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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 375 | 274 | 165 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -101 | -109 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing MySQL | 561 | 510 | 1,126 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.47% | 1.04% | 1.60% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 6.41% | 7.33% | 10.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 412 | 358 | 704 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,825 | £25,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -5.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,125 | £70,000 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £82,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | -2.91% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 8,747 | 6,954 | 11,118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.34% | 14.22% | 15.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5,970 | 4,331 | 6,337 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,750 | £33,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,750 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £107,500 | £115,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £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 Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MySQL.
MySQL Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | -88 | 492 | £55,000 | - | 359 |
| UK excluding London | -91 | 369 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 200 |
| Work from Home | -84 | 177 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 160 |
| London | -78 | 154 | £80,000 | +39.13% | 169 |
| North of England | -20 | 131 | £42,500 | -19.05% | 55 |
| South East | -45 | 90 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 48 |
| North West | -20 | 59 | £49,250 | -17.92% | 27 |
| Yorkshire | -19 | 41 | £42,500 | +13.33% | 18 |
| Midlands | -51 | 37 | £54,000 | +35.00% | 28 |
| South West | -68 | 37 | £57,500 | +27.78% | 14 |
| East of England | -54 | 33 | £48,750 | -2.50% | 33 |
| North East | -52 | 31 | £42,500 | -10.53% | 10 |
| Wales | -67 | 27 | £62,000 | -8.15% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -49 | 19 | £55,000 | +41.03% | 19 |
| East Midlands | -33 | 18 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 9 |
| Scotland | +8 | 12 | £40,000 | -46.67% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
MySQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 35.1% | 197 |
| 2 | SQL Server | 28.0% | 157 |
| 3 | Relational Database | 20.9% | 117 |
| 4 | MongoDB | 18.0% | 101 |
| 5 | NoSQL | 11.9% | 67 |
| 6 | Redis | 5.7% | 32 |
| 7 | Elasticsearch | 5.5% | 31 |
| 8 | Power BI | 5.2% | 29 |
| 9 | MariaDB | 4.6% | 26 |
| 10 | Data Warehouse | 3.6% | 20 |
| 10 | Metadata | 3.6% | 20 |
| 12 | DynamoDB | 3.4% | 19 |
| 13 | Amazon Aurora | 2.9% | 16 |
| 13 | Amazon RDS | 2.9% | 16 |
| 15 | Big Data | 2.1% | 12 |
| 15 | Tableau | 2.1% | 12 |
| 17 | Azure SQL Database | 1.8% | 10 |
| 18 | Amazon Redshift | 1.6% | 9 |
| 19 | Data Lake | 1.4% | 8 |
| 20 | Oracle Database | 1.2% | 7 |