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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 142 114
Rank change year-on-year -85 -28 +11
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 165 327 805
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 2.45% 2.67%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.61% 9.02% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 140 275 688
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,688 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -7.08% -1.74%
75th Percentile £62,813 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,000 £81,250
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 2,167 3,626 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.81% 27.13% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,577 2,430 6,073
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,496 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +13.04% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,375 £73,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 20 March 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 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.45%) CMS
3 6 (3.64%) nginx
4 5 (3.03%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.42%) Apache Solr
5 4 (2.42%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.82%) Confluence
7 2 (1.21%) Headless CMS
7 2 (1.21%) WordPress
8 1 (0.61%) Apache
8 1 (0.61%) JBoss
8 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.61%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.42%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (50.91%) AWS
2 70 (42.42%) Azure
3 27 (16.36%) SaaS
4 18 (10.91%) Power Platform
5 17 (10.30%) GitHub
6 15 (9.09%) GCP
6 15 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (6.06%) Amazon S3
7 10 (6.06%) Serverless
8 9 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (4.85%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.24%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.42%) DigitalOcean
13 4 (2.42%) OpenShift
14 3 (1.82%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.82%) HTTP
1 3 (1.82%) RTP
1 3 (1.82%) Unified Communications
1 3 (1.82%) VoIP
1 3 (1.82%) Wireshark
2 2 (1.21%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) Broadband
3 1 (0.61%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.61%) LAN
3 1 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.61%) SAN
3 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (27.88%) PostgreSQL
1 46 (27.88%) SQL Server
2 28 (16.97%) NoSQL
3 27 (16.36%) MongoDB
4 23 (13.94%) Relational Database
5 16 (9.70%) Power BI
6 13 (7.88%) BusinessObjects
7 11 (6.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (5.45%) DynamoDB
9 9 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (4.85%) MariaDB
11 6 (3.64%) Tableau
12 3 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.82%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.82%) RDBMS
13 2 (1.21%) Big Data
13 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (24.85%) Git
2 10 (6.06%) JIRA
3 7 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.03%) git-flow
5 4 (2.42%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.42%) Vite
6 3 (1.82%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.82%) JMeter
6 3 (1.82%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.82%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.21%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.61%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.61%) GitLab
8 1 (0.61%) JUnit
8 1 (0.61%) Mocha
8 1 (0.61%) Mockito
8 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 48 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.33%) Finance
4 16 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.45%) Law
6 5 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.42%) Retail
7 4 (2.42%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.82%) Automotive
8 3 (1.82%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.82%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Advertising
10 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.61%) Front Office
10 1 (0.61%) Games
10 1 (0.61%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 87 (52.73%) Developer
2 29 (17.58%) PHP Developer
3 26 (15.76%) Senior
4 24 (14.55%) Software Developer
5 21 (12.73%) C# Developer
6 20 (12.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 19 (11.52%) Graduate
7 19 (11.52%) Graduate Developer
7 19 (11.52%) Graduate Software Developer
8 17 (10.30%) Software Engineer
9 16 (9.70%) Azure Developer
9 16 (9.70%) C# Software Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Graduate C# Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Graduate C# Software Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 16 (9.70%) Senior Developer
9 16 (9.70%) SQL Developer
10 11 (6.67%) Java Engineer
10 11 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (33.33%) CSS
2 35 (21.21%) HTML
3 29 (17.58%) React
4 28 (16.97%) Laravel
5 26 (15.76%) RESTful
6 22 (13.33%) .NET
7 21 (12.73%) Node.js
8 20 (12.12%) jQuery
9 16 (9.70%) Vue
10 14 (8.48%) AngularJS
10 14 (8.48%) REST
11 12 (7.27%) JSON
11 12 (7.27%) Symfony
12 10 (6.06%) Kafka
13 9 (5.45%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (4.85%) XML
15 7 (4.24%) AWS CDK
16 6 (3.64%) CodeIgniter
16 6 (3.64%) Django
16 6 (3.64%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 20 (12.12%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.45%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.24%) IoT
5 6 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.42%) NHS
7 4 (2.42%) Replication
8 3 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.82%) Smart Home
8 3 (1.82%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.21%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (21.82%) Linux
2 13 (7.88%) Windows
3 7 (4.24%) Ubuntu
4 5 (3.03%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.42%) CentOS
6 3 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.82%) Rocky
7 2 (1.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (45.45%) Agile
2 45 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (23.03%) CI/CD
4 34 (20.61%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (20.00%) Microservices
6 32 (19.39%) Software Engineering
7 30 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 30 (18.18%) Mentoring
8 29 (17.58%) Computer Science
8 29 (17.58%) MVC
8 29 (17.58%) OOP
9 27 (16.36%) Data Modelling
9 27 (16.36%) DevOps
9 27 (16.36%) Test Automation
10 21 (12.73%) OO
11 20 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (10.91%) TDD
13 17 (10.30%) Open Source
13 17 (10.30%) User Experience
14 16 (9.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 83 (50.30%) SQL
2 65 (39.39%) PHP
3 45 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 38 (23.03%) Java
5 37 (22.42%) C#
6 30 (18.18%) Python
7 25 (15.15%) TypeScript
8 22 (13.33%) C++
9 16 (9.70%) PowerShell
10 10 (6.06%) T-SQL
11 8 (4.85%) Bash
12 4 (2.42%) Go
13 3 (1.82%) C
13 3 (1.82%) Scala
13 3 (1.82%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.21%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.61%) Korn
15 1 (0.61%) Perl
15 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (21.82%) Degree
2 25 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.64%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.61%) HNC
9 1 (0.61%) HND
9 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.61%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.67%) QA
4 7 (4.24%) SLA
5 4 (2.42%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.21%) GDPR
7 2 (1.21%) HL7
7 2 (1.21%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (17.58%) Docker
2 13 (7.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.82%) Kamailio
3 3 (1.82%) vSphere
4 2 (1.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.21%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (10.91%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.09%) Ansible
3 13 (7.88%) Terraform
4 5 (3.03%) Argo
5 4 (2.42%) Grafana
5 4 (2.42%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.82%) Nagios
7 1 (0.61%) Graylog
7 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (10.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.06%) SAP
3 9 (5.45%) Oracle
4 4 (2.42%) Apple
4 4 (2.42%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.42%) VMware
5 3 (1.82%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.82%) BT
5 3 (1.82%) Databricks
5 3 (1.82%) Mitel
5 3 (1.82%) Splunk
5 3 (1.82%) Zend
6 2 (1.21%) Cisco
6 2 (1.21%) Google
6 2 (1.21%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) Dell
7 1 (0.61%) Foundry
7 1 (0.61%) Juniper
7 1 (0.61%) Veeam