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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 241 167
Rank change year-on-year -107 -74 -21
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 510 623 1,751
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.34% 1.66%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.05% 8.37% 10.11%
Number of salaries quoted 404 488 1,468
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -7.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.66%

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 8,426 7,445 17,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.73% 15.98% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,588 4,815 12,344
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -90 457 £55,000 +4.76% 171
UK excluding London -99 348 £50,000 - 125
Work from Home -52 197 £54,000 +5.37% 79
North of England -39 122 £50,000 -1.23% 41
London -58 115 £85,000 +36.00% 60
South East -55 91 £55,000 +10.00% 32
Midlands -45 53 £43,750 - 13
Yorkshire -19 49 £42,500 +13.33% 6
North West -31 49 £55,000 - 27
South West -76 36 £55,000 -4.35% 16
East Midlands -18 29 £37,500 -16.67% 4
East of England -39 28 £47,500 +26.67% 14
West Midlands -41 24 £55,000 +37.50% 9
North East -45 24 £47,500 - 8
Scotland +8 8 £51,000 -11.30% 4
Wales -56 8 £57,500 -4.17% 4
Northern Ireland -32 2 £62,500 - 3

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 19 (3.73%) Apache
1 19 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (3.73%) WordPress
2 18 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (3.33%) CMS
4 14 (2.75%) Confluence
5 13 (2.55%) IIS
6 11 (2.16%) Apache Spark
6 11 (2.16%) nginx
7 7 (1.37%) Drupal
8 4 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.78%) JBoss
8 4 (0.78%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.59%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.20%) Moodle
11 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.18%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.39%) Elementor
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Shopify
2 3 (0.59%) Magento
3 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 260 (50.98%) AWS
2 149 (29.22%) Azure
3 59 (11.57%) GCP
4 43 (8.43%) SaaS
5 41 (8.04%) GitHub
6 33 (6.47%) Power Platform
7 31 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (6.08%) Serverless
8 21 (4.12%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
10 17 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (2.16%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (1.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 9 (1.76%) Amazon ECR
16 9 (1.76%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.71%) Firewall
2 13 (2.55%) Broadband
2 13 (2.55%) VPN
3 12 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.76%) DNS
4 9 (1.76%) Network Security
4 9 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (1.57%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.57%) SAN
5 8 (1.57%) VoIP
6 7 (1.37%) VLAN
7 6 (1.18%) LAN
7 6 (1.18%) WAN
8 5 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.78%) DHCP
9 4 (0.78%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (0.78%) MQTT
10 3 (0.59%) HTTP
10 3 (0.59%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (31.37%) PostgreSQL
2 128 (25.10%) SQL Server
3 91 (17.84%) MongoDB
4 82 (16.08%) Relational Database
5 74 (14.51%) NoSQL
6 30 (5.88%) Power BI
7 28 (5.49%) MariaDB
8 25 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (2.35%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (2.35%) Redis
13 11 (2.16%) DynamoDB
13 11 (2.16%) Metadata
14 10 (1.96%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.76%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.57%) Electronic Patient Records
17 7 (1.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 119 (23.33%) Git
2 31 (6.08%) GitLab
3 30 (5.88%) JIRA
4 24 (4.71%) Claude Code
5 14 (2.75%) Bitbucket
6 13 (2.55%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.76%) PHPUnit
8 5 (0.98%) JUnit
9 4 (0.78%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.78%) Selenium
10 3 (0.59%) Mocha
10 3 (0.59%) Mockito
10 3 (0.59%) NUnit
10 3 (0.59%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.59%) Vite
11 2 (0.39%) Gradle
11 2 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.39%) Maven
11 2 (0.39%) Subversion
11 2 (0.39%) YouTrack
General
1 121 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 80 (15.69%) Finance
3 55 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.69%) Law
6 19 (3.73%) Banking
7 18 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.33%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (2.55%) Retail
11 11 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.57%) Marketing
13 7 (1.37%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.18%) Advertising
14 6 (1.18%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.98%) Legal
16 4 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (38.24%) Developer
2 121 (23.73%) Senior
3 64 (12.55%) Software Engineer
4 55 (10.78%) PHP Developer
5 52 (10.20%) Senior Developer
6 46 (9.02%) Lead
7 39 (7.65%) Full-Stack Developer
8 35 (6.86%) Administrator
