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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 198 161
Rank change year-on-year -155 -37 -9
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 441 714 1,755
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.64% 1.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.60% 9.53% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 350 584 1,552
10th Percentile £34,400 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,000
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 7,872 7,496 17,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 17.23% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,727 5,072 12,519
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -111 407 £55,000 - 149
UK excluding London -130 304 £50,000 - 124
Work from Home -76 163 £52,130 -0.70% 81
London -73 102 £75,000 +19.52% 36
North of England -99 87 £50,000 -4.76% 46
South East -54 86 £55,000 +10.00% 44
North West -53 46 £53,565 -2.61% 21
Midlands -67 46 £42,500 -10.53% 10
South West -73 43 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East of England -25 32 £50,000 +17.65% 11
Yorkshire -58 31 £49,500 +4.21% 22
East Midlands -36 25 £37,500 -11.76% 6
West Midlands -49 21 £46,250 -13.15% 4
North East -47 10 £47,500 -11.63% 3
Scotland -30 5 £58,000 +5.45% 2
Wales -44 3 £35,000 -6.67% 3
Northern Ireland -36 2 £62,500 -26.47%

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 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.31%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.31%) CMS
3 16 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.63%) nginx
4 15 (3.40%) Apache
5 13 (2.95%) WordPress
6 10 (2.27%) Confluence
7 8 (1.81%) IIS
8 6 (1.36%) Drupal
9 5 (1.13%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.68%) JBoss
10 3 (0.68%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.23%) Camunda
12 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.81%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.72%) Shopify
2 3 (0.68%) Magento
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 203 (46.03%) AWS
2 112 (25.40%) Azure
3 67 (15.19%) GCP
4 45 (10.20%) SaaS
5 32 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (6.35%) GitHub
7 27 (6.12%) Power Platform
8 25 (5.67%) Serverless
9 17 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 16 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (3.17%) Amazon S3
12 12 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (1.81%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.81%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.59%) Amazon ECR
15 7 (1.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.76%) Firewall
2 18 (4.08%) VPN
3 9 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (1.81%) iSCSI
4 8 (1.81%) SAN
5 7 (1.59%) Broadband
5 7 (1.59%) DNS
5 7 (1.59%) Network Security
6 6 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.13%) VLAN
8 4 (0.91%) HTTP
8 4 (0.91%) MQTT
8 4 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.68%) DHCP
9 3 (0.68%) LoRaWAN
9 3 (0.68%) RTP
9 3 (0.68%) SSH
9 3 (0.68%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.68%) VoIP
9 3 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (26.08%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (24.49%) SQL Server
3 64 (14.51%) Relational Database
4 63 (14.29%) NoSQL
5 62 (14.06%) MongoDB
6 25 (5.67%) Power BI
7 23 (5.22%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (4.54%) Apache Cassandra
9 19 (4.31%) MariaDB
10 17 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (3.40%) RDBMS
12 14 (3.17%) DynamoDB
13 12 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (2.72%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.81%) Big Data
16 8 (1.81%) Neo4j
17 7 (1.59%) Oracle Database
17 7 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 99 (22.45%) Git
2 21 (4.76%) GitLab
3 17 (3.85%) JIRA
4 11 (2.49%) PHPUnit
5 10 (2.27%) Bitbucket
5 10 (2.27%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.13%) JUnit
6 5 (1.13%) Vite
7 4 (0.91%) Mockito
7 4 (0.91%) NUnit
8 3 (0.68%) Gradle
8 3 (0.68%) Maven
8 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.45%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.45%) JMeter
9 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.45%) Selenium
9 2 (0.45%) Subversion
10 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 59 (13.38%) Finance
3 49 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.90%) Law
5 20 (4.54%) Health Technology
6 19 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.17%) Retail
8 13 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.72%) Banking
10 11 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.59%) Advertising
11 7 (1.59%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.36%) Marketing
13 5 (1.13%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.91%) Social Housing
15 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Front Office
16 2 (0.45%) Automotive
16 2 (0.45%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 180 (40.82%) Developer
