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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 162 147
Rank change year-on-year -174 -15 -5
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 419 813 1,748
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.90% 2.06%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.94% 10.24% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 321 657 1,534
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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 7,051 7,939 16,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.42% 18.56% 19.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,217 5,135 12,218
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -151 382 £55,000 - 147
UK excluding London -166 267 £50,000 - 125
Work from Home -93 165 £52,130 -0.70% 101
London -64 114 £62,500 +4.17% 35
South East -85 70 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North of England -100 68 £52,130 -0.70% 31
Midlands -71 43 £41,250 +3.13% 20
East of England -17 39 £50,000 +25.00% 17
South West -72 39 £57,500 -4.17% 23
North West -54 36 £55,000 +4.76% 23
West Midlands -21 27 £42,500 -10.53% 15
Yorkshire -59 27 £50,000 +2.04% 4
East Midlands -67 16 £40,000 +14.29% 5
North East -29 5 £51,000 -7.27% 4
Scotland -44 4 £65,000 +18.18% 5
Northern Ireland -29 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Wales -44 1 £45,000 +38.46% 7

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 17 (4.06%) Apache Spark
1 17 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.10%) nginx
3 12 (2.86%) CMS
4 10 (2.39%) Apache
5 8 (1.91%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.43%) Confluence
7 4 (0.95%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.95%) IIS
8 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.48%) WordPress
9 1 (0.24%) Camunda
9 1 (0.24%) JBoss
9 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.24%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (1.19%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (1.91%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 191 (45.58%) AWS
2 118 (28.16%) Azure
3 65 (15.51%) GCP
4 51 (12.17%) SaaS
5 32 (7.64%) GitHub
6 28 (6.68%) Serverless
7 26 (6.21%) Power Platform
8 23 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (3.34%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.34%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.91%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.67%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.43%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.01%) VPN
2 10 (2.39%) Firewall
3 7 (1.67%) Network Security
4 6 (1.43%) DNS
4 6 (1.43%) FTP
4 6 (1.43%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.19%) DHCP
6 4 (0.95%) HTTP
6 4 (0.95%) VLAN
7 3 (0.72%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.72%) RTP
7 3 (0.72%) SAN
7 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.72%) VoIP
7 3 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.48%) MQTT
8 2 (0.48%) PBX
9 1 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (26.01%) SQL Server
2 105 (25.06%) PostgreSQL
3 61 (14.56%) Relational Database
4 60 (14.32%) MongoDB
5 57 (13.60%) NoSQL
6 31 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (5.73%) Power BI
8 20 (4.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (4.30%) Apache Cassandra
9 18 (4.30%) BusinessObjects
9 18 (4.30%) DynamoDB
10 17 (4.06%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (4.06%) RDBMS
11 13 (3.10%) Electronic Patient Records
11 13 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (2.63%) MariaDB
13 10 (2.39%) Big Data
13 10 (2.39%) Tableau
14 7 (1.67%) Neo4j
14 7 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 89 (21.24%) Git
2 20 (4.77%) JIRA
3 12 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.86%) PHPUnit
4 11 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 9 (2.15%) GitLab
6 5 (1.19%) git-flow
6 5 (1.19%) JUnit
6 5 (1.19%) Vite
7 4 (0.95%) Gradle
7 4 (0.95%) Maven
7 4 (0.95%) Mockito
7 4 (0.95%) NUnit
7 4 (0.95%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.72%) JMeter
8 3 (0.72%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.72%) Subversion
9 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.24%) MSTest
General
1 96 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 55 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (12.65%) Finance
4 25 (5.97%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.30%) Health Technology
5 18 (4.30%) Law
6 15 (3.58%) Retail
7 11 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.67%) Marketing
9 6 (1.43%) Banking
10 5 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.95%) Advertising
11 4 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.95%) Automotive
11 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.95%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.72%) Front Office
12 3 (0.72%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 187 (44.63%) Developer
2 88 (21.00%) Senior
