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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 246 167
Rank change year-on-year -93 -79 -22
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 546 640 1,675
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.31% 1.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.30% 8.40% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 423 502 1,396
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -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 - - -4.76%

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 8,672 7,622 16,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.82% 15.55% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,759 4,910 11,670
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,392
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,182 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 11 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 11 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 -81 488 £55,000 +4.76% 87
UK excluding London -78 377 £50,000 - 78
Work from Home -64 210 £54,000 +8.00% 38
North of England -29 131 £50,000 -4.76% 21
London -43 122 £85,000 +36.00% 30
South East -52 95 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North West -27 57 £53,750 -2.27% 12
Midlands -38 55 £42,500 -5.56% 7
Yorkshire -14 48 £42,500 +6.25% 2
South West -71 42 £52,500 -8.70% 7
East of England -40 31 £47,500 +11.76% 8
East Midlands -19 30 £37,500 -16.67% 1
North East -41 26 £47,500 - 7
West Midlands -29 25 £51,250 +36.67% 6
Scotland 0 11 £51,000 -11.30% 4
Wales -54 10 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Northern Ireland -63 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 23 (4.21%) Apache
2 21 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.48%) WordPress
4 18 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (2.93%) CMS
6 15 (2.75%) Confluence
6 15 (2.75%) IIS
7 12 (2.20%) Apache Spark
8 10 (1.83%) 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 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.92%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.37%) Elementor
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Shopify
2 3 (0.55%) Magento
3 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 287 (52.56%) AWS
2 160 (29.30%) Azure
3 65 (11.90%) GCP
4 45 (8.24%) GitHub
5 43 (7.88%) SaaS
6 34 (6.23%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (5.68%) Serverless
8 26 (4.76%) Amazon S3
9 20 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
13 15 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.01%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (2.01%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.03%) Firewall
2 13 (2.38%) Broadband
3 12 (2.20%) VPN
4 11 (2.01%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.65%) DNS
5 9 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (1.47%) iSCSI
6 8 (1.47%) SAN
6 8 (1.47%) VoIP
7 7 (1.28%) Network Security
7 7 (1.28%) VLAN
8 5 (0.92%) LAN
8 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 5 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.73%) DHCP
9 4 (0.73%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.73%) MQTT
10 3 (0.55%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.55%) Internet
10 3 (0.55%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (31.87%) PostgreSQL
2 138 (25.27%) SQL Server
3 97 (17.77%) MongoDB
4 90 (16.48%) Relational Database
5 78 (14.29%) NoSQL
6 31 (5.68%) Power BI
7 30 (5.49%) MariaDB
8 25 (4.58%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (2.93%) DynamoDB
12 15 (2.75%) Amazon Aurora
12 15 (2.75%) Metadata
13 13 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
14 12 (2.20%) Big Data
14 12 (2.20%) Redis
15 9 (1.65%) RDBMS
16 7 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 123 (22.53%) Git
2 32 (5.86%) GitLab
3 31 (5.68%) JIRA
4 27 (4.95%) Claude Code
5 16 (2.93%) Jenkins
6 15 (2.75%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.65%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.92%) JUnit
9 4 (0.73%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.73%) Selenium
10 3 (0.55%) Mocha
10 3 (0.55%) Mockito
10 3 (0.55%) NUnit
10 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.37%) Gradle
11 2 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.37%) Maven
11 2 (0.37%) Subversion
11 2 (0.37%) Vite
11 2 (0.37%) YouTrack
General
1 124 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.38%) Finance
3 57 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (9.34%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.86%) Law
6 20 (3.66%) Banking
7 18 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (2.75%) Health Technology
9 12 (2.20%) Retail
10 11 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
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%) Legal
