MySQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring MySQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MySQL over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 165 159
Rank change year-on-year -112 -6 -74
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 655 1,767 2,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.11% 1.64% 2.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.30% 9.77% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 493 1,467 1,240
10th Percentile £27,650 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £56,480
Median % change year-on-year - -7.05% +2.69%
75th Percentile £67,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,446
% change year-on-year - -4.66% +4.89%

All Database and 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 7,888 18,081 19,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.40% 16.76% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,918 12,356 12,576
10th Percentile £35,425 £35,195 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -8.73% +5.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MySQL.

Salary trend for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 18 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 3 July 2025. 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 -111 585 £52,500 - 2,013
UK excluding London -88 480 £50,000 - 1,364
Work from Home -72 292 £50,500 -8.18% 1,268
London -17 143 £63,000 -6.67% 769
North of England -122 131 £51,250 -2.38% 351
South East -42 123 £50,000 -4.76% 362
Midlands -28 84 £45,000 -10.00% 184
North West -107 79 £55,000 - 211
South West +6 53 £57,500 +27.78% 157
East of England -34 53 £37,500 -18.48% 169
West Midlands +7 51 £40,000 -20.00% 105
Yorkshire -40 35 £38,750 -17.55% 121
East Midlands -2 29 £45,000 +5.88% 79
Scotland +43 18 £57,500 +21.05% 79
Wales +23 17 £60,000 +20.00% 42
North East +3 17 £47,500 -26.92% 19
Northern Ireland +41 4 - - 30
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (8.85%) Confluence
2 28 (4.27%) WordPress
3 23 (3.51%) CMS
4 20 (3.05%) Apache
5 13 (1.98%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.83%) nginx
7 11 (1.68%) IIS
8 9 (1.37%) Apache Solr
9 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (1.07%) SAS
11 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.61%) Drupal
12 4 (0.61%) SharePoint
13 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.31%) Appian
14 2 (0.31%) Camunda
15 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
15 1 (0.15%) ColdFusion
15 1 (0.15%) OpenEdge
15 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.22%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.61%) SPSS
5 3 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.46%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.83%) Magento
2 8 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.92%) Shopify
4 4 (0.61%) Relativity
4 4 (0.61%) Ringtail
4 4 (0.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.31%) Odoo
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 307 (46.87%) AWS
2 168 (25.65%) Azure
3 88 (13.44%) GCP
4 49 (7.48%) GitHub
5 46 (7.02%) SaaS
6 40 (6.11%) Serverless
7 35 (5.34%) Power Platform
8 24 (3.66%) Cloudflare
8 24 (3.66%) PaaS
9 23 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.36%) IaaS
11 20 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
12 18 (2.75%) Power Automate
13 17 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 16 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
14 16 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.43%) Firewall
2 24 (3.66%) DNS
3 23 (3.51%) VPN
4 16 (2.44%) SD-WAN
4 16 (2.44%) WAN
5 15 (2.29%) Internet
6 10 (1.53%) FTP
7 8 (1.22%) SAN
8 6 (0.92%) iSCSI
8 6 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (0.61%) MQTT
9 4 (0.61%) SMS
9 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.46%) Multicast
10 3 (0.46%) PuTTY
10 3 (0.46%) VLAN
11 2 (0.31%) HTTP
11 2 (0.31%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.31%) IPsec
11 2 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (22.29%) SQL Server
2 127 (19.39%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (15.88%) Relational Database
4 62 (9.47%) MongoDB
5 57 (8.70%) NoSQL
6 35 (5.34%) Elasticsearch
7 33 (5.04%) Power BI
8 24 (3.66%) Redis
9 22 (3.36%) DynamoDB
10 20 (3.05%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (2.60%) RDBMS
12 16 (2.44%) Data Lake
13 15 (2.29%) Big Data
14 14 (2.14%) MariaDB
15 12 (1.83%) Apache Hive
15 12 (1.83%) Hadoop
16 11 (1.68%) BigQuery
16 11 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
17 10 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 220 (33.59%) Git
2 72 (10.99%) JIRA
3 41 (6.26%) Bitbucket
4 18 (2.75%) GitLab
5 14 (2.14%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.68%) NUnit
6 11 (1.68%) TeamCity
7 10 (1.53%) Jasmine
7 10 (1.53%) PHPUnit
8 9 (1.37%) Maven
9 8 (1.22%) Gradle
9 8 (1.22%) Selenium
10 7 (1.07%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.92%) git-flow
11 6 (0.92%) webpack
12 5 (0.76%) JMeter
12 5 (0.76%) Postman
12 5 (0.76%) Subversion
13 4 (0.61%) Fiddler
13 4 (0.61%) LoadRunner
General
1 174 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 150 (22.90%) Finance
3 46 (7.02%) Marketing
4 44 (6.72%) Games
5 40 (6.11%) Law
6 37 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (3.36%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.21%) Retail
10 18 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.98%) Health Technology
12 12 (1.83%) Banking
12 12 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.37%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.22%) Advertising
