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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 235 165
Rank change year-on-year -125 -70 -18
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 486 630 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 1.39% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.89% 8.52% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 387 492 1,501
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -7.05%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,563 £67,500
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 8,253 7,398 17,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 16.36% 16.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,439 4,787 12,597
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,500 £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% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 24 June 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 June 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 -107 438 £54,500 +3.81% 92
UK excluding London -91 330 £50,000 - 88
Work from Home -61 186 £54,000 +4.65% 42
London -55 112 £80,000 +33.33% 18
North of England -44 111 £50,000 -3.61% 36
South East -56 89 £55,000 +10.00% 22
Midlands -32 52 £42,500 -2.86% 7
Yorkshire -29 46 £42,500 -10.53% 7
North West -35 44 £55,000 - 22
South West -83 35 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands -22 28 £37,500 -16.67% 1
East of England -41 28 £47,500 +11.76% 11
West Midlands -24 24 £55,000 +33.33% 6
North East -38 21 £47,500 - 7
Wales -53 7 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Scotland -2 6 £58,000 +0.87% 3
Northern Ireland -36 2 £62,500 - 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 18 (3.70%) Apache
1 18 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
1 18 (3.70%) CMS
1 18 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.50%) WordPress
3 14 (2.88%) Confluence
4 12 (2.47%) IIS
4 12 (2.47%) nginx
5 11 (2.26%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.44%) Drupal
7 4 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.82%) JBoss
7 4 (0.82%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.62%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.21%) Moodle
10 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.44%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.06%) Shopify
2 3 (0.62%) Magento
3 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 241 (49.59%) AWS
2 137 (28.19%) Azure
3 55 (11.32%) GCP
4 44 (9.05%) SaaS
5 40 (8.23%) GitHub
6 32 (6.58%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.58%) Serverless
7 30 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (3.91%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (2.06%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 10 (2.06%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (1.85%) Amazon ECR
16 9 (1.85%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.94%) Firewall
2 13 (2.67%) Broadband
2 13 (2.67%) VPN
3 11 (2.26%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.85%) Network Security
4 9 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.65%) DNS
5 8 (1.65%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.65%) SAN
5 8 (1.65%) VoIP
6 6 (1.23%) LAN
6 6 (1.23%) VLAN
6 6 (1.23%) WAN
7 4 (0.82%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.82%) MQTT
7 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.62%) Internet
8 3 (0.62%) RTP
8 3 (0.62%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.62%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (31.07%) PostgreSQL
2 120 (24.69%) SQL Server
3 85 (17.49%) MongoDB
4 73 (15.02%) Relational Database
5 72 (14.81%) NoSQL
6 29 (5.97%) Power BI
7 28 (5.76%) MariaDB
8 25 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.47%) Apache Cassandra
10 12 (2.47%) Redis
10 12 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (2.06%) Metadata
12 9 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.85%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.85%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.44%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 117 (24.07%) Git
2 31 (6.38%) GitLab
3 30 (6.17%) JIRA
4 21 (4.32%) Claude Code
5 13 (2.67%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.06%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.85%) PHPUnit
8 5 (1.03%) JUnit
9 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.82%) Selenium
9 4 (0.82%) Vite
10 3 (0.62%) Mocha
10 3 (0.62%) Mockito
10 3 (0.62%) NUnit
10 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.41%) Gradle
11 2 (0.41%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.41%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.41%) YouTrack
General
1 121 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 76 (15.64%) Finance
3 53 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.35%) Law
6 19 (3.91%) Banking
7 18 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.50%) Health Technology
9 13 (2.67%) Retail
10 12 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.65%) Marketing
13 7 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.23%) Advertising
