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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 274 170
Rank change year-on-year -87 -104 +12
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 565 537 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 1.09% 1.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.34% 7.45% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 417 386 793
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,625 £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 - - -3.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

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 8,916 7,204 12,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.74% 14.58% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,039 4,540 7,155
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 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.51% +1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -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 18 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 18 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 -74 499 £55,000 +4.76% 378
UK excluding London -86 393 £50,000 -4.76% 201
Work from Home -64 189 £62,500 +31.58% 165
North of England -36 132 £42,500 -19.05% 65
London -78 132 £85,000 +41.67% 215
South East -26 99 £55,000 -4.35% 44
North West -14 60 £49,250 -14.35% 35
Midlands -30 51 £42,500 -5.56% 21
South West -84 41 £57,500 +27.78% 19
Yorkshire -32 40 £42,500 +9.68% 20
East of England -44 34 £50,000 +5.26% 16
North East -50 32 £42,500 -10.53% 11
East Midlands -28 30 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Wales -63 25 £60,000 -11.11% 2
West Midlands -40 21 £55,000 +39.24% 16
Scotland +4 10 £40,000 -46.67% 15
Northern Ireland -80 1 - - 22

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 30 (5.31%) IIS
2 24 (4.25%) Apache
3 19 (3.36%) WordPress
4 15 (2.65%) Confluence
5 13 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (1.77%) CMS
8 9 (1.59%) Apache Spark
9 7 (1.24%) Drupal
10 5 (0.88%) JBoss
10 5 (0.88%) nginx
11 4 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.71%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.35%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.35%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.18%) Moodle
13 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.35%) Elementor
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Shopify
2 3 (0.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 294 (52.04%) AWS
2 161 (28.50%) Azure
3 83 (14.69%) GCP
4 54 (9.56%) GitHub
5 27 (4.78%) Amazon S3
5 27 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.60%) SaaS
7 24 (4.25%) GitHub Copilot
7 24 (4.25%) Serverless
8 22 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
12 17 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (2.48%) OpenShift
14 13 (2.30%) Anthropic Claude
15 12 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.19%) TCP/IP
2 17 (3.01%) Firewall
3 14 (2.48%) DNS
4 13 (2.30%) Broadband
5 12 (2.12%) VPN
6 8 (1.42%) VLAN
7 7 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.06%) DHCP
8 6 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.06%) SSH
8 6 (1.06%) VoIP
9 5 (0.88%) HTTP
9 5 (0.88%) iSCSI
9 5 (0.88%) LAN
9 5 (0.88%) SAN
9 5 (0.88%) WAN
10 4 (0.71%) Internet
11 3 (0.53%) 4G
11 3 (0.53%) 5G
11 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (31.68%) PostgreSQL
2 152 (26.90%) SQL Server
3 110 (19.47%) Relational Database
4 91 (16.11%) MongoDB
5 66 (11.68%) NoSQL
6 30 (5.31%) MariaDB
7 24 (4.25%) Power BI
8 23 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.72%) Redis
10 20 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (3.54%) DynamoDB
11 19 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
12 18 (3.19%) Metadata
13 17 (3.01%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.95%) Big Data
15 9 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.59%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (1.42%) Data Lake
17 6 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 143 (25.31%) Git
2 43 (7.61%) Claude Code
3 41 (7.26%) GitLab
4 28 (4.96%) JIRA
5 26 (4.60%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.30%) Bitbucket
7 12 (2.12%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (2.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.42%) Selenium
9 5 (0.88%) JUnit
9 5 (0.88%) RSpec
10 4 (0.71%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.71%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.71%) minitest
10 4 (0.71%) Mocha
10 4 (0.71%) Postman
10 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.53%) git-flow
11 3 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.53%) PHPUnit
General
1 122 (21.59%) Social Skills
2 91 (16.11%) Finance
3 86 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.97%) Law
4 62 (10.97%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (5.13%) Banking
7 18 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
8 15 (2.65%) Marketing
9 12 (2.12%) Health Technology
10 10 (1.77%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.42%) Retail
12 7 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.06%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.88%) Legal
14 5 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.53%) Advertising