16 7 (1.07%) Digital Healthcare
17 6 (0.92%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 313 (47.79%) Developer
2 144 (21.98%) Senior
3 85 (12.98%) PHP Developer
4 81 (12.37%) Software Engineer
5 73 (11.15%) Full-Stack Developer
5 73 (11.15%) Senior Developer
6 48 (7.33%) Lead
7 45 (6.87%) Graduate
7 45 (6.87%) Graduate Developer
8 44 (6.72%) IT Graduate
9 36 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
10 29 (4.43%) Analyst
11 27 (4.12%) C# Developer
11 27 (4.12%) Web Developer
12 26 (3.97%) Data Engineer
13 24 (3.66%) Architect
14 21 (3.21%) Junior
14 21 (3.21%) Junior Developer
14 21 (3.21%) SQL Developer
15 20 (3.05%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (30.99%) CSS
2 178 (27.18%) HTML
3 136 (20.76%) React
4 123 (18.78%) .NET
5 102 (15.57%) Laravel
6 80 (12.21%) Node.js
7 73 (11.15%) jQuery
8 68 (10.38%) Vue
9 67 (10.23%) RESTful
10 65 (9.92%) REST
11 62 (9.47%) ASP.NET
12 54 (8.24%) LAMP
13 49 (7.48%) AngularJS
14 40 (6.11%) Web Services
15 39 (5.95%) HTML5
15 39 (5.95%) Kafka
15 39 (5.95%) Spring Boot
16 37 (5.65%) Spring
17 30 (4.58%) CSS3
18 29 (4.43%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.02%) Mobile App
2 32 (4.89%) NHS
3 30 (4.58%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.66%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.05%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (3.05%) Public Cloud
6 19 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.75%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.75%) Virtual Team
8 16 (2.44%) IoT
9 14 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.98%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.83%) Legacy Code
12 9 (1.37%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.37%) Online Games
12 9 (1.37%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 124 (18.93%) Linux
2 61 (9.31%) Windows
3 15 (2.29%) Unix
4 10 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.22%) CentOS
5 8 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.92%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.61%) Android
7 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.46%) Rocky
9 2 (0.31%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (40.92%) Agile
2 186 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (22.90%) CI/CD
4 139 (21.22%) Software Engineering
5 116 (17.71%) OOP
6 110 (16.79%) Full-Stack Development
7 108 (16.49%) MVC
8 85 (12.98%) Computer Science
9 82 (12.52%) E-Commerce
10 81 (12.37%) OO
11 80 (12.21%) Microservices
12 73 (11.15%) Artificial Intelligence
12 73 (11.15%) Web Development
13 71 (10.84%) DevOps
14 70 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 69 (10.53%) User Experience
16 64 (9.77%) Analytics
17 57 (8.70%) Mentoring
17 57 (8.70%) Test Automation
18 50 (7.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 262 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 245 (37.40%) PHP
3 236 (36.03%) SQL
4 142 (21.68%) Java
5 139 (21.22%) Python
6 122 (18.63%) C#
7 100 (15.27%) TypeScript
8 49 (7.48%) C++
9 37 (5.65%) PowerShell
10 29 (4.43%) Bash
11 26 (3.97%) PL/SQL
12 17 (2.60%) Go
13 16 (2.44%) Bicep
14 15 (2.29%) Ruby
15 13 (1.98%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.83%) Shell Script
17 11 (1.68%) R
18 9 (1.37%) Scala
19 7 (1.07%) Rust
20 6 (0.92%) Korn
Qualifications
1 100 (15.27%) Degree
2 68 (10.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 22 (3.36%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.21%) Security Cleared
7 20 (3.05%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.83%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.76%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CCNA
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.02%) QA
2 11 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.37%) GDPR
4 6 (0.92%) HL7
5 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.46%) WCAG
6 2 (0.31%) Dublin Core
6 2 (0.31%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.15%) GMP
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 115 (17.56%) Docker
2 17 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 4 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.61%) vSphere
6 3 (0.46%) Apache Flume
6 3 (0.46%) HDFS
6 3 (0.46%) KVM
6 3 (0.46%) LXC
6 3 (0.46%) Samba
6 3 (0.46%) Xen
7 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.15%) Corosync
8 1 (0.15%) Firmware
8 1 (0.15%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 69 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 54 (8.24%) Ansible
3 45 (6.87%) Terraform
4 21 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.22%) Grafana
5 8 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.76%) Kibana
7 4 (0.61%) logstash
7 4 (0.61%) Puppet
8 3 (0.46%) Argo
8 3 (0.46%) Nagios
8 3 (0.46%) Oozie
8 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.31%) CFEngine
9 2 (0.31%) Kubespray
9 2 (0.31%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.15%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 64 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.02%) Oracle
3 38 (5.80%) Google
4 33 (5.04%) Atlassian
5 26 (3.97%) Databricks
6 16 (2.44%) Meraki
7 14 (2.14%) Rollbar
8 13 (1.98%) SAP
9 12 (1.83%) Adobe
9 12 (1.83%) Twitter
9 12 (1.83%) VMware
10 11 (1.68%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.53%) WooCommerce
12 9 (1.37%) Informatica
12 9 (1.37%) New Relic
12 9 (1.37%) Splunk
13 7 (1.07%) Dell
13 7 (1.07%) Talend
14 6 (0.92%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.92%) Salesforce