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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 184 158
Rank change year-on-year -68 -26 -31
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 214 289 553
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.76% 1.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.06% 9.10% 9.67%
Number of salaries quoted 190 240 450
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,813 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -8.64% -2.62%
75th Percentile £74,926 £62,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,707 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.35% +4.76% -6.25%

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 3,031 3,177 5,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.94% 19.32% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 2,127 4,611
10th Percentile £36,400 £35,854 £37,631
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,625 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.93% +1.97% -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 25 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 (3.74%) Confluence
1 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.87%) Apache
3 4 (1.87%) CMS
3 4 (1.87%) WordPress
4 3 (1.40%) nginx
5 2 (0.93%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) Moodle
6 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 107 (50.00%) AWS
2 82 (38.32%) Azure
3 24 (11.21%) SaaS
4 20 (9.35%) GitHub
5 19 (8.88%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.14%) Serverless
8 8 (3.74%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.27%) GCP
9 7 (3.27%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (2.80%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.87%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.87%) DigitalOcean
12 4 (1.87%) PaaS
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.07%) Broadband
2 8 (3.74%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.93%) HTTP
4 2 (0.93%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.93%) RTP
4 2 (0.93%) SAN
4 2 (0.93%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.93%) VoIP
4 2 (0.93%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SSL
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (42.52%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (27.57%) MongoDB
3 48 (22.43%) SQL Server
4 38 (17.76%) NoSQL
5 32 (14.95%) Relational Database
6 17 (7.94%) MariaDB
6 17 (7.94%) Power BI
7 8 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.27%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.80%) Metadata
9 6 (2.80%) Tableau
10 5 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.87%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.40%) Ataccama
12 3 (1.40%) IBM InfoSphere
12 3 (1.40%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 34 (15.89%) Git
2 13 (6.07%) GitLab
3 11 (5.14%) JIRA
4 9 (4.21%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 51 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.63%) Public Sector
3 34 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.21%) Finance
5 15 (7.01%) Health Technology
6 11 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.34%) Legal
7 5 (2.34%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.87%) Law
8 4 (1.87%) Retail
8 4 (1.87%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Local Government
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Billing
10 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 80 (37.38%) Developer
2 52 (24.30%) Software Engineer
3 40 (18.69%) Senior
4 37 (17.29%) PHP Developer
5 28 (13.08%) Lead
6 18 (8.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (8.41%) Lead Software Engineer
7 16 (7.48%) Graduate
7 16 (7.48%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 15 (7.01%) C# Developer
8 15 (7.01%) Software Developer
9 13 (6.07%) Analyst
9 13 (6.07%) C# Software Developer
9 13 (6.07%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (5.61%) Azure Developer
10 12 (5.61%) Graduate C# Developer
10 12 (5.61%) Graduate Developer
10 12 (5.61%) Graduate Software Developer
10 12 (5.61%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (30.84%) CSS
2 48 (22.43%) RESTful
3 47 (21.96%) HTML
4 36 (16.82%) Laravel
5 32 (14.95%) Node.js
5 32 (14.95%) React
6 31 (14.49%) jQuery
7 27 (12.62%) .NET
8 21 (9.81%) Vue
9 19 (8.88%) REST
10 15 (7.01%) JSON
11 13 (6.07%) CSS3
11 13 (6.07%) HTML5
11 13 (6.07%) XML
12 12 (5.61%) AngularJS
13 10 (4.67%) ASP.NET
14 9 (4.21%) Spring
15 8 (3.74%) Ruby on Rails
16 7 (3.27%) .NET Framework
16 7 (3.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.95%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.07%) NHS
3 12 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.67%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.21%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.74%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.74%) Replication
6 8 (3.74%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.34%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.87%) IoT
8 4 (1.87%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.87%) PropTech
9 3 (1.40%) PMI
9 3 (1.40%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.40%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (19.63%) Linux
2 12 (5.61%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.27%) Windows
4 5 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (38.79%) Agile
2 77 (35.98%) Software Engineering
3 53 (24.77%) CI/CD
3 53 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (23.83%) Microservices
5 44 (20.56%) Mentoring
6 38 (17.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (16.36%) DevOps
8 33 (15.42%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (15.42%) Coaching
9 31 (14.49%) Computer Science
9 31 (14.49%) TDD
10 28 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (13.08%) Open Source
11 27 (12.62%) OOP
12 24 (11.21%) MVC
13 22 (10.28%) AI
14 21 (9.81%) Test Automation
14 21 (9.81%) Web Development
15 20 (9.35%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 111 (51.87%) SQL
2 79 (36.92%) JavaScript
3 58 (27.10%) PHP
4 51 (23.83%) Java
5 44 (20.56%) C#
6 33 (15.42%) Python
7 23 (10.75%) TypeScript
8 18 (8.41%) C++
9 15 (7.01%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.74%) Ruby
10 8 (3.74%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.80%) Bash
12 4 (1.87%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.40%) Go
13 3 (1.40%) Perl
14 2 (0.93%) C
14 2 (0.93%) Korn
15 1 (0.47%) Rust
15 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (20.09%) Degree
2 21 (9.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.74%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.80%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.34%) HNC
5 5 (2.34%) HND
5 5 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.35%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.54%) QA
4 7 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.27%) HL7
5 5 (2.34%) SLA
6 4 (1.87%) SNOMED CT
7 3 (1.40%) GDPR
7 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.93%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 37 (17.29%) Docker
2 13 (6.07%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.34%) vSphere
5 3 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.93%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 29 (13.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.21%) Terraform
3 7 (3.27%) Grafana
4 5 (2.34%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.87%) Ansible
6 3 (1.40%) Argo
6 3 (1.40%) Plesk
7 1 (0.47%) Graylog
7 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.14%) Oracle
3 7 (3.27%) OpenAI
4 6 (2.80%) Cisco
4 6 (2.80%) VMware
5 5 (2.34%) Google
5 5 (2.34%) Meraki
5 5 (2.34%) Synology
5 5 (2.34%) Veeam
6 4 (1.87%) Databricks
7 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.40%) IBM
7 3 (1.40%) Informatica
7 3 (1.40%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.40%) TIBCO
8 2 (0.93%) BT
8 2 (0.93%) Dell
8 2 (0.93%) Mitel
8 2 (0.93%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce