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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 248 164
Rank change year-on-year -103 -84 -19
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 513 630 1,736
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.32% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.08% 8.35% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 404 493 1,451
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,813 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -7.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,750 £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 - - -4.66%

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 8,439 7,548 17,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.73% 15.85% 16.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,590 4,887 12,141
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 4 July 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 4 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 -96 459 £55,000 +4.76% 153
UK excluding London -96 351 £50,000 - 113
Work from Home -64 197 £54,000 +7.46% 70
North of England -31 122 £50,000 -2.44% 33
London -52 115 £85,000 +36.00% 52
South East -54 93 £55,000 +10.00% 31
Midlands -35 52 £42,500 -5.56% 13
North West -38 50 £55,000 - 21
Yorkshire -14 48 £42,500 +9.68% 4
South West -83 37 £55,000 -4.35% 15
East Midlands -12 29 £37,500 -16.67% 3
East of England -42 28 £47,500 +26.67% 14
North East -37 24 £47,500 - 8
West Midlands -37 23 £51,250 +28.13% 10
Wales -53 9 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Scotland +4 8 £51,000 -11.30% 3
Northern Ireland -50 2 £62,500 - 3

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 20 (3.90%) Apache
1 20 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.70%) WordPress
3 18 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (3.12%) CMS
5 14 (2.73%) Confluence
5 14 (2.73%) IIS
6 11 (2.14%) Apache Spark
7 10 (1.95%) nginx
8 7 (1.36%) Drupal
9 4 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.78%) JBoss
9 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.58%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.19%) Moodle
12 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.97%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.39%) Elementor
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Shopify
2 3 (0.58%) Magento
3 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (51.66%) AWS
2 153 (29.82%) Azure
3 62 (12.09%) GCP
4 43 (8.38%) SaaS
5 41 (7.99%) GitHub
6 33 (6.43%) Power Platform
7 31 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (6.04%) Serverless
8 23 (4.48%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (1.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 10 (1.95%) Anthropic Claude
15 10 (1.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.48%) Firewall
2 13 (2.53%) Broadband
3 12 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.34%) VPN
4 9 (1.75%) DNS
4 9 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.56%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.56%) Network Security
5 8 (1.56%) SAN
5 8 (1.56%) VoIP
6 7 (1.36%) VLAN
7 6 (1.17%) LAN
7 6 (1.17%) WAN
8 5 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.78%) DHCP
9 4 (0.78%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.78%) MQTT
10 3 (0.58%) HTTP
10 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (31.77%) PostgreSQL
2 129 (25.15%) SQL Server
3 93 (18.13%) MongoDB
4 83 (16.18%) Relational Database
5 76 (14.81%) NoSQL
6 30 (5.85%) Power BI
7 28 (5.46%) MariaDB
8 25 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (3.12%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (2.53%) DynamoDB
11 13 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (2.34%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (2.34%) Metadata
12 12 (2.34%) Redis
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (1.75%) RDBMS
15 7 (1.36%) Big Data
15 7 (1.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 121 (23.59%) Git
2 31 (6.04%) GitLab
3 30 (5.85%) JIRA
4 24 (4.68%) Claude Code
5 15 (2.92%) Bitbucket
6 13 (2.53%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.75%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.97%) JUnit
9 4 (0.78%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.78%) Selenium
10 3 (0.58%) Mocha
10 3 (0.58%) Mockito
10 3 (0.58%) NUnit
10 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.39%) Gradle
11 2 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.39%) Maven
11 2 (0.39%) Subversion
11 2 (0.39%) Vite
11 2 (0.39%) YouTrack
General
1 121 (23.59%) Social Skills
2 82 (15.98%) Finance
3 56 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.65%) Law
6 20 (3.90%) Banking
7 18 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.92%) Health Technology
8 15 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (2.34%) Retail
10 11 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.56%) Marketing
12 6 (1.17%) Advertising
12 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.17%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.97%) Legal
