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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 188 169
Rank change year-on-year -65 -19 -42
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 215 289 537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.76% 1.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.01% 9.09% 9.65%
Number of salaries quoted 191 240 436
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £34,953
25th Percentile £38,125 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -2.62%
75th Percentile £74,985 £62,500 £70,188
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -6.65%

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 3,066 3,178 5,564
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.99% 19.31% 20.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,468 2,131 4,470
10th Percentile £36,425 £35,854 £38,121
25th Percentile £45,163 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -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 28 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 (3.72%) Confluence
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.86%) Apache
4 4 (1.86%) CMS
4 4 (1.86%) WordPress
5 3 (1.40%) nginx
6 2 (0.93%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.47%) Moodle
7 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 110 (51.16%) AWS
2 83 (38.60%) Azure
3 23 (10.70%) SaaS
4 19 (8.84%) GitHub
5 18 (8.37%) Power Platform
6 12 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (5.12%) Serverless
8 8 (3.72%) Amazon S3
8 8 (3.72%) GCP
9 7 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.26%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.33%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.86%) DigitalOcean
11 4 (1.86%) PaaS
11 4 (1.86%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.05%) Broadband
2 8 (3.72%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.93%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.93%) 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 91 (42.33%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (26.98%) MongoDB
3 48 (22.33%) SQL Server
4 38 (17.67%) NoSQL
5 33 (15.35%) Relational Database
6 18 (8.37%) MariaDB
7 16 (7.44%) Power BI
8 7 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 7 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.79%) Metadata
9 6 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (2.79%) Tableau
10 5 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.86%) Ataccama
11 4 (1.86%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.86%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (1.86%) TIBCO EBX
12 3 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 33 (15.35%) Git
2 13 (6.05%) GitLab
3 11 (5.12%) JIRA
4 9 (4.19%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 50 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.53%) Public Sector
3 33 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.16%) Finance
5 15 (6.98%) Health Technology
6 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.33%) Legal
7 5 (2.33%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.86%) Law
8 4 (1.86%) Retail
8 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
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 (37.21%) Developer
2 52 (24.19%) Software Engineer
3 41 (19.07%) Senior
4 38 (17.67%) PHP Developer
5 30 (13.95%) Lead
6 18 (8.37%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (8.37%) Lead Software Engineer
7 17 (7.91%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 16 (7.44%) Graduate
9 15 (6.98%) C# Developer
9 15 (6.98%) Software Developer
10 13 (6.05%) C# Software Developer
10 13 (6.05%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.05%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (5.58%) Analyst
11 12 (5.58%) Azure Developer
11 12 (5.58%) Graduate C# Developer
11 12 (5.58%) Graduate Developer
11 12 (5.58%) Graduate Software Developer
11 12 (5.58%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (30.70%) CSS
2 48 (22.33%) RESTful
3 47 (21.86%) HTML
4 37 (17.21%) Laravel
5 32 (14.88%) Node.js
5 32 (14.88%) React
6 31 (14.42%) jQuery
7 28 (13.02%) .NET
8 22 (10.23%) Vue
9 19 (8.84%) REST
10 14 (6.51%) JSON
11 13 (6.05%) CSS3
11 13 (6.05%) HTML5
12 12 (5.58%) AngularJS
12 12 (5.58%) XML
13 10 (4.65%) ASP.NET
14 9 (4.19%) Spring
15 8 (3.72%) .NET Core
15 8 (3.72%) Ruby on Rails
16 7 (3.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.88%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.05%) NHS
3 12 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.72%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.72%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.72%) Replication
5 8 (3.72%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.86%) IoT
8 4 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.86%) PropTech
8 4 (1.86%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.40%) Blog
9 3 (1.40%) PMI
9 3 (1.40%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (19.07%) Linux
2 11 (5.12%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.26%) Windows
4 5 (2.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (38.60%) Agile
2 77 (35.81%) Software Engineering
3 55 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (25.12%) CI/CD
5 51 (23.72%) Microservices
6 45 (20.93%) Mentoring
7 38 (17.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 36 (16.74%) DevOps
9 33 (15.35%) Coaching
10 32 (14.88%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (14.42%) Computer Science
11 31 (14.42%) TDD
12 30 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (12.56%) Open Source
14 26 (12.09%) OOP
15 24 (11.16%) MVC
16 22 (10.23%) AI
17 21 (9.77%) Test Automation
17 21 (9.77%) Web Development
18 20 (9.30%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 113 (52.56%) SQL
2 79 (36.74%) JavaScript
3 59 (27.44%) PHP
4 51 (23.72%) Java
5 45 (20.93%) C#
6 31 (14.42%) Python
7 23 (10.70%) TypeScript
8 17 (7.91%) C++
9 14 (6.51%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.72%) Ruby
11 7 (3.26%) T-SQL
12 6 (2.79%) Bash
13 4 (1.86%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.40%) Go
14 3 (1.40%) Perl
15 2 (0.93%) Korn
16 1 (0.47%) C
16 1 (0.47%) Rust
16 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (20.00%) Degree
2 21 (9.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.72%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.33%) HNC
5 5 (2.33%) HND
5 5 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.86%) 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 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.51%) QA
3 13 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.26%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.26%) HL7
5 5 (2.33%) SLA
6 4 (1.86%) SNOMED CT
7 3 (1.40%) GDPR
8 2 (0.93%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 38 (17.67%) Docker
2 12 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.33%) vSphere
5 3 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.47%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 28 (13.02%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.65%) Terraform
3 7 (3.26%) Grafana
4 5 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.86%) Ansible
6 3 (1.40%) Plesk
7 2 (0.93%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) Graylog
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.12%) Oracle
3 8 (3.72%) OpenAI
4 6 (2.79%) Cisco
4 6 (2.79%) Google
4 6 (2.79%) VMware
5 5 (2.33%) Meraki
5 5 (2.33%) Synology
5 5 (2.33%) Veeam
6 4 (1.86%) Databricks
6 4 (1.86%) IBM
6 4 (1.86%) Informatica
6 4 (1.86%) TIBCO
7 3 (1.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.93%) Dell
8 2 (0.93%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.93%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.93%) UiPath