.82%) SQL Server
3 94 (17.22%) MongoDB
4 92 (16.85%) Relational Database
5 78 (14.29%) NoSQL
6 31 (5.68%) Power BI
7 30 (5.49%) MariaDB
8 24 (4.40%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (2.93%) DynamoDB
11 16 (2.93%) Metadata
12 15 (2.75%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (2.56%) Redis
14 13 (2.38%) Big Data
14 13 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
16 9 (1.65%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 123 (22.53%) Git
2 34 (6.23%) GitLab
3 33 (6.04%) JIRA
4 28 (5.13%) Claude Code
5 15 (2.75%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.20%) Bitbucket
7 10 (1.83%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.92%) JUnit
8 5 (0.92%) Selenium
9 4 (0.73%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.55%) Mocha
10 3 (0.55%) Mockito
10 3 (0.55%) RSpec
11 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.37%) Gradle
11 2 (0.37%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.37%) NUnit
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 122 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 87 (15.93%) Finance
3 62 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.34%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.86%) Law
6 22 (4.03%) Banking
7 17 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (2.75%) Health Technology
9 11 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.83%) Retail
11 9 (1.65%) Marketing
12 6 (1.10%) Advertising
12 6 (1.10%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.92%) Legal
13 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.55%) Local Government
14 3 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 225 (41.21%) Developer
2 133 (24.36%) Senior
3 66 (12.09%) Software Engineer
4 62 (11.36%) PHP Developer
4 62 (11.36%) Senior Developer
5 50 (9.16%) Lead
6 42 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 36 (6.59%) Administrator
7 36 (6.59%) Software Developer
8 32 (5.86%) DBA
9 25 (4.58%) Python Engineer
9 25 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
10 22 (4.03%) C# Developer
11 21 (3.85%) Web Developer
12 20 (3.66%) Data Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) Java Developer
13 19 (3.48%) Analyst
13 19 (3.48%) Database Engineer
13 19 (3.48%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 18 (3.30%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (23.44%) CSS
2 108 (19.78%) HTML
3 93 (17.03%) React
4 88 (16.12%) RESTful
5 79 (14.47%) Laravel
6 70 (12.82%) Node.js
7 67 (12.27%) .NET
8 61 (11.17%) REST
9 60 (10.99%) Vue
10 39 (7.14%) jQuery
11 38 (6.96%) Kafka
11 38 (6.96%) Spring
12 36 (6.59%) Spring Boot
13 33 (6.04%) JSON
14 31 (5.68%) AngularJS
14 31 (5.68%) HTML5
15 27 (4.95%) CSS3
16 25 (4.58%) ASP.NET
17 21 (3.85%) Flask
18 17 (3.11%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.44%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.96%) Replication
3 34 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.93%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.56%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.38%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.38%) NHS
10 11 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.83%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (1.47%) IoT
13 5 (0.92%) PropTech
13 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 142 (26.01%) Linux
2 32 (5.86%) Windows
3 28 (5.13%) Ubuntu
4 25 (4.58%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.93%) CentOS
5 16 (2.93%) Debian
6 10 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.55%) Android
10 2 (0.37%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (34.07%) Agile
2 148 (27.11%) CI/CD
3 141 (25.82%) Software Engineering
4 120 (21.98%) Microservices
4 120 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (18.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 95 (17.40%) DevOps
7 91 (16.67%) AI
8 78 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 74 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (11.17%) Data Modelling
11 56 (10.26%) Containerisation
12 55 (10.07%) Clean Code
13 54 (9.89%) Web Development
14 52 (9.52%) TDD
15 49 (8.97%) Computer Science
16 48 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
17 46 (8.42%) Analytics
17 46 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
18 45 (8.24%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 203 (37.18%) SQL
2 187 (34.25%) JavaScript
3 156 (28.57%) PHP
4 121 (22.16%) Python
5 99 (18.13%) Java
6 74 (13.55%) C#
7 46 (8.42%) TypeScript
8 32 (5.86%) Bash
9 23 (4.21%) C++
9 23 (4.21%) PowerShell
10 20 (3.66%) Shell Script
11 15 (2.75%) Ruby
12 11 (2.01%) Go
12 11 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.65%) VB.NET
14 6 (1.10%) Korn
15 5 (0.92%) Scala
16 4 (0.73%) C
16 4 (0.73%) Perl
16 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (14.29%) Degree
2 34 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 34 (6.23%) Security Cleared
3 14 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 9 (1.65%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.28%) HNC
5 7 (1.28%) HND
6 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.55%) RHCE
9 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 42 (7.69%) QA
2 19 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.01%) GDPR
5 7 (1.28%) HL7
5 7 (1.28%) SLA
6 6 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.92%) WCAG
8 4 (0.73%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 118 (21.61%) Docker
2 34 (6.23%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.83%) vSphere
5 9 (1.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.55%) iptables
7 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.37%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.37%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (16.48%) Kubernetes
2 41 (7.51%) Terraform
3 26 (4.76%) Ansible
4 25 (4.58%) Grafana
5 13 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.20%) Nagios
7 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.28%) Puppet
8 4 (0.73%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.73%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.55%) Argo
9 3 (0.55%) Plesk
9 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.55%) systemd
9 3 (0.55%) WSUS
10 2 (0.37%) Rancher
10 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.18%) Graylog
11 1 (0.18%) Podman
11 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.86%) Oracle
3 22 (4.03%) Red Hat
4 19 (3.48%) Google
4 19 (3.48%) Splunk
5 18 (3.30%) VMware
6 15 (2.75%) OpenAI
7 11 (2.01%) Dell
7 11 (2.01%) Veeam
8 10 (1.83%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.28%) Adobe
9 7 (1.28%) Cisco
10 6 (1.10%) Synology
11 5 (0.92%) Databricks
11 5 (0.92%) Meraki
12 4 (0.73%) Informatica
12 4 (0.73%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.73%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.55%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.55%) TIBCO