13 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.55%) Local Government
15 3 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 218 (39.93%) Developer
2 130 (23.81%) Senior
3 65 (11.90%) Software Engineer
4 61 (11.17%) PHP Developer
5 58 (10.62%) Senior Developer
6 47 (8.61%) Lead
7 43 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 35 (6.41%) Administrator
9 33 (6.04%) Software Developer
10 32 (5.86%) DBA
11 25 (4.58%) Python Engineer
12 24 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
13 21 (3.85%) C# Developer
14 20 (3.66%) Data Engineer
14 20 (3.66%) Web Developer
15 19 (3.48%) Analyst
15 19 (3.48%) Database Engineer
15 19 (3.48%) Java Developer
15 19 (3.48%) PHP Laravel Developer
16 18 (3.30%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (23.26%) CSS
2 106 (19.41%) HTML
3 92 (16.85%) React
4 88 (16.12%) RESTful
5 80 (14.65%) Laravel
6 72 (13.19%) Node.js
7 65 (11.90%) .NET
8 62 (11.36%) REST
9 59 (10.81%) Vue
10 38 (6.96%) Spring
11 37 (6.78%) jQuery
12 36 (6.59%) Kafka
13 35 (6.41%) Spring Boot
14 33 (6.04%) AngularJS
14 33 (6.04%) JSON
15 31 (5.68%) HTML5
16 27 (4.95%) CSS3
17 23 (4.21%) ASP.NET
18 22 (4.03%) Flask
19 16 (2.93%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.14%) Replication
3 34 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.75%) 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%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.47%) IoT
14 7 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
15 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 144 (26.37%) Linux
2 32 (5.86%) Windows
3 28 (5.13%) Ubuntu
4 25 (4.58%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.93%) Debian
6 14 (2.56%) CentOS
7 10 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.55%) Android
11 2 (0.37%) Rocky
12 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (33.88%) Agile
2 146 (26.74%) CI/CD
3 139 (25.46%) Software Engineering
4 122 (22.34%) Microservices
5 120 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
7 95 (17.40%) DevOps
8 92 (16.85%) AI
9 74 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (13.55%) Mentoring
10 63 (11.54%) Data Modelling
11 59 (10.81%) Containerisation
12 55 (10.07%) Clean Code
13 52 (9.52%) Web Development
14 51 (9.34%) TDD
15 48 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
15 48 (8.79%) Computer Science
16 47 (8.61%) Infrastructure as Code
17 46 (8.42%) Analytics
18 44 (8.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 201 (36.81%) SQL
2 184 (33.70%) JavaScript
3 155 (28.39%) PHP
4 123 (22.53%) Python
5 103 (18.86%) Java
6 74 (13.55%) C#
7 48 (8.79%) TypeScript
8 32 (5.86%) Bash
9 25 (4.58%) C++
9 25 (4.58%) PowerShell
10 20 (3.66%) Shell Script
11 14 (2.56%) Go
12 13 (2.38%) Ruby
13 11 (2.01%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.28%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.10%) C
15 6 (1.10%) Korn
16 5 (0.92%) Scala
17 4 (0.73%) Perl
17 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (14.10%) Degree
2 35 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.28%) HNC
7 7 (1.28%) HND
8 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.55%) RHCE
11 2 (0.37%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.33%) Data Quality
1 40 (7.33%) QA
2 21 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.11%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.20%) GDPR
5 7 (1.28%) HL7
5 7 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.28%) SLA
6 5 (0.92%) WCAG
7 4 (0.73%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 118 (21.61%) Docker
2 35 (6.41%) 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%) Kamailio
7 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.37%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 89 (16.30%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.69%) Terraform
3 29 (5.31%) Ansible
4 24 (4.40%) Grafana
5 12 (2.20%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.01%) Nagios
7 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.28%) Puppet
8 4 (0.73%) Argo
8 4 (0.73%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.73%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.55%) Plesk
9 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.55%) Rancher
9 3 (0.55%) systemd
9 3 (0.55%) WSUS
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 33 (6.04%) Oracle
3 21 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 18 (3.30%) Splunk
4 18 (3.30%) VMware
5 16 (2.93%) Google
6 15 (2.75%) OpenAI
7 11 (2.01%) Dell
7 11 (2.01%) Veeam
8 9 (1.65%) 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%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.73%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.73%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.55%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.55%) Mitel