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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 267 173
Rank change year-on-year -92 -94 +11
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 559 536 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.08% 1.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.37% 7.46% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 415 388 813
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,625 £52,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% -2.64% +0.97%

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 8,772 7,189 12,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.73% 14.54% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,939 4,510 7,245
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,420
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -66 494 £55,000 +4.76% 432
UK excluding London -78 386 £50,000 -1.23% 229
Work from Home -71 187 £62,500 +31.58% 190
London -67 132 £85,000 +41.67% 235
North of England -34 129 £42,500 -19.05% 68
South East -27 96 £55,000 -4.35% 55
North West -19 57 £50,000 -13.04% 36
Midlands -32 54 £42,500 -5.56% 29
Yorkshire -19 40 £42,500 +9.68% 21
South West -76 40 £57,500 +27.78% 24
East of England -43 33 £50,000 +5.26% 22
North East -43 32 £42,500 -10.53% 12
East Midlands -18 31 £37,500 -16.67% 6
West Midlands -30 23 £51,250 +29.75% 23
Wales -68 23 £60,000 -11.11% 3
Scotland +7 10 £48,500 -35.33% 18
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 14

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 28 (5.01%) IIS
2 24 (4.29%) Apache
3 19 (3.40%) WordPress
4 16 (2.86%) Confluence
5 14 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.79%) Apache Spark
7 10 (1.79%) CMS
8 7 (1.25%) Drupal
9 5 (0.89%) JBoss
9 5 (0.89%) nginx
10 4 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.72%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.18%) Moodle
12 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.54%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.36%) Elementor
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Shopify
2 3 (0.54%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 289 (51.70%) AWS
2 154 (27.55%) Azure
3 80 (14.31%) GCP
4 53 (9.48%) GitHub
5 28 (5.01%) Power Platform
6 27 (4.83%) SaaS
7 26 (4.65%) Amazon S3
8 23 (4.11%) GitHub Copilot
8 23 (4.11%) Serverless
9 22 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.22%) Amazon ECS
12 17 (3.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (3.04%) Amazon EC2
12 17 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
13 16 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (2.33%) OpenShift
15 12 (2.15%) Anthropic Claude
16 11 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.40%) Firewall
2 17 (3.04%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.33%) Broadband
3 13 (2.33%) DNS
4 12 (2.15%) VPN
5 7 (1.25%) VLAN
6 6 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (1.07%) SSH
6 6 (1.07%) VoIP
6 6 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.89%) DHCP
7 5 (0.89%) HTTP
7 5 (0.89%) iSCSI
7 5 (0.89%) LAN
7 5 (0.89%) SAN
7 5 (0.89%) WAN
8 4 (0.72%) Internet
8 4 (0.72%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (0.72%) MQTT
9 3 (0.54%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (31.13%) PostgreSQL
2 150 (26.83%) SQL Server
3 111 (19.86%) Relational Database
4 87 (15.56%) MongoDB
5 64 (11.45%) NoSQL
6 31 (5.55%) MariaDB
7 25 (4.47%) Power BI
8 23 (4.11%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.76%) Redis
10 20 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (3.40%) DynamoDB
12 18 (3.22%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.22%) Metadata
13 17 (3.04%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.97%) Big Data
15 9 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.61%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.43%) Data Lake
17 7 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
18 6 (1.07%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 138 (24.69%) Git
2 40 (7.16%) Claude Code
3 39 (6.98%) GitLab
4 28 (5.01%) JIRA
5 25 (4.47%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.15%) Bitbucket
7 11 (1.97%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.43%) Selenium
9 5 (0.89%) RSpec
10 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.72%) JUnit
10 4 (0.72%) minitest
10 4 (0.72%) Mocha
11 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.54%) git-flow
11 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.54%) PHPUnit
11 3 (0.54%) Postman
11 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 121 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 90 (16.10%) Finance
3 84 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.27%) Law
5 60 (10.73%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.83%) Banking
8 18 (3.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (2.50%) Marketing
10 13 (2.33%) Health Technology
11 10 (1.79%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.43%) Retail
13 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.07%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.89%) Legal
16 3 (0.54%) Advertising
16 3 (0.54%) Games
