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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 197 169
Rank change year-on-year -56 -28 -43
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 211 285 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.73% 1.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.83% 9.02% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 186 237 424
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £34,905
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £74,996 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -7.05%

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 3,088 3,160 5,500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.94% 19.17% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,488 2,117 4,395
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,875 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.46% -4.00%

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 31 July 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 8 (3.79%) Confluence
2 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.90%) Apache
4 4 (1.90%) WordPress
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Moodle
5 1 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 108 (51.18%) AWS
2 81 (38.39%) Azure
3 22 (10.43%) SaaS
4 18 (8.53%) GitHub
5 16 (7.58%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.74%) Serverless
8 8 (3.79%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.79%) GCP
9 7 (3.32%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.90%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.90%) Stripe
13 3 (1.42%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.16%) Broadband
2 8 (3.79%) Firewall
3 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.95%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.95%) SAN
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) RTP
5 1 (0.47%) SSL
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) VoIP
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (42.18%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (26.07%) MongoDB
3 46 (21.80%) SQL Server
4 36 (17.06%) NoSQL
5 31 (14.69%) Relational Database
6 17 (8.06%) MariaDB
7 15 (7.11%) Power BI
8 7 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.32%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.84%) Metadata
9 6 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.84%) Tableau
10 5 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.90%) Ataccama
11 4 (1.90%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.90%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (1.90%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 30 (14.22%) Git
2 13 (6.16%) GitLab
3 11 (5.21%) JIRA
4 9 (4.27%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 49 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.91%) Public Sector
3 31 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.37%) Finance
5 15 (7.11%) Health Technology
6 11 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.37%) Law
7 5 (2.37%) Legal
7 5 (2.37%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.90%) Retail
8 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.42%) Local Government
9 3 (1.42%) Marketing
9 3 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.42%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.95%) Advertising
10 2 (0.95%) Billing
10 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 77 (36.49%) Developer
2 52 (24.64%) Software Engineer
3 41 (19.43%) Senior
4 37 (17.54%) PHP Developer
5 30 (14.22%) Lead
6 18 (8.53%) Lead Software Engineer
7 16 (7.58%) Graduate
7 16 (7.58%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 15 (7.11%) C# Developer
8 15 (7.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (6.64%) Software Developer
10 13 (6.16%) C# Software Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (5.69%) Azure Developer
11 12 (5.69%) Graduate C# Developer
11 12 (5.69%) Graduate Developer
11 12 (5.69%) Graduate PHP Developer
11 12 (5.69%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.69%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (31.28%) CSS
2 47 (22.27%) HTML
2 47 (22.27%) RESTful
3 34 (16.11%) Laravel
4 33 (15.64%) React
5 31 (14.69%) jQuery
6 28 (13.27%) Node.js
7 27 (12.80%) .NET
8 19 (9.00%) Vue
9 18 (8.53%) REST
10 14 (6.64%) CSS3
10 14 (6.64%) HTML5
11 12 (5.69%) AngularJS
11 12 (5.69%) JSON
12 11 (5.21%) XML
13 10 (4.74%) ASP.NET
14 9 (4.27%) Spring
15 8 (3.79%) Ruby on Rails
16 7 (3.32%) .NET Framework
16 7 (3.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.69%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.16%) NHS
3 11 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.74%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.79%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.79%) Replication
5 8 (3.79%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.32%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.37%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.90%) IoT
9 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.90%) PropTech
9 4 (1.90%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.42%) Blog
10 3 (1.42%) PMI
10 3 (1.42%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.01%) Linux
2 11 (5.21%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.32%) Windows
4 5 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (39.34%) Agile
2 75 (35.55%) Software Engineering
3 53 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (24.17%) CI/CD
5 50 (23.70%) Microservices
6 44 (20.85%) Mentoring
7 35 (16.59%) DevOps
8 34 (16.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 33 (15.64%) Coaching
10 31 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
10 31 (14.69%) TDD
11 30 (14.22%) Computer Science
11 30 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (12.80%) Open Source
13 26 (12.32%) OOP
14 24 (11.37%) MVC
15 22 (10.43%) AI
16 20 (9.48%) Test Automation
16 20 (9.48%) Web Development
17 19 (9.00%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 112 (53.08%) SQL
2 79 (37.44%) JavaScript
3 55 (26.07%) PHP
4 51 (24.17%) Java
5 44 (20.85%) C#
6 30 (14.22%) Python
7 24 (11.37%) TypeScript
8 17 (8.06%) C++
9 12 (5.69%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.79%) Ruby
11 6 (2.84%) Bash
11 6 (2.84%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.90%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.42%) Go
13 3 (1.42%) Perl
14 2 (0.95%) Korn
15 1 (0.47%) C
15 1 (0.47%) Rust
15 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (19.91%) Degree
2 20 (9.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.37%) HNC
5 5 (2.37%) HND
5 5 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.42%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.11%) QA
3 11 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.79%) Accessibility
5 7 (3.32%) HL7
6 5 (2.37%) SLA
7 4 (1.90%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.95%) GDPR
8 2 (0.95%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (16.59%) Docker
2 11 (5.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.37%) vSphere
5 3 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.47%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.74%) Terraform
3 7 (3.32%) Grafana
4 5 (2.37%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.90%) Ansible
6 3 (1.42%) Plesk
7 2 (0.95%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) Graylog
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.21%) Oracle
3 8 (3.79%) OpenAI
4 6 (2.84%) Cisco
4 6 (2.84%) Google
4 6 (2.84%) VMware
5 5 (2.37%) Meraki
5 5 (2.37%) Synology
5 5 (2.37%) Veeam
6 4 (1.90%) Databricks
6 4 (1.90%) IBM
6 4 (1.90%) Informatica
6 4 (1.90%) TIBCO
7 3 (1.42%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.95%) Dell
8 2 (0.95%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.95%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.95%) Sony
8 2 (0.95%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) UiPath