2 100 (22.68%) Senior
3 57 (12.93%) PHP Developer
4 49 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 34 (7.71%) Full-Stack Developer
6 32 (7.26%) Lead
6 32 (7.26%) Software Developer
6 32 (7.26%) Software Engineer
7 27 (6.12%) Administrator
8 26 (5.90%) Data Engineer
8 26 (5.90%) DBA
9 21 (4.76%) Analyst
10 20 (4.54%) Backend Developer
10 20 (4.54%) C# Developer
11 19 (4.31%) Senior Backend Developer
12 18 (4.08%) Support Engineer
13 17 (3.85%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 16 (3.63%) SQL Developer
15 15 (3.40%) C# Software Developer
16 14 (3.17%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (23.58%) CSS
2 93 (21.09%) HTML
3 76 (17.23%) Laravel
4 68 (15.42%) React
5 57 (12.93%) RESTful
6 48 (10.88%) Vue
7 42 (9.52%) Node.js
8 41 (9.30%) .NET
9 40 (9.07%) REST
10 33 (7.48%) JSON
11 30 (6.80%) AngularJS
11 30 (6.80%) jQuery
12 26 (5.90%) HTML5
13 25 (5.67%) CSS3
14 24 (5.44%) Kafka
15 21 (4.76%) Spring
16 18 (4.08%) Spring Boot
17 16 (3.63%) .NET Core
18 15 (3.40%) RabbitMQ
18 15 (3.40%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.58%) Replication
3 26 (5.90%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.08%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.17%) NHS
8 13 (2.95%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.72%) IoT
9 12 (2.72%) Mobile App
10 11 (2.49%) Data Structures
11 10 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.36%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.36%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.36%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.13%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 119 (26.98%) Linux
2 28 (6.35%) Windows
3 23 (5.22%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.17%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.72%) CentOS
6 10 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.04%) Debian
8 6 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.68%) Android
9 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (31.07%) Agile
2 101 (22.90%) CI/CD
3 88 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (18.59%) Microservices
5 74 (16.78%) Software Engineering
6 68 (15.42%) Full-Stack Development
7 67 (15.19%) DevOps
8 61 (13.83%) Business Intelligence
9 51 (11.56%) Containerisation
10 49 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (10.43%) TDD
12 45 (10.20%) Mentoring
12 45 (10.20%) Web Development
13 44 (9.98%) Data Modelling
14 40 (9.07%) OOP
15 38 (8.62%) AI
15 38 (8.62%) Computer Science
16 36 (8.16%) Analytics
16 36 (8.16%) Data Pipeline
17 34 (7.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 175 (39.68%) SQL
2 153 (34.69%) PHP
3 136 (30.84%) JavaScript
4 83 (18.82%) Python
5 69 (15.65%) Java
6 56 (12.70%) C#
7 48 (10.88%) TypeScript
8 32 (7.26%) Bash
9 25 (5.67%) PowerShell
10 20 (4.54%) C++
11 14 (3.17%) PL/SQL
11 14 (3.17%) Shell Script
12 12 (2.72%) Go
13 10 (2.27%) T-SQL
14 9 (2.04%) Scala
15 7 (1.59%) Korn
16 6 (1.36%) C
17 3 (0.68%) VBA
18 2 (0.45%) Perl
18 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 60 (13.61%) Degree
2 32 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.54%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.27%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.36%) HNC
6 6 (1.36%) HND
6 6 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.68%) RHCE
10 2 (0.45%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.23%) MySQL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.26%) QA
2 29 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.27%) HL7
6 9 (2.04%) GDPR
7 7 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.59%) SLA
8 5 (1.13%) WCAG
9 4 (0.91%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 79 (17.91%) Docker
2 32 (7.26%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.04%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.81%) vSphere
6 5 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.91%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.68%) iptables
8 3 (0.68%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.45%) Samba
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 69 (15.65%) Kubernetes
2 30 (6.80%) Terraform
3 25 (5.67%) Ansible
4 17 (3.85%) Grafana
5 10 (2.27%) Nagios
6 7 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.36%) Puppet
8 5 (1.13%) Argo
9 4 (0.91%) Rancher
10 3 (0.68%) Galera Cluster
10 3 (0.68%) Plesk
10 3 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.68%) systemd
10 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.23%) Graylog
12 1 (0.23%) Podman
12 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.35%) Oracle
3 21 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.40%) VMware
5 13 (2.95%) Google
6 10 (2.27%) Splunk
7 8 (1.81%) Dell
7 8 (1.81%) SAP
8 7 (1.59%) Informatica
8 7 (1.59%) Rapid7
8 7 (1.59%) Veeam
9 6 (1.36%) Adobe
9 6 (1.36%) Cisco
9 6 (1.36%) Talend
10 5 (1.13%) Databricks
10 5 (1.13%) Meraki
10 5 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.13%) Synology
11 4 (0.91%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.91%) WooCommerce