9 33 (6.47%) DBA
9 33 (6.47%) Software Developer
10 24 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
11 22 (4.31%) Python Engineer
12 21 (4.12%) C# Developer
13 19 (3.73%) Analyst
13 19 (3.73%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.73%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 18 (3.53%) Lead Software Engineer
15 17 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
16 16 (3.14%) Graduate
16 16 (3.14%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (23.73%) CSS
2 100 (19.61%) HTML
3 86 (16.86%) React
4 83 (16.27%) RESTful
5 71 (13.92%) Laravel
5 71 (13.92%) Node.js
6 63 (12.35%) .NET
7 57 (11.18%) REST
7 57 (11.18%) Vue
8 37 (7.25%) jQuery
9 34 (6.67%) JSON
10 33 (6.47%) AngularJS
11 32 (6.27%) Spring
12 31 (6.08%) HTML5
13 29 (5.69%) Kafka
13 29 (5.69%) Spring Boot
14 27 (5.29%) CSS3
15 23 (4.51%) ASP.NET
16 19 (3.73%) Flask
17 15 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.59%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.84%) Replication
3 29 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.53%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.75%) NHS
6 14 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 13 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.96%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.57%) IoT
11 8 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.37%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.98%) PropTech
13 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 137 (26.86%) Linux
2 31 (6.08%) Windows
3 26 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.71%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.75%) CentOS
5 14 (2.75%) Debian
6 9 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.59%) Android
10 2 (0.39%) Rocky
11 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (33.92%) Agile
2 132 (25.88%) CI/CD
3 130 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 113 (22.16%) Microservices
4 113 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (18.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 88 (17.25%) DevOps
7 80 (15.69%) AI
8 72 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (13.33%) Mentoring
10 57 (11.18%) Data Modelling
11 55 (10.78%) Containerisation
12 52 (10.20%) Clean Code
13 49 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (9.61%) TDD
14 48 (9.41%) Computer Science
15 47 (9.22%) Web Development
16 42 (8.24%) High Availability
17 40 (7.84%) Open Source
18 39 (7.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 195 (38.24%) SQL
2 177 (34.71%) JavaScript
3 146 (28.63%) PHP
4 112 (21.96%) Python
5 96 (18.82%) Java
6 73 (14.31%) C#
7 43 (8.43%) TypeScript
8 33 (6.47%) Bash
9 26 (5.10%) PowerShell
10 25 (4.90%) C++
11 21 (4.12%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.75%) Go
13 11 (2.16%) Ruby
13 11 (2.16%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.37%) Korn
14 7 (1.37%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.18%) C
15 6 (1.18%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.78%) Perl
16 4 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (15.29%) Degree
2 34 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.55%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.76%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.37%) HNC
7 7 (1.37%) HND
8 6 (1.18%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.59%) RHCE
11 2 (0.39%) RHCSA
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.84%) QA
2 36 (7.06%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.55%) GDPR
6 8 (1.57%) HL7
7 7 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.37%) SLA
8 5 (0.98%) WCAG
9 4 (0.78%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 106 (20.78%) Docker
2 35 (6.86%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.96%) vSphere
5 9 (1.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.78%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.59%) iptables
8 3 (0.59%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.39%) Samba
10 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (15.10%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.67%) Terraform
3 28 (5.49%) Ansible
4 22 (4.31%) Grafana
5 11 (2.16%) Nagios
6 10 (1.96%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.37%) Progress Chef
7 7 (1.37%) Puppet
8 4 (0.78%) Argo
8 4 (0.78%) Galera Cluster
8 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.59%) Plesk
9 3 (0.59%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.59%) Rancher
9 3 (0.59%) systemd
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.20%) Graylog
11 1 (0.20%) Podman
11 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.88%) Oracle
3 22 (4.31%) Red Hat
4 18 (3.53%) VMware
5 16 (3.14%) Splunk
6 12 (2.35%) Google
7 11 (2.16%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.76%) Dell
8 9 (1.76%) Rapid7
8 9 (1.76%) Veeam
9 7 (1.37%) Adobe
9 7 (1.37%) Cisco
10 6 (1.18%) Synology
11 5 (0.98%) Meraki
12 4 (0.78%) Databricks
12 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.78%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.78%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.59%) Mitel
13 3 (0.59%) Xamarin