MySQL DBA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

MySQL Database Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median MySQL Database Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 574 670
Rank change year-on-year +181 +96 +165
Permanent jobs requiring a MySQL DBA 4 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.053% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.055% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile - - £52,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.93% +17.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £62,000
90th Percentile - - £63,800
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +62.50% -27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

MySQL DBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured MySQL DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MySQL DBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

MySQL DBA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MySQL DBA.

MySQL DBA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

MySQL DBA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MySQL DBA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

MySQL DBA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, MySQL DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring MySQL DBA in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (50.00%) Couchbase
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Spanner
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture

MySQL DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Spanner
2 2 (50.00%) Couchbase
2 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL