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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 253 179
Rank change year-on-year -79 -74 +5
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 598 618 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.24% 1.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.69% 8.24% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 452 476 965
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -5.31%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £79,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%

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 8,937 7,504 12,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.31% 15.04% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,000 4,801 8,467
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £112,500
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 20 August 2026.

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 20 August 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 -79 532 £55,000 +4.76% 93
UK excluding London -82 408 £50,000 - 75
Work from Home -78 201 £60,000 +26.32% 43
London -54 144 £85,000 +36.00% 32
North of England -24 133 £42,500 -19.05% 16
South East -28 111 £55,000 - 29
North West -33 56 £50,000 -13.79% 11
Midlands -29 52 £42,500 -10.53% 7
Yorkshire -20 45 £42,500 -12.37% 2
South West -74 44 £55,000 +15.79% 6
East of England -38 36 £47,500 - 12
North East -42 32 £42,500 -10.53% 3
East Midlands -16 30 £37,500 -18.92% 1
West Midlands -37 22 £47,500 +18.75% 6
Wales -64 20 £65,000 +1.96% 4
Scotland -2 12 £51,000 -9.33% 2

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 25 (4.18%) Apache
2 23 (3.85%) IIS
3 19 (3.18%) WordPress
4 16 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.68%) Confluence
5 12 (2.01%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.84%) CMS
7 7 (1.17%) Drupal
8 6 (1.00%) nginx
9 5 (0.84%) JBoss
10 4 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.50%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.17%) Moodle
13 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.33%) Elementor
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.84%) Shopify
2 3 (0.50%) Magento
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 309 (51.67%) AWS
2 167 (27.93%) Azure
3 87 (14.55%) GCP
4 57 (9.53%) GitHub
5 33 (5.52%) SaaS
6 30 (5.02%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.68%) Serverless
8 27 (4.52%) Amazon S3
9 25 (4.18%) GitHub Copilot
10 23 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (3.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 19 (3.18%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (2.17%) Anthropic Claude
16 13 (2.17%) OpenShift
17 12 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.51%) Firewall
2 13 (2.17%) Broadband
3 11 (1.84%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.84%) VPN
4 8 (1.34%) DNS
4 8 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (1.17%) iSCSI
5 7 (1.17%) SAN
6 6 (1.00%) VLAN
6 6 (1.00%) VoIP
7 5 (0.84%) LAN
7 5 (0.84%) Network Security
7 5 (0.84%) WAN
8 4 (0.67%) Internet
8 4 (0.67%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (0.67%) MQTT
8 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.50%) DHCP
9 3 (0.50%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.50%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (31.61%) PostgreSQL
2 165 (27.59%) SQL Server
3 116 (19.40%) Relational Database
4 86 (14.38%) MongoDB
5 68 (11.37%) NoSQL
6 34 (5.69%) MariaDB
7 26 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (4.35%) Power BI
8 21 (3.51%) DynamoDB
9 19 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (3.01%) Metadata
11 17 (2.84%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.84%) Redis
12 14 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.01%) Big Data
14 11 (1.84%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (1.51%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (1.51%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 146 (24.41%) Git
2 37 (6.19%) Claude Code
2 37 (6.19%) GitLab
3 31 (5.18%) JIRA
4 25 (4.18%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (1.51%) PHPUnit
7 8 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (1.00%) JUnit
8 6 (1.00%) Selenium
9 5 (0.84%) RSpec
10 4 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.67%) minitest
10 4 (0.67%) Mocha
11 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.50%) git-flow
11 3 (0.50%) Mockito
11 3 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 133 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 104 (17.39%) Finance
3 85 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.70%) Law
5 56 (9.36%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.18%) Banking
8 18 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (2.51%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.51%) Marketing
10 10 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.67%) Retail
11 7 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.00%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.84%) Legal
14 4 (0.67%) Advertising
15 3 (0.50%) Games
