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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 131 109
Rank change year-on-year -75 -22 +12
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 173 420 747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 2.59% 2.89%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.19% 10.15% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 141 270 661
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 2,113 4,139 6,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.51% 25.49% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 2,444 5,356
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £59,494
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +16.50% -4.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,313 £74,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -7.20%

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 27 January 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 7 (4.05%) Apache Solr
2 6 (3.47%) Confluence
2 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.47%) nginx
3 5 (2.89%) CMS
3 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.73%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.58%) IIS
5 1 (0.58%) JBoss
5 1 (0.58%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (41.62%) AWS
2 71 (41.04%) Azure
3 25 (14.45%) SaaS
4 18 (10.40%) GCP
5 17 (9.83%) GitHub
6 10 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.78%) Serverless
7 9 (5.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (4.62%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.73%) Firebase
12 3 (1.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.73%) HTTP
2 2 (1.16%) Broadband
2 2 (1.16%) RTP
2 2 (1.16%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.16%) VoIP
2 2 (1.16%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.58%) DHCP
3 1 (0.58%) DNS
3 1 (0.58%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (31.21%) SQL Server
2 30 (17.34%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (12.72%) Relational Database
4 20 (11.56%) MongoDB
5 14 (8.09%) NoSQL
6 13 (7.51%) BusinessObjects
7 12 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (6.36%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (5.78%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (4.62%) DynamoDB
10 8 (4.62%) MariaDB
10 8 (4.62%) Power BI
11 6 (3.47%) Tableau
12 5 (2.89%) RDBMS
13 3 (1.73%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.73%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (1.16%) Redis
14 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (24.86%) Git
2 14 (8.09%) JIRA
3 8 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.89%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.89%) git-flow
5 4 (2.31%) Vite
6 3 (1.73%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.73%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.73%) JMeter
6 3 (1.73%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.73%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.16%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.16%) GitLab
7 2 (1.16%) JUnit
7 2 (1.16%) Mocha
7 2 (1.16%) Mockito
7 2 (1.16%) webpack
8 1 (0.58%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.58%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.34%) Finance
3 21 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Law
5 7 (4.05%) Automotive
5 7 (4.05%) Marketing
6 5 (2.89%) Front Office
6 5 (2.89%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.73%) Billing
8 3 (1.73%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.16%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.16%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.58%) Advertising
10 1 (0.58%) Games
10 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (60.69%) Developer
2 33 (19.08%) PHP Developer
3 26 (15.03%) Graduate
3 26 (15.03%) Graduate Developer
4 25 (14.45%) Senior
5 23 (13.29%) Software Developer
6 21 (12.14%) C# Developer
7 17 (9.83%) Full-Stack Developer
7 17 (9.83%) Senior Developer
8 16 (9.25%) IT Graduate
9 14 (8.09%) Support Engineer
10 13 (7.51%) Azure Developer
10 13 (7.51%) Graduate C# Developer
10 13 (7.51%) Graduate PHP Developer
10 13 (7.51%) Graduate Software Developer
10 13 (7.51%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 13 (7.51%) SQL Developer
11 11 (6.36%) Analyst
12 10 (5.78%) C# Software Developer
13 9 (5.20%) Graduate C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (37.57%) CSS
2 39 (22.54%) .NET
3 38 (21.97%) HTML
4 33 (19.08%) React
5 32 (18.50%) jQuery
6 31 (17.92%) Laravel
7 23 (13.29%) ASP.NET
8 22 (12.72%) Node.js
9 19 (10.98%) AngularJS
10 18 (10.40%) REST
11 14 (8.09%) Symfony
11 14 (8.09%) Vue
12 13 (7.51%) RESTful
13 9 (5.20%) CodeIgniter
13 9 (5.20%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (4.62%) CakePHP
14 8 (4.62%) Kafka
15 6 (3.47%) .NET Core
15 6 (3.47%) CSS3
15 6 (3.47%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.14%) Product Ownership
2 10 (5.78%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.05%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.89%) IoT
4 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.89%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.73%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.73%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.73%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.73%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.16%) Smart Home
6 2 (1.16%) Social Media
7 1 (0.58%) Clustering
7 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (21.39%) Linux
2 17 (9.83%) Windows
3 9 (5.20%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.89%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.31%) Unix
6 3 (1.73%) Android
6 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.73%) CentOS
6 3 (1.73%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.73%) Rocky
7 2 (1.16%) Solaris
7 2 (1.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (49.71%) Agile
2 67 (38.73%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (26.59%) CI/CD
4 44 (25.43%) OO
5 39 (22.54%) MVC
6 37 (21.39%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (20.23%) OOP
8 31 (17.92%) DevOps
9 30 (17.34%) Computer Science
10 27 (15.61%) Software Engineering
11 26 (15.03%) Test Automation
12 25 (14.45%) Mentoring
13 23 (13.29%) Microservices
14 22 (12.72%) Data Modelling
14 22 (12.72%) User Experience
15 18 (10.40%) AI
15 18 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (10.40%) Containerisation
16 16 (9.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 82 (47.40%) PHP
2 76 (43.93%) SQL
3 59 (34.10%) JavaScript
4 51 (29.48%) C#
5 35 (20.23%) Java
6 33 (19.08%) TypeScript
7 29 (16.76%) Python
8 28 (16.18%) C++
9 10 (5.78%) PowerShell
10 7 (4.05%) Bash
11 6 (3.47%) Go
12 5 (2.89%) Shell Script
12 5 (2.89%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.73%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.73%) Scala
13 3 (1.73%) Swift
14 2 (1.16%) C
14 2 (1.16%) R
15 1 (0.58%) Perl
15 1 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (22.54%) Degree
2 31 (17.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.09%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.89%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.31%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.58%) MCSE
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.25%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) SLA
3 5 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.73%) HL7
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (21.97%) Docker
2 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.16%) Kamailio
3 2 (1.16%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 17 (9.83%) Ansible
3 16 (9.25%) Terraform
4 3 (1.73%) Argo
4 3 (1.73%) Nagios
5 2 (1.16%) Grafana
5 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.78%) SAP
3 8 (4.62%) Oracle
4 3 (1.73%) Apple
4 3 (1.73%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.73%) Databricks
4 3 (1.73%) Google
4 3 (1.73%) Splunk
4 3 (1.73%) Zend
5 2 (1.16%) BT
5 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.16%) Mitel
5 2 (1.16%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.16%) VMware
6 1 (0.58%) Informatica
6 1 (0.58%) IONA
6 1 (0.58%) RedGate
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.58%) Talend