14 6 (1.23%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.03%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.03%) Legal
16 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (38.48%) Developer
2 116 (23.87%) Senior
3 57 (11.73%) Software Engineer
4 52 (10.70%) Senior Developer
5 49 (10.08%) PHP Developer
6 37 (7.61%) Full-Stack Developer
6 37 (7.61%) Lead
7 34 (7.00%) Administrator
8 33 (6.79%) Software Developer
9 32 (6.58%) DBA
10 22 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 21 (4.32%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.91%) Data Engineer
12 19 (3.91%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 19 (3.91%) Python Engineer
13 18 (3.70%) Analyst
14 17 (3.50%) Linux Engineer
15 16 (3.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 16 (3.29%) Graduate
15 16 (3.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (23.87%) CSS
2 95 (19.55%) HTML
3 83 (17.08%) React
4 81 (16.67%) RESTful
5 69 (14.20%) Laravel
6 66 (13.58%) Node.js
7 63 (12.96%) .NET
8 57 (11.73%) Vue
9 54 (11.11%) REST
10 35 (7.20%) jQuery
11 33 (6.79%) AngularJS
11 33 (6.79%) JSON
12 31 (6.38%) HTML5
13 30 (6.17%) Spring
14 28 (5.76%) Kafka
15 27 (5.56%) CSS3
15 27 (5.56%) Spring Boot
16 22 (4.53%) ASP.NET
17 16 (3.29%) Flask
18 15 (3.09%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 37 (7.61%) Replication
3 28 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.88%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.67%) NHS
6 13 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.65%) IoT
10 8 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.44%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 133 (27.37%) Linux
2 30 (6.17%) Windows
3 25 (5.14%) Windows Server
4 23 (4.73%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.88%) CentOS
5 14 (2.88%) Debian
6 9 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.82%) Android
9 2 (0.41%) Rocky
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (34.57%) Agile
2 126 (25.93%) CI/CD
3 120 (24.69%) Software Engineering
4 106 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (21.40%) Microservices
6 89 (18.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 82 (16.87%) DevOps
8 73 (15.02%) AI
9 66 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (12.35%) Mentoring
11 55 (11.32%) Containerisation
12 53 (10.91%) Data Modelling
13 48 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (9.88%) Clean Code
13 48 (9.88%) Computer Science
14 44 (9.05%) Web Development
15 43 (8.85%) TDD
16 39 (8.02%) Open Source
17 38 (7.82%) High Availability
18 36 (7.41%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 185 (38.07%) SQL
2 166 (34.16%) JavaScript
3 141 (29.01%) PHP
4 106 (21.81%) Python
5 89 (18.31%) Java
6 72 (14.81%) C#
7 44 (9.05%) TypeScript
8 34 (7.00%) Bash
9 25 (5.14%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.94%) C++
11 18 (3.70%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.47%) Go
13 11 (2.26%) Ruby
13 11 (2.26%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.65%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.44%) Korn
15 7 (1.44%) VB.NET
16 6 (1.23%) C
17 4 (0.82%) Perl
17 4 (0.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 76 (15.64%) Degree
2 34 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.56%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.47%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.44%) HNC
7 7 (1.44%) HND
8 6 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.62%) RHCE
11 2 (0.41%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.44%) QA
2 34 (7.00%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.47%) GDPR
6 7 (1.44%) HL7
6 7 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.44%) SLA
7 5 (1.03%) WCAG
8 4 (0.82%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 99 (20.37%) Docker
2 34 (7.00%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.06%) vSphere
5 9 (1.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.82%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.62%) iptables
8 3 (0.62%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.41%) Samba
10 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (15.02%) Kubernetes
2 31 (6.38%) Terraform
3 27 (5.56%) Ansible
4 21 (4.32%) Grafana
5 11 (2.26%) Nagios
6 10 (2.06%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.44%) Puppet
8 4 (0.82%) Argo
8 4 (0.82%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.62%) Plesk
9 3 (0.62%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.62%) Rancher
9 3 (0.62%) systemd
10 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.21%) Graylog
11 1 (0.21%) Podman
11 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.97%) Oracle
3 22 (4.53%) Red Hat
4 17 (3.50%) VMware
5 16 (3.29%) Splunk
6 12 (2.47%) Google
7 11 (2.26%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.85%) Rapid7
9 8 (1.65%) Dell
9 8 (1.65%) Veeam
10 7 (1.44%) Adobe
10 7 (1.44%) Cisco
11 6 (1.23%) Synology
12 5 (1.03%) Meraki
12 5 (1.03%) WooCommerce
13 4 (0.82%) Databricks
13 4 (0.82%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.82%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.62%) BT
14 3 (0.62%) Mitel