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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 158 123
Rank change year-on-year -95 -35 +8
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 159 290 816
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 2.17% 2.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.84% 8.77% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 141 247 696
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £83,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%

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 2,326 3,305 7,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.96% 24.77% 22.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 2,414 6,237
10th Percentile £36,875 £37,500 £37,042
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 24 April 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 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.03%) CMS
3 7 (4.40%) nginx
4 6 (3.77%) Confluence
5 5 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (3.14%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.52%) Apache Spark
7 2 (1.26%) Apache
7 2 (1.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.63%) JBoss
8 1 (0.63%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.52%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (47.17%) AWS
2 60 (37.74%) Azure
3 22 (13.84%) SaaS
4 18 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (10.06%) Power Platform
6 14 (8.81%) GitHub
7 9 (5.66%) GCP
8 8 (5.03%) Entra ID
9 7 (4.40%) Serverless
10 6 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.14%) Amazon S3
11 5 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.52%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.40%) Firewall
2 3 (1.89%) HTTP
2 3 (1.89%) RTP
2 3 (1.89%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.89%) VoIP
2 3 (1.89%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.26%) iSCSI
3 2 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.63%) DNS
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) SSL
4 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (29.56%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (27.67%) SQL Server
3 23 (14.47%) NoSQL
4 22 (13.84%) MongoDB
5 15 (9.43%) Relational Database
6 14 (8.81%) Power BI
7 10 (6.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (5.66%) MariaDB
9 8 (5.03%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (5.03%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (3.14%) DynamoDB
11 5 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (2.52%) Tableau
13 3 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.89%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (1.26%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (1.26%) InfluxDB
14 2 (1.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (19.50%) Git
2 7 (4.40%) JIRA
3 5 (3.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.52%) Vite
5 3 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.26%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.26%) JMeter
6 2 (1.26%) PHPUnit
6 2 (1.26%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.26%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.63%) git-flow
7 1 (0.63%) GitLab
7 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 36 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (13.84%) Finance
3 12 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.03%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.52%) Law
5 4 (2.52%) Retail
5 4 (2.52%) Tech for Good
6 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.89%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.26%) Advertising
8 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.63%) Automotive
8 1 (0.63%) Front Office
8 1 (0.63%) Games
8 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (47.80%) Developer
2 41 (25.79%) PHP Developer
3 23 (14.47%) Software Developer
4 19 (11.95%) C# Developer
4 19 (11.95%) Senior
5 18 (11.32%) Azure Developer
5 18 (11.32%) C# Software Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate C# Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate Software Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Software Engineer
5 18 (11.32%) SQL Developer
6 17 (10.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (9.43%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 11 (6.92%) Java Engineer
8 11 (6.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (35.22%) CSS
2 40 (25.16%) Laravel
3 38 (23.90%) HTML
4 28 (17.61%) jQuery
5 26 (16.35%) RESTful
6 22 (13.84%) React
7 17 (10.69%) Vue
8 16 (10.06%) Node.js
9 14 (8.81%) JSON
10 12 (7.55%) AngularJS
10 12 (7.55%) HTML5
11 11 (6.92%) CSS3
11 11 (6.92%) REST
11 11 (6.92%) XML
12 10 (6.29%) Kafka
12 10 (6.29%) Symfony
13 9 (5.66%) .NET
14 7 (4.40%) LEMP Stack
15 6 (3.77%) Django
16 5 (3.14%) CodeIgniter
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.18%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.92%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.03%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.03%) NHS
5 6 (3.77%) IoT
6 5 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.52%) PropTech
7 4 (2.52%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (2.52%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.89%) Replication
8 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.89%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.26%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 35 (22.01%) Linux
2 9 (5.66%) Ubuntu
2 9 (5.66%) Windows
3 4 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.89%) CentOS
4 3 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.26%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (38.99%) Agile
2 33 (20.75%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (17.61%) Computer Science
3 28 (17.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 27 (16.98%) CI/CD
4 27 (16.98%) Mentoring
5 26 (16.35%) MVC
5 26 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (15.72%) Software Engineering
7 24 (15.09%) OOP
8 23 (14.47%) Data Modelling
8 23 (14.47%) Microservices
9 21 (13.21%) DevOps
10 20 (12.58%) OO
11 19 (11.95%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.69%) TDD
13 16 (10.06%) Open Source
14 15 (9.43%) OO PHP
15 14 (8.81%) BDD
16 13 (8.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 90 (56.60%) SQL
2 64 (40.25%) PHP
3 42 (26.42%) JavaScript
4 36 (22.64%) Java
5 28 (17.61%) C#
6 26 (16.35%) Python
7 21 (13.21%) C++
8 20 (12.58%) TypeScript
9 15 (9.43%) PowerShell
10 10 (6.29%) T-SQL
11 9 (5.66%) Bash
12 4 (2.52%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.89%) C
13 3 (1.89%) Go
13 3 (1.89%) Scala
13 3 (1.89%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 35 (22.01%) Degree
2 23 (14.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.03%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.14%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.52%) HNC
5 4 (2.52%) HND
5 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.63%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.55%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.77%) QA
4 5 (3.14%) SLA
5 4 (2.52%) HL7
5 4 (2.52%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.52%) SNOMED CT
6 3 (1.89%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.26%) GDPR
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (14.47%) Docker
2 17 (10.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.52%) vSphere
5 3 (1.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (1.89%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.63%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 17 (10.69%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.66%) Terraform
3 7 (4.40%) Ansible
4 4 (2.52%) Argo
5 3 (1.89%) Grafana
5 3 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.26%) Nagios
7 1 (0.63%) Graylog
7 1 (0.63%) Plesk
7 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.40%) Oracle
2 7 (4.40%) SAP
3 5 (3.14%) Cisco
3 5 (3.14%) VMware
4 4 (2.52%) Apple
4 4 (2.52%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.52%) Meraki
4 4 (2.52%) Synology
4 4 (2.52%) Veeam
5 3 (1.89%) BT
5 3 (1.89%) Databricks
5 3 (1.89%) Mitel
5 3 (1.89%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.89%) Zend
6 2 (1.26%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.26%) Dell
6 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.26%) Splunk
7 1 (0.63%) Palantir