15 3 (0.53%) Games
15 3 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 242 (42.83%) Developer
2 150 (26.55%) Senior
3 80 (14.16%) Senior Developer
4 72 (12.74%) Software Engineer
5 66 (11.68%) PHP Developer
6 55 (9.73%) Lead
7 39 (6.90%) Software Developer
8 35 (6.19%) Administrator
9 34 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 31 (5.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (5.31%) DBA
12 29 (5.13%) C# Developer
12 29 (5.13%) Database Engineer
13 27 (4.78%) .NET Developer
14 25 (4.42%) Java Developer
15 23 (4.07%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.89%) Lead Software Engineer
16 22 (3.89%) Web Developer
17 21 (3.72%) Senior Software Developer
18 20 (3.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (24.42%) CSS
2 125 (22.12%) HTML
3 102 (18.05%) React
4 88 (15.58%) .NET
5 85 (15.04%) RESTful
6 78 (13.81%) Laravel
7 61 (10.80%) REST
8 59 (10.44%) Vue
9 57 (10.09%) Terraform
10 55 (9.73%) Node.js
11 52 (9.20%) Kafka
12 46 (8.14%) Spring Boot
13 45 (7.96%) Spring
14 43 (7.61%) jQuery
15 39 (6.90%) ASP.NET
16 38 (6.73%) HTML5
17 35 (6.19%) AngularJS
17 35 (6.19%) RabbitMQ
18 28 (4.96%) CSS3
19 26 (4.60%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.96%) Replication
3 42 (7.43%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (7.26%) Distributed Systems
5 40 (7.08%) Product Ownership
6 24 (4.25%) Virtual Team
7 23 (4.07%) Onboarding
8 21 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.95%) NHS
12 10 (1.77%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (1.24%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.24%) Social Media
15 6 (1.06%) Culture of Ownership
15 6 (1.06%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.06%) IoT
16 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 169 (29.91%) Linux
2 39 (6.90%) Windows
3 29 (5.13%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.96%) Ubuntu
5 22 (3.89%) Debian
6 14 (2.48%) CentOS
7 12 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.53%) Android
11 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.35%) Unix
12 1 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (34.51%) Agile
2 171 (30.27%) CI/CD
2 171 (30.27%) Software Engineering
3 169 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (22.48%) DevOps
5 116 (20.53%) Microservices
6 109 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 97 (17.17%) AI
8 92 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
9 79 (13.98%) Mentoring
10 75 (13.27%) Clean Code
11 72 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 66 (11.68%) Scrum
13 62 (10.97%) OOP
13 62 (10.97%) Web Development
14 60 (10.62%) Containerisation
15 56 (9.91%) High Availability
16 52 (9.20%) Observability
17 49 (8.67%) Data Modelling
18 48 (8.50%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 195 (34.51%) SQL
2 190 (33.63%) JavaScript
3 142 (25.13%) PHP
4 132 (23.36%) Python
5 95 (16.81%) Java
6 84 (14.87%) C#
7 64 (11.33%) TypeScript
8 36 (6.37%) Shell Script
9 31 (5.49%) Bash
10 21 (3.72%) VB.NET
11 17 (3.01%) Go
11 17 (3.01%) Ruby
12 16 (2.83%) C++
13 13 (2.30%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.06%) Scala
15 5 (0.88%) Korn
15 5 (0.88%) Perl
15 5 (0.88%) Rust
16 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.53%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 68 (12.04%) Degree
2 43 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 25 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.07%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.24%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.06%) HNC
7 6 (1.06%) HND
7 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.97%) QA
2 30 (5.31%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.77%) GDPR
5 7 (1.24%) HL7
5 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.88%) WCAG
7 2 (0.35%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (0.35%) SLA
7 2 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 145 (25.66%) Docker
2 26 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.42%) vSphere
5 6 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.53%) iptables
7 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (17.88%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.37%) Grafana
3 28 (4.96%) Ansible
4 23 (4.07%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.12%) Nagios
6 6 (1.06%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.06%) Puppet
6 6 (1.06%) WSUS
7 4 (0.71%) Kibana
8 3 (0.53%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.53%) Plesk
8 3 (0.53%) Rancher
8 3 (0.53%) systemd
8 3 (0.53%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.35%) kaniko
9 2 (0.35%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 69 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.91%) Oracle
3 29 (5.13%) Splunk
4 22 (3.89%) Google
5 20 (3.54%) Red Hat
6 19 (3.36%) VMware
7 18 (3.19%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.12%) Veeam
9 11 (1.95%) Dell
10 10 (1.77%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.24%) Adobe
12 6 (1.06%) Aruba
12 6 (1.06%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.06%) Cisco
12 6 (1.06%) Databricks
12 6 (1.06%) HP
12 6 (1.06%) NetApp
12 6 (1.06%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.06%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.88%) Synology