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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 207 172
Rank change year-on-year -72 -35 -54
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 187 234 472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.45% 2.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.96% 8.61% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 156 191 315
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,984 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £81,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.08%

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 3,136 2,719 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.08% 16.80% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,469 1,896 3,295
10th Percentile £37,126 £35,500 £39,350
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,563 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,759
% change year-on-year - -4.40% +0.41%

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 15 September 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 (4.28%) Confluence
2 4 (2.14%) WordPress
3 3 (1.60%) Apache
4 2 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.07%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.53%) Moodle
5 1 (0.53%) nginx
5 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.07%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 92 (49.20%) AWS
2 61 (32.62%) Azure
3 24 (12.83%) GitHub
4 17 (9.09%) SaaS
5 11 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
6 10 (5.35%) GCP
6 10 (5.35%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.28%) Serverless
8 7 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.21%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.67%) Stripe
11 4 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (2.14%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.60%) Amazon Bedrock
12 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.60%) OpenShift
13 2 (1.07%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.95%) Broadband
2 7 (3.74%) Firewall
3 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.53%) DNS
4 1 (0.53%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.53%) LAN
4 1 (0.53%) Network Security
4 1 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.53%) SAN
4 1 (0.53%) SSL
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (40.64%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (25.67%) MongoDB
3 38 (20.32%) Relational Database
4 36 (19.25%) SQL Server
5 24 (12.83%) NoSQL
6 15 (8.02%) MariaDB
7 10 (5.35%) Power BI
8 7 (3.74%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (3.21%) Metadata
9 6 (3.21%) Tableau
10 4 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (2.14%) Ataccama
10 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.14%) Delta Lake
10 4 (2.14%) IBM InfoSphere
10 4 (2.14%) Redis
10 4 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (2.14%) TIBCO EBX
11 3 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 34 (18.18%) Git
2 14 (7.49%) GitLab
3 10 (5.35%) JIRA
4 9 (4.81%) Claude Code
5 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.07%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.53%) Mocha
7 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 44 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.86%) Public Sector
3 28 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.23%) Finance
5 17 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.95%) Health Technology
7 12 (6.42%) Law
8 5 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.67%) Legal
9 4 (2.14%) Tech for Good
9 4 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.60%) Local Government
10 3 (1.60%) Marketing
11 2 (1.07%) Billing
11 2 (1.07%) Games
11 2 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.07%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Polish Language
12 1 (0.53%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 74 (39.57%) Developer
2 46 (24.60%) Senior
3 44 (23.53%) Software Engineer
4 31 (16.58%) PHP Developer
5 30 (16.04%) Lead
6 18 (9.63%) Lead Software Engineer
6 18 (9.63%) Senior Developer
7 17 (9.09%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 15 (8.02%) C# Developer
9 14 (7.49%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (5.88%) Architect
12 10 (5.35%) Senior C# Developer
12 10 (5.35%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.81%) Consultant
13 9 (4.81%) Graduate
14 8 (4.28%) C# Software Developer
15 7 (3.74%) Analyst
15 7 (3.74%) EPR Consultant
16 6 (3.21%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (31.02%) CSS
2 46 (24.60%) HTML
3 39 (20.86%) React
4 35 (18.72%) RESTful
5 33 (17.65%) Laravel
6 31 (16.58%) .NET
7 27 (14.44%) Node.js
8 24 (12.83%) jQuery
9 19 (10.16%) AngularJS
9 19 (10.16%) Vue
10 16 (8.56%) REST
11 14 (7.49%) .NET Core
11 14 (7.49%) .NET Framework
11 14 (7.49%) CSS3
12 13 (6.95%) Entity Framework
12 13 (6.95%) HTML5
13 11 (5.88%) ASP.NET
14 10 (5.35%) Terraform
15 9 (4.81%) Spring
16 8 (4.28%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.02%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.88%) NHS
4 10 (5.35%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.28%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (3.74%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.67%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (2.67%) Replication
8 4 (2.14%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.14%) Reference Data
8 4 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.60%) Blog
9 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.60%) PropTech
9 3 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.07%) PMI
10 2 (1.07%) Robotics
10 2 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (19.25%) Linux
2 10 (5.35%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.74%) Windows
4 5 (2.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.53%) CentOS
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (40.64%) Agile
2 72 (38.50%) Software Engineering
3 57 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (28.34%) CI/CD
5 41 (21.93%) Microservices
6 40 (21.39%) DevOps
7 37 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (18.18%) Mentoring
9 29 (15.51%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (13.90%) OOP
11 24 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (12.83%) Clean Code
12 23 (12.30%) Scrum
12 23 (12.30%) Web Development
13 22 (11.76%) AI
13 22 (11.76%) Coaching
13 22 (11.76%) Code Quality
14 21 (11.23%) OO
15 20 (10.70%) Event-Driven
15 20 (10.70%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 85 (45.45%) SQL
2 79 (42.25%) JavaScript
3 46 (24.60%) PHP
4 44 (23.53%) C#
5 40 (21.39%) Java
6 29 (15.51%) Python
6 29 (15.51%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.81%) C++
8 8 (4.28%) Ruby
9 7 (3.74%) Go
10 6 (3.21%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.67%) Bash
11 5 (2.67%) Rust
12 3 (1.60%) Perl
12 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.53%) Korn
13 1 (0.53%) Scala
13 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (19.25%) Degree
2 15 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.67%) HNC
6 5 (2.67%) HND
7 2 (1.07%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.56%) QA
2 14 (7.49%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.28%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.74%) HL7
5 4 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.60%) SNOMED CT
7 2 (1.07%) Good Clinical Practice
7 2 (1.07%) SLA
8 1 (0.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 36 (19.25%) Docker
2 6 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (2.67%) vSphere
4 2 (1.07%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (12.83%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.21%) Grafana
3 4 (2.14%) Ansible
4 3 (1.60%) Plesk
4 3 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 19 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.02%) Oracle
3 9 (4.81%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.28%) Google
5 6 (3.21%) Cisco
5 6 (3.21%) VMware
6 5 (2.67%) Meraki
6 5 (2.67%) Synology
6 5 (2.67%) Veeam
7 4 (2.14%) Databricks
7 4 (2.14%) IBM
7 4 (2.14%) Informatica
7 4 (2.14%) TIBCO
8 2 (1.07%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.07%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.07%) Sony
8 2 (1.07%) Splunk
8 2 (1.07%) UiPath
9 1 (0.53%) New Relic