3 49 (11.69%) PHP Developer
3 49 (11.69%) Senior Developer
4 38 (9.07%) Software Developer
5 33 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (7.16%) Data Engineer
6 30 (7.16%) Software Engineer
7 25 (5.97%) Lead
8 23 (5.49%) C# Developer
9 22 (5.25%) Backend Developer
9 22 (5.25%) Consultant
10 21 (5.01%) Applications Support
11 19 (4.53%) Graduate
11 19 (4.53%) Graduate Developer
11 19 (4.53%) Graduate Software Developer
11 19 (4.53%) SQL Developer
12 18 (4.30%) Analyst
12 18 (4.30%) Support Engineer
13 16 (3.82%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (21.24%) CSS
2 77 (18.38%) HTML
3 73 (17.42%) React
4 59 (14.08%) Laravel
5 52 (12.41%) RESTful
6 49 (11.69%) .NET
7 43 (10.26%) REST
8 42 (10.02%) Node.js
9 41 (9.79%) Vue
10 30 (7.16%) JSON
11 27 (6.44%) AngularJS
12 22 (5.25%) jQuery
13 21 (5.01%) Spring
14 19 (4.53%) .NET Core
14 19 (4.53%) Kafka
14 19 (4.53%) RabbitMQ
14 19 (4.53%) Symfony
15 18 (4.30%) Spring Boot
16 17 (4.06%) Web Services
17 14 (3.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.35%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.58%) NHS
6 14 (3.34%) Linux Command Line
6 14 (3.34%) Management Information System
6 14 (3.34%) Replication
7 13 (3.10%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.10%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.86%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.63%) IoT
10 10 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.43%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.19%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (21.48%) Linux
2 23 (5.49%) Windows
3 15 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.39%) CentOS
5 8 (1.91%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.95%) Debian
7 4 (0.95%) Rocky
7 4 (0.95%) VMS
7 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.72%) Android
8 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.48%) Unix
9 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (33.65%) Agile
2 100 (23.87%) CI/CD
3 98 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (17.66%) Microservices
5 70 (16.71%) Business Intelligence
5 70 (16.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 69 (16.47%) Software Engineering
7 61 (14.56%) DevOps
8 59 (14.08%) OOP
9 55 (13.13%) Containerisation
10 52 (12.41%) Mentoring
11 51 (12.17%) Data Modelling
12 47 (11.22%) ETL
12 47 (11.22%) Test Automation
13 44 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (10.50%) TDD
14 40 (9.55%) Computer Science
15 39 (9.31%) MVC
16 38 (9.07%) AI
16 38 (9.07%) OO
Programming Languages
1 181 (43.20%) SQL
2 143 (34.13%) PHP
3 125 (29.83%) JavaScript
4 85 (20.29%) Python
5 74 (17.66%) Java
6 65 (15.51%) C#
7 63 (15.04%) TypeScript
8 25 (5.97%) C++
9 24 (5.73%) PowerShell
10 20 (4.77%) Bash
11 13 (3.10%) T-SQL
12 12 (2.86%) Delphi
12 12 (2.86%) Pascal
12 12 (2.86%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.39%) Go
14 8 (1.91%) Scala
15 7 (1.67%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.43%) C
17 3 (0.72%) Perl
18 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (13.13%) Degree
2 36 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (5.25%) Security Cleared
4 14 (3.34%) SC Cleared
5 8 (1.91%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.48%) HNC
10 2 (0.48%) HND
10 2 (0.48%) RHCE
10 2 (0.48%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.24%) MCSA
11 1 (0.24%) MCSE
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.83%) QA
2 18 (4.30%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.86%) HL7
5 10 (2.39%) SLA
6 9 (2.15%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.91%) GDPR
8 2 (0.48%) PSD2
8 2 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (17.66%) Docker
2 21 (5.01%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.95%) vSphere
6 3 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.48%) Samba
7 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.24%) Firmware
8 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (14.32%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.92%) Terraform
3 27 (6.44%) Ansible
4 13 (3.10%) Grafana
5 10 (2.39%) Nagios
6 7 (1.67%) Argo
7 6 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.72%) Puppet
8 3 (0.72%) Rancher
9 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.48%) Plesk
9 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.24%) Galera Cluster
10 1 (0.24%) Graylog
10 1 (0.24%) Podman
10 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.98%) Oracle
3 16 (3.82%) SAP
4 14 (3.34%) Google
5 11 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.39%) Informatica
6 10 (2.39%) VMware
7 9 (2.15%) Talend
8 8 (1.91%) Databricks
8 8 (1.91%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.67%) Splunk
10 5 (1.19%) Palantir
11 4 (0.95%) Apple
11 4 (0.95%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.95%) Zend
12 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.72%) BT
12 3 (0.72%) Dell
12 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.72%) Mitel