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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 135 110
Rank change year-on-year -80 -25 +18
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 174 407 792
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 2.56% 2.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.21% 10.02% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 142 272 701
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 2,119 4,062 6,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.29% 25.58% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,530 2,430 5,793
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,322 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 7 February 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 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.17%) CMS
3 8 (4.60%) nginx
4 7 (4.02%) Apache Solr
5 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.30%) Confluence
7 3 (1.72%) Apache Spark
8 2 (1.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.57%) IIS
9 1 (0.57%) JBoss
9 1 (0.57%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (40.80%) AWS
1 71 (40.80%) Azure
2 29 (16.67%) SaaS
3 19 (10.92%) GitHub
4 17 (9.77%) GCP
5 16 (9.20%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.75%) Serverless
8 9 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (4.60%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.45%) Entra ID
11 6 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (2.30%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) HTTP
2 3 (1.72%) RTP
2 3 (1.72%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.72%) VoIP
2 3 (1.72%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.57%) DHCP
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (29.89%) SQL Server
2 30 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (13.79%) Relational Database
4 23 (13.22%) MongoDB
5 16 (9.20%) NoSQL
6 13 (7.47%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (7.47%) Power BI
7 12 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (6.32%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (5.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (5.17%) MariaDB
11 8 (4.60%) DynamoDB
12 7 (4.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (3.45%) Tableau
14 5 (2.87%) RDBMS
15 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
16 2 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
16 2 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (27.01%) Git
2 12 (6.90%) JIRA
3 7 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.87%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.87%) git-flow
5 4 (2.30%) Vite
6 3 (1.72%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.72%) JMeter
6 3 (1.72%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.72%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.15%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.15%) Mocha
7 2 (1.15%) webpack
8 1 (0.57%) GitLab
8 1 (0.57%) Mockito
8 1 (0.57%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.57%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (15.52%) Finance
3 12 (6.90%) Law
4 7 (4.02%) Automotive
5 6 (3.45%) Marketing
6 5 (2.87%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.30%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.72%) Billing
8 3 (1.72%) Front Office
8 3 (1.72%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.15%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.57%) Advertising
10 1 (0.57%) Games
10 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (59.77%) Developer
2 34 (19.54%) PHP Developer
3 26 (14.94%) Senior
4 23 (13.22%) Graduate
4 23 (13.22%) Graduate Developer
4 23 (13.22%) Software Developer
5 21 (12.07%) Full-Stack Developer
6 20 (11.49%) C# Developer
7 17 (9.77%) Senior Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Analyst
8 13 (7.47%) Azure Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Graduate C# Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Graduate Software Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 13 (7.47%) IT Graduate
8 13 (7.47%) SQL Developer
8 13 (7.47%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.75%) C# Software Developer
10 9 (5.17%) Graduate C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (35.63%) CSS
2 38 (21.84%) HTML
3 36 (20.69%) .NET
4 35 (20.11%) Laravel
5 31 (17.82%) React
6 29 (16.67%) jQuery
7 27 (15.52%) Node.js
8 19 (10.92%) ASP.NET
8 19 (10.92%) REST
9 16 (9.20%) AngularJS
9 16 (9.20%) Vue
10 15 (8.62%) Symfony
11 14 (8.05%) RESTful
12 11 (6.32%) JSON
13 9 (5.17%) CodeIgniter
13 9 (5.17%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (4.60%) CakePHP
14 8 (4.60%) Kafka
15 7 (4.02%) .NET Core
16 6 (3.45%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.02%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.02%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.45%) IoT
5 5 (2.87%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.72%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.72%) Smart Home
7 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.15%) Replication
7 2 (1.15%) Social Media
7 2 (1.15%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.99%) Linux
2 17 (9.77%) Windows
3 9 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.45%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.30%) Unix
6 3 (1.72%) Android
6 3 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.72%) CentOS
6 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.72%) Rocky
7 2 (1.15%) Solaris
7 2 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (45.98%) Agile
2 64 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (27.59%) CI/CD
4 42 (24.14%) OO
5 40 (22.99%) Full-Stack Development
6 36 (20.69%) MVC
7 33 (18.97%) OOP
8 31 (17.82%) DevOps
9 30 (17.24%) Software Engineering
10 29 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 29 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (16.09%) Data Modelling
11 28 (16.09%) Test Automation
12 25 (14.37%) Mentoring
13 23 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (12.64%) Microservices
14 22 (12.64%) User Experience
15 21 (12.07%) Containerisation
16 17 (9.77%) AI
17 16 (9.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 84 (48.28%) PHP
2 79 (45.40%) SQL
3 58 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 47 (27.01%) C#
5 33 (18.97%) Python
6 32 (18.39%) TypeScript
7 31 (17.82%) Java
8 26 (14.94%) C++
9 15 (8.62%) PowerShell
10 10 (5.75%) T-SQL
11 7 (4.02%) Bash
12 6 (3.45%) Go
13 5 (2.87%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.72%) C
14 3 (1.72%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.72%) Scala
14 3 (1.72%) Swift
15 2 (1.15%) R
16 1 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (21.84%) Degree
2 29 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.75%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) MCSE
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.20%) QA
2 11 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (5.17%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.02%) SLA
5 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.72%) HL7
5 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 39 (22.41%) Docker
2 9 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.72%) Kamailio
4 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 17 (9.77%) Ansible
3 14 (8.05%) Terraform
4 4 (2.30%) Argo
5 3 (1.72%) Nagios
6 2 (1.15%) Grafana
6 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.75%) SAP
3 8 (4.60%) Oracle
4 3 (1.72%) Apple
4 3 (1.72%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.72%) BT
4 3 (1.72%) Databricks
4 3 (1.72%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.72%) Google
4 3 (1.72%) Mitel
4 3 (1.72%) Splunk
4 3 (1.72%) Zend
5 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.15%) VMware
6 1 (0.57%) Informatica
6 1 (0.57%) IONA
6 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.57%) RedGate
6 1 (0.57%) Talend
98 hybrid/remote MySQL jobs