16 3 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 237 (42.40%) Developer
2 147 (26.30%) Senior
3 77 (13.77%) Senior Developer
4 70 (12.52%) Software Engineer
5 66 (11.81%) PHP Developer
6 56 (10.02%) Lead
7 38 (6.80%) Software Developer
8 35 (6.26%) Administrator
9 32 (5.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 31 (5.55%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (5.37%) DBA
12 29 (5.19%) Database Engineer
13 27 (4.83%) C# Developer
14 26 (4.65%) .NET Developer
15 24 (4.29%) Java Developer
15 24 (4.29%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.94%) Lead Software Engineer
16 22 (3.94%) Web Developer
17 21 (3.76%) Senior Software Developer
18 20 (3.58%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (24.15%) CSS
2 123 (22.00%) HTML
3 100 (17.89%) React
4 84 (15.03%) .NET
5 78 (13.95%) RESTful
6 76 (13.60%) Laravel
7 59 (10.55%) REST
8 55 (9.84%) Vue
9 54 (9.66%) Terraform
10 53 (9.48%) Node.js
11 51 (9.12%) Kafka
12 42 (7.51%) jQuery
12 42 (7.51%) Spring Boot
13 41 (7.33%) Spring
14 38 (6.80%) ASP.NET
15 35 (6.26%) AngularJS
15 35 (6.26%) HTML5
16 33 (5.90%) RabbitMQ
17 27 (4.83%) CSS3
18 26 (4.65%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.12%) Cloud Native
2 45 (8.05%) Replication
3 39 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (6.62%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.11%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.94%) Virtual Team
8 20 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (2.15%) NHS
11 10 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.79%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (1.25%) IoT
12 7 (1.25%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.25%) Social Media
13 6 (1.07%) Culture of Ownership
13 6 (1.07%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 167 (29.87%) Linux
2 37 (6.62%) Windows
3 29 (5.19%) Ubuntu
4 28 (5.01%) Windows Server
5 22 (3.94%) Debian
6 14 (2.50%) CentOS
7 11 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.54%) Android
11 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.36%) Unix
12 1 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (33.63%) Agile
2 166 (29.70%) CI/CD
3 164 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
3 164 (29.34%) Software Engineering
4 119 (21.29%) DevOps
5 109 (19.50%) Microservices
6 107 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (16.99%) AI
8 90 (16.10%) Full-Stack Development
9 77 (13.77%) Mentoring
10 74 (13.24%) Clean Code
11 68 (12.16%) Infrastructure as Code
12 62 (11.09%) Web Development
13 61 (10.91%) OOP
13 61 (10.91%) Scrum
14 56 (10.02%) High Availability
15 55 (9.84%) Containerisation
16 51 (9.12%) Observability
17 48 (8.59%) Data Modelling
18 47 (8.41%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 194 (34.70%) SQL
2 188 (33.63%) JavaScript
3 142 (25.40%) PHP
4 131 (23.43%) Python
5 92 (16.46%) Java
6 79 (14.13%) C#
7 61 (10.91%) TypeScript
8 36 (6.44%) Shell Script
9 31 (5.55%) Bash
10 20 (3.58%) VB.NET
11 17 (3.04%) Ruby
12 16 (2.86%) C++
12 16 (2.86%) Go
13 12 (2.15%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.07%) Scala
15 5 (0.89%) Korn
15 5 (0.89%) Perl
15 5 (0.89%) Rust
16 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (12.16%) Degree
2 41 (7.33%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.94%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.25%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.25%) HNC
6 7 (1.25%) HND
7 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (10.20%) QA
2 31 (5.55%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.79%) GDPR
5 7 (1.25%) HL7
6 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.89%) WCAG
8 3 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.36%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.36%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 139 (24.87%) Docker
2 27 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 20 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.79%) vSphere
5 6 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 6 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.54%) iptables
8 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (17.53%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.08%) Grafana
3 27 (4.83%) Ansible
4 21 (3.76%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.15%) Nagios
6 6 (1.07%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.07%) Puppet
7 5 (0.89%) WSUS
8 4 (0.72%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.72%) Kibana
8 4 (0.72%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.54%) Plesk
9 3 (0.54%) systemd
10 2 (0.36%) kaniko
10 2 (0.36%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.36%) Rancher
11 1 (0.18%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.66%) Oracle
3 27 (4.83%) Splunk
4 22 (3.94%) Google
5 20 (3.58%) Red Hat
5 20 (3.58%) VMware
6 17 (3.04%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.15%) Veeam
8 10 (1.79%) Dell
8 10 (1.79%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.25%) Adobe
9 7 (1.25%) Cisco
10 6 (1.07%) Databricks
10 6 (1.07%) Synology
11 5 (0.89%) Aruba
11 5 (0.89%) HP
11 5 (0.89%) Meraki
11 5 (0.89%) NetApp
11 5 (0.89%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.89%) SonicWALL