14 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.58%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 200 (38.99%) Developer
2 122 (23.78%) Senior
3 64 (12.48%) Software Engineer
4 55 (10.72%) PHP Developer
5 53 (10.33%) Senior Developer
6 46 (8.97%) Lead
7 40 (7.80%) Full-Stack Developer
8 35 (6.82%) Administrator
9 33 (6.43%) DBA
9 33 (6.43%) Software Developer
10 24 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (4.29%) Python Engineer
12 21 (4.09%) C# Developer
13 19 (3.70%) Analyst
13 19 (3.70%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.70%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 18 (3.51%) Lead Software Engineer
15 17 (3.31%) Linux Engineer
16 16 (3.12%) Java Developer
16 16 (3.12%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (23.39%) CSS
2 99 (19.30%) HTML
3 86 (16.76%) React
3 86 (16.76%) RESTful
4 71 (13.84%) Node.js
5 70 (13.65%) Laravel
6 65 (12.67%) .NET
7 58 (11.31%) REST
8 56 (10.92%) Vue
9 37 (7.21%) jQuery
10 34 (6.63%) Spring
11 33 (6.43%) AngularJS
11 33 (6.43%) JSON
12 31 (6.04%) HTML5
12 31 (6.04%) Kafka
12 31 (6.04%) Spring Boot
13 27 (5.26%) CSS3
14 23 (4.48%) ASP.NET
15 19 (3.70%) Flask
16 15 (2.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.72%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.80%) Replication
3 32 (6.24%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.92%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.73%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.53%) NHS
9 12 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.95%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.56%) IoT
13 8 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.17%) Driving Licence
15 5 (0.97%) PropTech
15 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 134 (26.12%) Linux
2 31 (6.04%) Windows
3 26 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.87%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.73%) CentOS
5 14 (2.73%) Debian
6 9 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.58%) Android
9 2 (0.39%) Rocky
10 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (34.50%) Agile
2 136 (26.51%) CI/CD
3 132 (25.73%) Software Engineering
4 117 (22.81%) Microservices
5 114 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (18.71%) Full-Stack Development
7 92 (17.93%) DevOps
8 82 (15.98%) AI
9 71 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (13.84%) Mentoring
10 58 (11.31%) Data Modelling
11 57 (11.11%) Containerisation
12 52 (10.14%) Clean Code
13 50 (9.75%) TDD
14 48 (9.36%) Computer Science
15 47 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
15 47 (9.16%) Web Development
16 42 (8.19%) High Availability
16 42 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
17 41 (7.99%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 194 (37.82%) SQL
2 176 (34.31%) JavaScript
3 146 (28.46%) PHP
4 114 (22.22%) Python
5 99 (19.30%) Java
6 73 (14.23%) C#
7 43 (8.38%) TypeScript
8 33 (6.43%) Bash
9 26 (5.07%) PowerShell
10 25 (4.87%) C++
11 21 (4.09%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.73%) Go
13 11 (2.14%) Ruby
13 11 (2.14%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.36%) Korn
14 7 (1.36%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.17%) C
16 4 (0.78%) Perl
16 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (15.20%) Degree
2 34 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.04%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.36%) HNC
7 7 (1.36%) HND
8 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.58%) RHCE
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.80%) QA
2 37 (7.21%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.34%) GDPR
6 7 (1.36%) HL7
6 7 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.36%) SLA
7 5 (0.97%) WCAG
8 4 (0.78%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 108 (21.05%) Docker
2 35 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.95%) vSphere
5 9 (1.75%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.58%) iptables
7 3 (0.58%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.39%) Samba
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 37 (7.21%) Terraform
3 29 (5.65%) Ansible
4 24 (4.68%) Grafana
5 12 (2.34%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.14%) Nagios
7 7 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.36%) Puppet
8 4 (0.78%) Argo
8 4 (0.78%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.58%) Plesk
9 3 (0.58%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.58%) Rancher
9 3 (0.58%) systemd
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.39%) WSUS
11 1 (0.19%) Graylog
11 1 (0.19%) Podman
11 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.24%) Oracle
3 22 (4.29%) Red Hat
4 18 (3.51%) Splunk
4 18 (3.51%) VMware
5 13 (2.53%) Google
6 12 (2.34%) OpenAI
7 10 (1.95%) Dell
7 10 (1.95%) Veeam
8 9 (1.75%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.36%) Adobe
9 7 (1.36%) Cisco
10 6 (1.17%) Synology
11 5 (0.97%) Meraki
12 4 (0.78%) Databricks
12 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.78%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.78%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.58%) Mitel
13 3 (0.58%) Xamarin