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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 169 152
Rank change year-on-year -168 -17 -1
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 433 751 1,796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.83% 1.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.75% 9.96% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 338 644 1,568
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £80,375 £79,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%

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 7,524 7,540 16,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.21% 18.40% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,449 5,176 12,452
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -150 393 £52,500 -4.55% 144
UK excluding London -146 294 £50,000 - 126
Work from Home -74 174 £50,000 -4.76% 84
London -73 98 £75,000 +25.00% 33
South East -84 77 £55,000 +10.00% 24
North of England -106 74 £51,000 -2.86% 32
Midlands -61 54 £40,000 -15.79% 17
South West -84 41 £56,250 -2.17% 19
East of England -37 40 £50,000 +17.65% 20
North West -59 39 £55,000 +4.76% 24
East Midlands -59 29 £37,500 -6.25% 7
Yorkshire -65 28 £50,000 +2.04% 4
West Midlands -25 25 £43,750 -10.26% 10
North East -32 7 £51,000 -5.12% 4
Scotland -44 4 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Northern Ireland -36 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Wales -50 1 £45,000 +38.46% 8

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 (4.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.23%) CMS
3 14 (3.23%) nginx
4 10 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (2.08%) Apache
6 8 (1.85%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.62%) Confluence
8 4 (0.92%) IIS
9 3 (0.69%) WordPress
10 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.23%) Camunda
11 1 (0.23%) JBoss
11 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (1.39%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Shopify
2 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 197 (45.50%) AWS
2 115 (26.56%) Azure
3 67 (15.47%) GCP
4 51 (11.78%) SaaS
5 31 (7.16%) GitHub
6 29 (6.70%) Serverless
7 26 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (6.00%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (3.46%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.85%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.85%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.08%) VPN
2 14 (3.23%) Firewall
3 7 (1.62%) DNS
3 7 (1.62%) Network Security
3 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.39%) FTP
5 5 (1.15%) DHCP
5 5 (1.15%) VLAN
6 4 (0.92%) HTTP
6 4 (0.92%) MQTT
7 3 (0.69%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.69%) LoRaWAN
7 3 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.69%) RTP
7 3 (0.69%) SAN
7 3 (0.69%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.69%) VoIP
7 3 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.69%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.46%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (25.17%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (21.48%) SQL Server
3 59 (13.63%) NoSQL
4 58 (13.39%) Relational Database
5 57 (13.16%) MongoDB
6 28 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (5.54%) Power BI
8 18 (4.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 18 (4.16%) Apache Cassandra
9 16 (3.70%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (3.70%) DynamoDB
9 16 (3.70%) RDBMS
10 15 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (3.00%) MariaDB
12 12 (2.77%) Electronic Patient Records
12 12 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (2.08%) Big Data
13 9 (2.08%) Tableau
14 8 (1.85%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 93 (21.48%) Git
2 19 (4.39%) JIRA
3 13 (3.00%) PHPUnit
4 12 (2.77%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.54%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.31%) GitLab
7 5 (1.15%) JUnit
7 5 (1.15%) Vite
8 4 (0.92%) git-flow
8 4 (0.92%) Gradle
8 4 (0.92%) Maven
8 4 (0.92%) Mockito
8 4 (0.92%) NUnit
8 4 (0.92%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.69%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.69%) JMeter
9 3 (0.69%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.69%) Subversion
10 2 (0.46%) Selenium
11 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 59 (13.63%) Finance
3 55 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.85%) Health Technology
6 18 (4.16%) Law
7 14 (3.23%) Retail
8 9 (2.08%) Banking
8 9 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.62%) Advertising
10 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.39%) Marketing
11 5 (1.15%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.69%) Front Office
13 3 (0.69%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.46%) Back Office
14 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 201 (46.42%) Developer
2 87 (20.09%) Senior