15 3 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 253 (42.31%) Developer
2 156 (26.09%) Senior
3 79 (13.21%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.04%) Software Engineer
5 70 (11.71%) PHP Developer
6 61 (10.20%) Lead
7 42 (7.02%) Software Developer
8 37 (6.19%) Administrator
8 37 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 33 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
10 31 (5.18%) DBA
11 29 (4.85%) C# Developer
11 29 (4.85%) Database Engineer
12 25 (4.18%) Python Engineer
13 24 (4.01%) .NET Developer
14 23 (3.85%) Java Developer
14 23 (3.85%) Web Developer
15 22 (3.68%) Backend Developer
15 22 (3.68%) Lead Software Engineer
16 21 (3.51%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (24.75%) CSS
2 133 (22.24%) HTML
3 106 (17.73%) React
4 91 (15.22%) .NET
5 82 (13.71%) Laravel
6 80 (13.38%) RESTful
7 63 (10.54%) Node.js
7 63 (10.54%) REST
8 62 (10.37%) Vue
9 54 (9.03%) Terraform
10 50 (8.36%) Kafka
11 44 (7.36%) Spring Boot
12 43 (7.19%) jQuery
12 43 (7.19%) Spring
13 38 (6.35%) AngularJS
14 37 (6.19%) ASP.NET
15 36 (6.02%) HTML5
16 30 (5.02%) CSS3
17 28 (4.68%) RabbitMQ
18 26 (4.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.19%) Replication
3 38 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (4.85%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.18%) Virtual Team
9 14 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.34%) NHS
10 12 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.84%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.34%) IoT
13 7 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.17%) Social Media
14 6 (1.00%) Culture of Ownership
14 6 (1.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 161 (26.92%) Linux
2 34 (5.69%) Windows
3 27 (4.52%) Ubuntu
4 25 (4.18%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.34%) Debian
6 18 (3.01%) CentOS
7 9 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.50%) Android
10 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.33%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (32.94%) Agile
2 171 (28.60%) CI/CD
3 165 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (27.42%) Software Engineering
5 118 (19.73%) DevOps
6 117 (19.57%) Microservices
7 111 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (16.39%) Full-Stack Development
9 97 (16.22%) AI
10 76 (12.71%) Mentoring
11 74 (12.37%) Clean Code
12 68 (11.37%) Web Development
13 65 (10.87%) OOP
14 64 (10.70%) Infrastructure as Code
15 60 (10.03%) Containerisation
15 60 (10.03%) High Availability
16 55 (9.20%) Scrum
17 51 (8.53%) Data Modelling
18 50 (8.36%) Observability
19 47 (7.86%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 211 (35.28%) SQL
2 206 (34.45%) JavaScript
3 159 (26.59%) PHP
4 136 (22.74%) Python
5 100 (16.72%) Java
6 89 (14.88%) C#
7 61 (10.20%) TypeScript
8 33 (5.52%) Shell Script
9 31 (5.18%) Bash
10 19 (3.18%) C++
11 17 (2.84%) Ruby
11 17 (2.84%) VB.NET
12 15 (2.51%) Go
13 14 (2.34%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.00%) Scala
15 5 (0.84%) Korn
15 5 (0.84%) Perl
16 4 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.50%) SOQL
17 3 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (13.88%) Degree
2 43 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.17%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.17%) HNC
6 7 (1.17%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.50%) RHCE
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.33%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.70%) QA
2 34 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.51%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.67%) GDPR
5 8 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.34%) SLA
6 7 (1.17%) HL7
7 5 (0.84%) WCAG
8 4 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 139 (23.24%) Docker
2 27 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.67%) vSphere
5 8 (1.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.50%) iptables
7 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Samba
9 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 106 (17.73%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.02%) Grafana
3 29 (4.85%) Ansible
4 17 (2.84%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.34%) Nagios
6 6 (1.00%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.00%) Puppet
7 4 (0.67%) Galera Cluster
7 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.50%) Plesk
8 3 (0.50%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.50%) systemd
8 3 (0.50%) WSUS
9 2 (0.33%) kaniko
9 2 (0.33%) Kibana
9 2 (0.33%) Rancher
9 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.17%) Graylog
Vendors
1 73 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.19%) Oracle
3 28 (4.68%) Google
4 24 (4.01%) Red Hat
5 23 (3.85%) Splunk
6 18 (3.01%) OpenAI
6 18 (3.01%) VMware
7 11 (1.84%) Rapid7
7 11 (1.84%) Veeam
8 10 (1.67%) Dell
9 7 (1.17%) Adobe
9 7 (1.17%) Cisco
10 6 (1.00%) Databricks
10 6 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.00%) Synology
11 5 (0.84%) Informatica
11 5 (0.84%) Meraki
12 4 (0.67%) IBM
12 4 (0.67%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.67%) WooCommerce