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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 180 152
Rank change year-on-year -60 -28 -23
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 208 292 668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.97% 1.77% 2.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.99% 8.98% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 185 241 553
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,984 £33,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £74,750 £62,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -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 2,974 3,252 6,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.93% 19.70% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,382 2,183 5,528
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,247 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,041 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,759
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%

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 16 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 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.85%) Confluence
3 5 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.92%) Apache
4 4 (1.92%) CMS
4 4 (1.92%) WordPress
5 3 (1.44%) nginx
6 2 (0.96%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.48%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.48%) Moodle
7 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.96%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 105 (50.48%) AWS
2 84 (40.38%) Azure
3 26 (12.50%) SaaS
4 21 (10.10%) Power Platform
5 20 (9.62%) GitHub
6 15 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.29%) Serverless
8 9 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.85%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.85%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.37%) GCP
11 6 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.92%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.92%) DigitalOcean
13 4 (1.92%) PaaS
14 3 (1.44%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.25%) Broadband
2 8 (3.85%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) HTTP
3 3 (1.44%) RTP
3 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.44%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.44%) VoIP
3 3 (1.44%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.96%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.96%) SAN
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) LAN
5 1 (0.48%) Network Security
5 1 (0.48%) SSL
5 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (42.79%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (28.37%) MongoDB
3 46 (22.12%) SQL Server
4 38 (18.27%) NoSQL
5 30 (14.42%) Relational Database
6 19 (9.13%) Power BI
7 16 (7.69%) MariaDB
8 10 (4.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (3.37%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (2.88%) Metadata
10 6 (2.88%) Tableau
11 5 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.92%) Delta Lake
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (1.44%) Ataccama
13 3 (1.44%) Big Data
13 3 (1.44%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 33 (15.87%) Git
2 13 (6.25%) GitLab
3 11 (5.29%) JIRA
4 9 (4.33%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.48%) PHPUnit
General
1 54 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.06%) Finance
5 15 (7.21%) Health Technology
6 8 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.40%) Legal
7 5 (2.40%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.92%) Retail
8 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Local Government
9 3 (1.44%) Marketing
9 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.96%) Advertising
10 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 76 (36.54%) Developer
2 52 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 37 (17.79%) Senior
4 35 (16.83%) PHP Developer
5 28 (13.46%) Lead
6 19 (9.13%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (8.65%) Lead Software Engineer
8 16 (7.69%) Graduate
9 15 (7.21%) PHP Laravel Developer
10 14 (6.73%) Analyst
10 14 (6.73%) Software Developer
11 13 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (5.77%) C# Developer
12 12 (5.77%) C# Software Developer
12 12 (5.77%) Graduate C# Developer
12 12 (5.77%) Graduate Developer
12 12 (5.77%) Graduate PHP Developer
12 12 (5.77%) Graduate Software Developer
12 12 (5.77%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 12 (5.77%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (28.85%) CSS
2 49 (23.56%) RESTful
3 41 (19.71%) HTML
4 35 (16.83%) Laravel
5 32 (15.38%) Node.js
6 31 (14.90%) jQuery
7 29 (13.94%) React
8 24 (11.54%) .NET
9 20 (9.62%) REST
9 20 (9.62%) Vue
10 17 (8.17%) JSON
11 15 (7.21%) XML
12 12 (5.77%) CSS3
12 12 (5.77%) HTML5
13 10 (4.81%) ASP.NET
14 9 (4.33%) AngularJS
14 9 (4.33%) Spring
15 7 (3.37%) FHIR
15 7 (3.37%) Ruby on Rails
15 7 (3.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.25%) NHS
3 12 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (5.29%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.81%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.33%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (3.85%) Replication
7 8 (3.85%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.40%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.92%) IoT
10 4 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.92%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.92%) PropTech
11 3 (1.44%) PMI
11 3 (1.44%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.44%) Smart Home
11 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.67%) Linux
2 12 (5.77%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.37%) Windows
4 5 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.48%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (37.50%) Agile
2 74 (35.58%) Software Engineering
3 53 (25.48%) CI/CD
4 51 (24.52%) Microservices
5 45 (21.63%) Mentoring
5 45 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (18.27%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (15.87%) Coaching
8 33 (15.87%) DevOps
9 31 (14.90%) Computer Science
9 31 (14.90%) TDD
10 29 (13.94%) Open Source
11 25 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (11.06%) AI
12 23 (11.06%) OOP
13 22 (10.58%) MVC
14 20 (9.62%) API Design
14 20 (9.62%) Data Modelling
14 20 (9.62%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 110 (52.88%) SQL
2 75 (36.06%) JavaScript
3 57 (27.40%) PHP
4 50 (24.04%) Java
5 39 (18.75%) C#
6 34 (16.35%) Python
7 21 (10.10%) TypeScript
8 19 (9.13%) C++
9 16 (7.69%) PowerShell
10 10 (4.81%) T-SQL
11 7 (3.37%) Ruby
12 6 (2.88%) Bash
13 4 (1.92%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.44%) C
14 3 (1.44%) Perl
15 2 (0.96%) Go
15 2 (0.96%) Korn
16 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (19.71%) Degree
2 22 (10.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.40%) HNC
3 5 (2.40%) HND
3 5 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (2.40%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.44%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.48%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.58%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.25%) QA
4 7 (3.37%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.37%) HL7
5 5 (2.40%) SLA
6 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.92%) SNOMED CT
7 3 (1.44%) GDPR
8 2 (0.96%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 36 (17.31%) Docker
2 15 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.40%) vSphere
5 3 (1.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (1.44%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (13.94%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.33%) Terraform
3 6 (2.88%) Grafana
4 5 (2.40%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.92%) Ansible
5 4 (1.92%) Argo
6 3 (1.44%) Plesk
7 1 (0.48%) Graylog
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.81%) Oracle
3 6 (2.88%) Cisco
3 6 (2.88%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.88%) VMware
4 5 (2.40%) Meraki
4 5 (2.40%) Synology
4 5 (2.40%) Veeam
5 4 (1.92%) Databricks
5 4 (1.92%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.92%) Google
6 3 (1.44%) BT
6 3 (1.44%) IBM
6 3 (1.44%) Informatica
6 3 (1.44%) Mitel
6 3 (1.44%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.44%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.96%) Dell
7 2 (0.96%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.96%) Salesforce