MySQL Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

MySQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring MySQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MySQL over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 153 138
Rank change year-on-year -68 -15 -61
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 293 723 890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.42% 2.12% 2.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.22% 9.67% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 240 593 771
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,875 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,813 £71,250 £73,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £56,480
% change year-on-year - -7.05% +2.69%

All Database and 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 3,563 7,474 8,700
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.27% 21.96% 24.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 5,875 6,495
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £61,182 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.40% -8.00% +4.17%

MySQL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MySQL trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

MySQL
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MySQL.

MySQL salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

MySQL
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MySQL over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

MySQL salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.46%) Confluence
2 10 (3.41%) WordPress
3 9 (3.07%) Apache Solr
3 9 (3.07%) CMS
3 9 (3.07%) IIS
4 5 (1.71%) Apache
4 5 (1.71%) nginx
5 3 (1.02%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.34%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (1.02%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.34%) SPSS
4 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Magento
2 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.68%) Odoo
3 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 124 (42.32%) AWS
2 103 (35.15%) Azure
3 31 (10.58%) SaaS
4 25 (8.53%) Power Platform
5 23 (7.85%) GCP
6 22 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.83%) Cloudflare
8 19 (6.48%) PaaS
9 18 (6.14%) Power Automate
10 17 (5.80%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (5.80%) GitHub
10 17 (5.80%) IaaS
10 17 (5.80%) Serverless
11 16 (5.46%) Azure AI
11 16 (5.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 16 (5.46%) Azure Key Vault
11 16 (5.46%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (5.46%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.39%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.17%) Firewall
2 20 (6.83%) DNS
3 18 (6.14%) VPN
4 16 (5.46%) SD-WAN
4 16 (5.46%) WAN
5 4 (1.37%) Internet
6 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.68%) IPsec
6 2 (0.68%) Multicast
6 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.68%) VLAN
7 1 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.34%) RFID
7 1 (0.34%) RTP
7 1 (0.34%) SSH
7 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (30.72%) SQL Server
2 48 (16.38%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (9.56%) Relational Database
4 24 (8.19%) Elasticsearch
5 23 (7.85%) NoSQL
5 23 (7.85%) Power BI
6 22 (7.51%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.46%) Data Lake
8 12 (4.10%) Redis
9 8 (2.73%) MariaDB
10 7 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.39%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (2.05%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.71%) Amazon QuickSight
12 5 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.71%) Tableau
13 4 (1.37%) Big Data
13 4 (1.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 101 (34.47%) Git
2 21 (7.17%) JIRA
3 9 (3.07%) Bitbucket
3 9 (3.07%) NUnit
3 9 (3.07%) TeamCity
4 8 (2.73%) Jasmine
5 7 (2.39%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.05%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.37%) PHPUnit
8 3 (1.02%) GitLab
8 3 (1.02%) Maven
8 3 (1.02%) Subversion
9 2 (0.68%) git-flow
9 2 (0.68%) Gradle
9 2 (0.68%) Vite
9 2 (0.68%) webpack
10 1 (0.34%) Gatling
10 1 (0.34%) Postman
10 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.34%) TestRail
General
1 93 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.53%) Finance
3 20 (6.83%) Games
4 15 (5.12%) Law
4 15 (5.12%) Retail
5 13 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.75%) Marketing
6 11 (3.75%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.41%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.71%) Banking
9 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.37%) Local Government
10 4 (1.37%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.37%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.02%) Advertising
11 3 (1.02%) Electronics
12 2 (0.68%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.68%) iGaming
12 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 172 (58.70%) Developer
2 51 (17.41%) Senior
3 45 (15.36%) Graduate
3 45 (15.36%) Graduate Developer
4 44 (15.02%) IT Graduate
4 44 (15.02%) PHP Developer
5 38 (12.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 31 (10.58%) Senior Developer
7 27 (9.22%) Software Engineer
8 25 (8.53%) C# Developer
9 22 (7.51%) Architect
10 18 (6.14%) Cloud Architect
11 16 (5.46%) .NET Developer
12 15 (5.12%) Graduate C# Developer
12 15 (5.12%) Graduate PHP Developer
12 15 (5.12%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 15 (5.12%) SQL Developer
13 12 (4.10%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (4.10%) Web Developer
14 11 (3.75%) Agile C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (37.20%) CSS
2 78 (26.62%) .NET
3 66 (22.53%) HTML
4 60 (20.48%) React
5 58 (19.80%) ASP.NET
5 58 (19.80%) jQuery
6 40 (13.65%) Node.js
7 39 (13.31%) RESTful
8 38 (12.97%) Vue
9 36 (12.29%) Laravel
10 27 (9.22%) REST
11 25 (8.53%) AngularJS
12 22 (7.51%) LAMP
13 20 (6.83%) Web Services
14 18 (6.14%) Symfony
15 17 (5.80%) Spring Boot
16 16 (5.46%) Spring
17 13 (4.44%) Jest
17 13 (4.44%) Kafka
18 12 (4.10%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.80%) NHS
2 16 (5.46%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.46%) Virtual Team
3 15 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (4.78%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.10%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.41%) IoT
7 7 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.39%) Online Games
8 6 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.71%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.37%) FMCG
10 4 (1.37%) Smart Home
11 3 (1.02%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.92%) Linux
2 9 (3.07%) Windows
3 7 (2.39%) CentOS
4 6 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Debian
6 2 (0.68%) Rocky
6 2 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (44.71%) Agile
2 98 (33.45%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (25.26%) MVC
4 66 (22.53%) CI/CD
5 61 (20.82%) Computer Science
6 59 (20.14%) OOP
7 56 (19.11%) OO
8 51 (17.41%) Artificial Intelligence
8 51 (17.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 49 (16.72%) DevOps
10 44 (15.02%) Software Engineering
11 42 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (11.60%) B2B
12 34 (11.60%) Microservices
13 31 (10.58%) Analytics
14 28 (9.56%) E-Commerce
15 27 (9.22%) Migration
16 25 (8.53%) Roadmaps
17 24 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
17 24 (8.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 125 (42.66%) PHP
2 114 (38.91%) JavaScript
3 103 (35.15%) SQL
4 84 (28.67%) Java
5 73 (24.91%) C#
6 54 (18.43%) Python
6 54 (18.43%) TypeScript
7 45 (15.36%) C++
8 27 (9.22%) PowerShell
9 16 (5.46%) Bicep
10 7 (2.39%) Go
11 6 (2.05%) Bash
11 6 (2.05%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.71%) Perl
13 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.68%) C
14 2 (0.68%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (22.18%) Degree
2 53 (18.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.51%) DBS Check
4 16 (5.46%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.07%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.17%) QA
2 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.05%) GDPR
3 2 (0.68%) Dublin Core
3 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.34%) GMP
4 1 (0.34%) NCSC
4 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (15.36%) Docker
2 16 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.37%) vSphere
5 2 (0.68%) KVM
6 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.34%) Corosync
6 1 (0.34%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.83%) Terraform
3 17 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.73%) Ansible
5 6 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.37%) Grafana
7 3 (1.02%) Argo
8 2 (0.68%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.68%) Nagios
8 2 (0.68%) Puppet
8 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.34%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.34%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.34%) Icinga
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) logstash
9 1 (0.34%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.34%) Pacemaker
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 27 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.46%) Databricks
2 16 (5.46%) Meraki
3 11 (3.75%) Google
3 11 (3.75%) Oracle
3 11 (3.75%) Rollbar
4 8 (2.73%) SAP
5 7 (2.39%) VMware
6 6 (2.05%) Twitter
7 5 (1.71%) Adobe
7 5 (1.71%) HubSpot
7 5 (1.71%) Informatica
7 5 (1.71%) Sage
7 5 (1.71%) Talend
8 4 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.37%) WooCommerce
9 3 (1.02%) New Relic
9 3 (1.02%) RedGate
10 2 (0.68%) Zoho