Hybrid/Remote MySQL Job Trends

MySQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 157 127
Rank change year-on-year -82 -30 +7
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 161 285 786
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 2.12% 2.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.97% 8.74% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 138 241 694
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £36,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,065 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £76,625 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,310 3,261 7,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.73% 24.24% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,732 2,405 6,233
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,199
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -11.54%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MySQL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MySQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

MySQL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MySQL over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

MySQL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (7.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.97%) CMS
3 7 (4.35%) Confluence
3 7 (4.35%) nginx
4 5 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (2.48%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.24%) Apache
6 2 (1.24%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.62%) JBoss
7 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.48%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (45.34%) AWS
2 58 (36.02%) Azure
3 21 (13.04%) SaaS
4 18 (11.18%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (9.94%) Power Platform
6 14 (8.70%) GitHub
7 8 (4.97%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.97%) GCP
8 7 (4.35%) Serverless
9 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 5 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.48%) DigitalOcean
12 3 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.86%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.97%) Firewall
2 5 (3.11%) Broadband
3 3 (1.86%) HTTP
3 3 (1.86%) RTP
3 3 (1.86%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.86%) VoIP
3 3 (1.86%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.24%) iSCSI
4 2 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.62%) DNS
5 1 (0.62%) LAN
5 1 (0.62%) SSL
5 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
1 46 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 27 (16.77%) MongoDB
3 23 (14.29%) NoSQL
4 19 (11.80%) Relational Database
5 14 (8.70%) Power BI
6 10 (6.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (5.59%) MariaDB
8 7 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (3.73%) BusinessObjects
9 6 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (3.11%) DynamoDB
10 5 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.86%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (1.86%) Tableau
13 2 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
13 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (21.12%) Git
2 6 (3.73%) GitLab
3 5 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.11%) JIRA
4 4 (2.48%) Vite
5 3 (1.86%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.24%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.24%) JMeter
6 2 (1.24%) PHPUnit
6 2 (1.24%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.62%) git-flow
7 1 (0.62%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (20.50%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.66%) Finance
3 20 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.97%) Health Technology
6 5 (3.11%) Tech for Good
7 4 (2.48%) Retail
7 4 (2.48%) Social Housing
8 3 (1.86%) Law
8 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Advertising
9 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.62%) Automotive
10 1 (0.62%) Front Office
10 1 (0.62%) Games
10 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (44.72%) Developer
2 40 (24.84%) PHP Developer
3 22 (13.66%) Software Developer
4 20 (12.42%) Senior
5 19 (11.80%) C# Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Azure Developer
6 18 (11.18%) C# Software Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate C# Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate Software Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 18 (11.18%) Software Engineer
6 18 (11.18%) SQL Developer
7 17 (10.56%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (9.32%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 12 (7.45%) Analyst
9 12 (7.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (33.54%) CSS
2 37 (22.98%) Laravel
3 36 (22.36%) HTML
4 28 (17.39%) jQuery
5 25 (15.53%) RESTful
6 21 (13.04%) React
7 16 (9.94%) Node.js
7 16 (9.94%) Vue
8 14 (8.70%) JSON
9 12 (7.45%) AngularJS
9 12 (7.45%) HTML5
10 11 (6.83%) CSS3
10 11 (6.83%) REST
10 11 (6.83%) XML
11 10 (6.21%) Kafka
12 9 (5.59%) .NET
12 9 (5.59%) Symfony
13 7 (4.35%) LEMP Stack
14 6 (3.73%) Django
15 5 (3.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.56%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.83%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.59%) Data Structures
5 8 (4.97%) NHS
6 7 (4.35%) IoT
7 5 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.11%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.48%) PropTech
8 4 (2.48%) Smart Home
8 4 (2.48%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.86%) Replication
9 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.24%) Legacy Code
10 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (21.74%) Linux
2 10 (6.21%) Ubuntu
3 9 (5.59%) Windows
4 5 (3.11%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.86%) CentOS
6 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.24%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (36.65%) Agile
2 33 (20.50%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (19.88%) CI/CD
4 30 (18.63%) Software Engineering
5 28 (17.39%) Microservices
6 27 (16.77%) Computer Science
7 26 (16.15%) DevOps
7 26 (16.15%) Full-Stack Development
8 25 (15.53%) MVC
9 24 (14.91%) Mentoring
9 24 (14.91%) OOP
10 23 (14.29%) Data Modelling
10 23 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (11.80%) OO
11 19 (11.80%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.56%) TDD
13 16 (9.94%) Open Source
14 14 (8.70%) BDD
14 14 (8.70%) Coaching
14 14 (8.70%) OO PHP
Programming Languages
1 89 (55.28%) SQL
2 61 (37.89%) PHP
3 41 (25.47%) JavaScript
4 36 (22.36%) Java
5 28 (17.39%) C#
6 26 (16.15%) Python
7 21 (13.04%) C++
8 19 (11.80%) TypeScript
9 15 (9.32%) PowerShell
10 10 (6.21%) T-SQL
11 9 (5.59%) Bash
12 4 (2.48%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.86%) C
13 3 (1.86%) Go
13 3 (1.86%) Scala
13 3 (1.86%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 35 (21.74%) Degree
2 22 (13.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (5.59%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.11%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.11%) HNC
4 5 (3.11%) HND
4 5 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.48%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.62%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (8.07%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.83%) QA
4 5 (3.11%) SLA
5 4 (2.48%) HL7
5 4 (2.48%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.48%) SNOMED CT
6 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 28 (17.39%) Docker
2 17 (10.56%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.11%) vSphere
5 3 (1.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (1.86%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.62%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (13.66%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.59%) Terraform
3 7 (4.35%) Ansible
4 4 (2.48%) Argo
5 3 (1.86%) Grafana
5 3 (1.86%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.24%) Nagios
7 1 (0.62%) Graylog
7 1 (0.62%) Plesk
7 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.35%) Oracle
3 6 (3.73%) Cisco
3 6 (3.73%) SAP
3 6 (3.73%) VMware
4 5 (3.11%) Meraki
4 5 (3.11%) Synology
4 5 (3.11%) Veeam
5 4 (2.48%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.86%) Apple
6 3 (1.86%) BT
6 3 (1.86%) Databricks
6 3 (1.86%) Mitel
6 3 (1.86%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.24%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.24%) Dell
7 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.24%) Splunk
7 2 (1.24%) Zend
8 1 (0.62%) Google