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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 159 157
Rank change year-on-year -94 -2 -14
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 531 1,120 1,145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.65% 2.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.66% 10.49% 9.82%
Number of salaries quoted 373 703 1,004
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £78,750 £85,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -

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 6,930 10,680 11,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 15.71% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,387 6,062 9,206
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -1.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%

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 2 November 2025.

Salary histogram for MySQL in the UK

MySQL
Top 16 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 2 November 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 -101 465 £52,500 -4.55% 322
UK excluding London -119 318 £52,500 +5.00% 271
Work from Home -47 240 £46,700 -6.60% 222
London +29 168 £57,500 -4.17% 106
North of England -78 88 £52,500 - 71
South East -71 74 £57,500 +11.11% 86
Midlands -37 51 £40,000 -5.88% 46
North West -65 45 £60,000 +14.29% 45
East of England -27 44 £50,000 -9.09% 26
South West -45 38 £45,000 -10.00% 27
West Midlands -4 29 £39,000 -13.33% 29
Yorkshire -8 29 £37,500 -28.57% 18
Wales -2 18 £67,500 +107.69% 7
East Midlands -22 18 £45,000 +9.76% 17
North East +3 14 £49,250 +15.88% 8
Scotland -21 6 £75,000 +36.36% 7

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 (3.77%) Confluence
2 16 (3.01%) Apache
2 16 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.64%) Apache Solr
3 14 (2.64%) IIS
4 13 (2.45%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.07%) CMS
5 11 (2.07%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.88%) WordPress
7 8 (1.51%) nginx
8 7 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.56%) SAS
10 2 (0.38%) Appian
10 2 (0.38%) WildFly
11 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.19%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.75%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.75%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Magento
2 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.19%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 195 (36.72%) AWS
2 177 (33.33%) Azure
3 67 (12.62%) SaaS
4 48 (9.04%) GCP
5 39 (7.34%) GitHub
6 37 (6.97%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.90%) Serverless
8 24 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (3.77%) Entra ID
11 19 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (3.58%) Cloudflare
11 19 (3.58%) PaaS
12 18 (3.39%) Power Automate
13 17 (3.20%) IaaS
14 15 (2.82%) Azure AI
14 15 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
14 15 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.59%) Firewall
2 33 (6.21%) VPN
3 25 (4.71%) DNS
4 22 (4.14%) WAN
5 15 (2.82%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.26%) FTP
6 12 (2.26%) SAN
7 11 (2.07%) iSCSI
7 11 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
8 10 (1.88%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.51%) Broadband
9 8 (1.51%) DHCP
10 7 (1.32%) Internet
10 7 (1.32%) VLAN
11 6 (1.13%) VoIP
12 5 (0.94%) LAN
12 5 (0.94%) MQTT
12 5 (0.94%) WPA
13 3 (0.56%) PuTTY
13 3 (0.56%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (37.66%) SQL Server
2 125 (23.54%) PostgreSQL
3 68 (12.81%) Relational Database
4 65 (12.24%) MongoDB
5 43 (8.10%) NoSQL
6 33 (6.21%) Power BI
7 28 (5.27%) Elasticsearch
8 27 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
9 24 (4.52%) BusinessObjects
10 22 (4.14%) DynamoDB
11 17 (3.20%) Data Lake
12 16 (3.01%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (3.01%) RDBMS
13 14 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (2.64%) Electronic Patient Records
13 14 (2.64%) Redis
14 13 (2.45%) Big Data
14 13 (2.45%) MariaDB
15 12 (2.26%) Tableau
16 11 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 114 (21.47%) Git
2 41 (7.72%) JIRA
3 9 (1.69%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.51%) git-flow
4 8 (1.51%) GitLab
4 8 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.32%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.32%) NUnit
5 7 (1.32%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.13%) Jasmine
7 5 (0.94%) Mocha
7 5 (0.94%) webpack
8 4 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.75%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.38%) Gradle
9 2 (0.38%) Maven
9 2 (0.38%) Mockito
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 174 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.02%) Finance
3 54 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.04%) Law
5 40 (7.53%) Marketing
6 35 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.20%) Health Technology
7 17 (3.20%) Retail
8 14 (2.64%) Games
8 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.64%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.51%) Front Office
10 7 (1.32%) Automotive
10 7 (1.32%) Banking
11 6 (1.13%) Advertising
12 5 (0.94%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.75%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 220 (41.43%) Developer
2 88 (16.57%) Senior
3 51 (9.60%) Consultant
4 45 (8.47%) Software Engineer
5 44 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
6 42 (7.91%) PHP Developer
7 40 (7.53%) Analyst
7 40 (7.53%) Lead
8 39 (7.34%) Graduate
8 39 (7.34%) Graduate Developer
8 39 (7.34%) Senior Developer
9 37 (6.97%) IT Graduate
10 30 (5.65%) Software Developer
11 28 (5.27%) Applications Support
12 24 (4.52%) Support Analyst
13 22 (4.14%) Data Engineer
14 21 (3.95%) C# Developer
15 18 (3.39%) Support Engineer
16 17 (3.20%) .NET Developer
16 17 (3.20%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (26.18%) CSS
2 115 (21.66%) HTML
3 90 (16.95%) .NET
4 89 (16.76%) React
5 55 (10.36%) REST
6 54 (10.17%) ASP.NET
7 49 (9.23%) Laravel
8 47 (8.85%) RESTful
9 46 (8.66%) jQuery
10 45 (8.47%) Node.js
11 40 (7.53%) Vue
12 33 (6.21%) HTML5
13 31 (5.84%) AngularJS
14 26 (4.90%) Symfony
15 25 (4.71%) Kafka
16 23 (4.33%) JSON
17 20 (3.77%) LAMP
18 19 (3.58%) CSS3
18 19 (3.58%) Web Services
19 18 (3.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.98%) Legacy Systems
2 34 (6.40%) Product Ownership
3 31 (5.84%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.65%) Cloud Native
5 29 (5.46%) NHS
6 19 (3.58%) Public Cloud
7 18 (3.39%) Data Centre
7 18 (3.39%) Virtual Team
8 17 (3.20%) Data Structures
9 16 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
10 14 (2.64%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (2.26%) AI Agents
12 12 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.88%) Legacy Code
15 9 (1.69%) Mobile App
16 8 (1.51%) IoT
16 8 (1.51%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (1.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (17.14%) Linux
2 49 (9.23%) Windows
3 30 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.77%) Unix
5 14 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.94%) CentOS
8 4 (0.75%) Android
8 4 (0.75%) VMS
9 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.38%) Rocky
10 2 (0.38%) Solaris
10 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (37.10%) Agile
2 174 (32.77%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (22.98%) OO
4 114 (21.47%) CI/CD
5 106 (19.96%) OOP
6 90 (16.95%) Software Engineering
7 85 (16.01%) Full-Stack Development
8 84 (15.82%) AI
8 84 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (12.99%) Mentoring
10 66 (12.43%) MVC
11 63 (11.86%) DevOps
12 62 (11.68%) Computer Science
13 60 (11.30%) Microservices
14 59 (11.11%) Analytics
15 58 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
16 55 (10.36%) ETL
17 47 (8.85%) Containerisation
17 47 (8.85%) Roadmaps
17 47 (8.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 228 (42.94%) SQL
2 176 (33.15%) JavaScript
3 144 (27.12%) PHP
4 120 (22.60%) Python
5 95 (17.89%) Java
6 92 (17.33%) C#
7 86 (16.20%) TypeScript
8 44 (8.29%) Delphi
8 44 (8.29%) Pascal
9 42 (7.91%) C++
10 32 (6.03%) PowerShell
11 22 (4.14%) Bash
12 16 (3.01%) Shell Script
13 15 (2.82%) Bicep
14 12 (2.26%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.69%) Korn
15 9 (1.69%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.69%) R
16 7 (1.32%) Perl
16 7 (1.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 88 (16.57%) Degree
2 58 (10.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (4.33%) Azure Certification
4 21 (3.95%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.64%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.45%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.88%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.56%) MCSE
10 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.38%) CCNA
11 2 (0.38%) CCNP
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.38%) HNC
11 2 (0.38%) HND
11 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.43%) QA
2 14 (2.64%) SLA
3 11 (2.07%) GDPR
4 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.69%) HL7
6 5 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 95 (17.89%) Docker
2 21 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.56%) Apache Flume
7 3 (0.56%) HDFS
7 3 (0.56%) KVM
8 2 (0.38%) NFS
8 2 (0.38%) pfSense
8 2 (0.38%) Samba
8 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.38%) Xen
9 1 (0.19%) Corosync
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 69 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.46%) Terraform
3 25 (4.71%) Ansible
4 19 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.69%) Grafana
6 6 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.94%) Autotask
8 4 (0.75%) Argo
8 4 (0.75%) Kibana
8 4 (0.75%) Nagios
9 3 (0.56%) logstash
9 3 (0.56%) Oozie
10 2 (0.38%) CFEngine
10 2 (0.38%) Plesk
10 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.38%) Puppet
11 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.19%) Icinga
11 1 (0.19%) Pacemaker
11 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 92 (17.33%) Oracle
2 70 (13.18%) Microsoft
3 25 (4.71%) Databricks
4 22 (4.14%) Google
5 20 (3.77%) SAP
6 17 (3.20%) Informatica
7 16 (3.01%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.82%) Meraki
9 14 (2.64%) Splunk
9 14 (2.64%) Talend
10 12 (2.26%) Dell
10 12 (2.26%) VMware
11 10 (1.88%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.88%) Rollbar
12 7 (1.32%) RedGate
13 6 (1.13%) Adobe
13 6 (1.13%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.94%) Datto
14 5 (0.94%) Sage