3 57 (13.16%) PHP Developer
4 48 (11.09%) Senior Developer
5 37 (8.55%) Full-Stack Developer
6 36 (8.31%) Software Developer
7 31 (7.16%) Data Engineer
7 31 (7.16%) Software Engineer
8 29 (6.70%) Lead
9 22 (5.08%) C# Developer
10 21 (4.85%) Backend Developer
11 19 (4.39%) Analyst
11 19 (4.39%) Senior Backend Developer
11 19 (4.39%) Support Engineer
12 18 (4.16%) Applications Support
12 18 (4.16%) Graduate
12 18 (4.16%) Graduate Developer
12 18 (4.16%) Graduate Software Developer
12 18 (4.16%) SQL Developer
13 16 (3.70%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (23.79%) CSS
2 93 (21.48%) HTML
3 75 (17.32%) React
4 74 (17.09%) Laravel
5 58 (13.39%) RESTful
6 48 (11.09%) Vue
7 44 (10.16%) .NET
8 43 (9.93%) REST
9 42 (9.70%) Node.js
10 32 (7.39%) JSON
11 31 (7.16%) jQuery
12 30 (6.93%) AngularJS
13 24 (5.54%) Spring
14 21 (4.85%) Kafka
14 21 (4.85%) Spring Boot
15 19 (4.39%) Symfony
16 17 (3.93%) .NET Core
16 17 (3.93%) RabbitMQ
17 16 (3.70%) XML
18 15 (3.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.85%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.70%) NHS
4 16 (3.70%) Replication
5 15 (3.46%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
6 14 (3.23%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.77%) IoT
8 12 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.85%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.39%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 95 (21.94%) Linux
2 22 (5.08%) Windows
3 14 (3.23%) Ubuntu
3 14 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.00%) CentOS
5 8 (1.85%) Debian
6 6 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.15%) Rocky
8 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.69%) Android
9 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.69%) VMS
10 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (33.26%) Agile
2 95 (21.94%) CI/CD
3 92 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (17.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 74 (17.09%) Microservices
5 73 (16.86%) Business Intelligence
6 64 (14.78%) Software Engineering
7 62 (14.32%) DevOps
8 53 (12.24%) Mentoring
9 51 (11.78%) Containerisation
10 48 (11.09%) Data Modelling
11 47 (10.85%) OOP
12 46 (10.62%) TDD
13 44 (10.16%) ETL
14 41 (9.47%) Computer Science
15 39 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (9.01%) Test Automation
16 38 (8.78%) AI
17 36 (8.31%) MVC
17 36 (8.31%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 195 (45.03%) SQL
2 152 (35.10%) PHP
3 135 (31.18%) JavaScript
4 80 (18.48%) Python
5 75 (17.32%) Java
6 62 (14.32%) C#
7 60 (13.86%) TypeScript
8 24 (5.54%) Bash
8 24 (5.54%) C++
8 24 (5.54%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.23%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.00%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.31%) Go
12 9 (2.08%) Scala
13 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.39%) C
15 2 (0.46%) Korn
15 2 (0.46%) Perl
15 2 (0.46%) Ruby
15 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (13.16%) Degree
2 36 (8.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.69%) HNC
8 3 (0.69%) HND
8 3 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.69%) RHCE
9 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.46%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.77%) QA
2 20 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.00%) HL7
5 9 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.08%) GDPR
5 9 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (0.92%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.46%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (16.63%) Docker
2 25 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.62%) vSphere
5 6 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.69%) Kamailio
7 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.46%) iptables
8 2 (0.46%) Samba
9 1 (0.23%) Firmware
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (14.32%) Kubernetes
2 30 (6.93%) Terraform
3 24 (5.54%) Ansible
4 14 (3.23%) Grafana
5 12 (2.77%) Nagios
6 6 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.15%) Argo
8 3 (0.69%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.69%) Plesk
8 3 (0.69%) Puppet
8 3 (0.69%) Rancher
8 3 (0.69%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.46%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.46%) systemd
10 1 (0.23%) Graylog
10 1 (0.23%) Podman
10 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (11.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.93%) Oracle
3 15 (3.46%) VMware
4 14 (3.23%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.23%) SAP
5 13 (3.00%) Google
6 9 (2.08%) Informatica
7 8 (1.85%) Databricks
7 8 (1.85%) Splunk
7 8 (1.85%) Talend
8 5 (1.15%) Palantir
8 5 (1.15%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.15%) Veeam
9 4 (0.92%) Apple
9 4 (0.92%) Cisco
9 4 (0.92%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.92%) Zend
10 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.69%) Mitel