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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 207 156
Rank change year-on-year -86 -51 -38
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 176 233 445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.41% 2.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.52% 8.95% 9.42%
Number of salaries quoted 142 189 280
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,750 £85,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -5.68%

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 3,188 2,602 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.68% 15.74% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 1,788 2,925
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,823 £39,350
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +13.82%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,150 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 15 October 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 (3.98%) WordPress
2 4 (2.27%) Confluence
3 3 (1.70%) Apache
4 2 (1.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.57%) Moodle
5 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Elementor
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (54.55%) AWS
2 63 (35.80%) Azure
3 27 (15.34%) GitHub
4 14 (7.95%) SaaS
5 13 (7.39%) GitHub Copilot
6 12 (6.82%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.68%) GCP
8 7 (3.98%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.98%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (3.98%) Serverless
9 5 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.84%) Anthropic Claude
9 5 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.84%) Stripe
10 4 (2.27%) Amazon Bedrock
10 4 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.70%) Google Analytics
12 2 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.39%) Broadband
2 2 (1.14%) DNS
2 2 (1.14%) Firewall
2 2 (1.14%) SSL
2 2 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (44.32%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (30.68%) MongoDB
3 40 (22.73%) Relational Database
4 34 (19.32%) SQL Server
5 25 (14.20%) NoSQL
6 12 (6.82%) Power BI
7 11 (6.25%) MariaDB
8 8 (4.55%) Metadata
9 7 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (3.41%) Tableau
11 4 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (2.27%) Ataccama
11 4 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (2.27%) Delta Lake
11 4 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (2.27%) IBM InfoSphere
11 4 (2.27%) Redis
11 4 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (2.27%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 41 (23.30%) Git
2 15 (8.52%) GitLab
3 12 (6.82%) Claude Code
4 9 (5.11%) JIRA
5 3 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.57%) ESLint
7 1 (0.57%) Mocha
7 1 (0.57%) Postman
7 1 (0.57%) Storybook
7 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.57%) Vite
General
1 47 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.30%) Public Sector
3 29 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.93%) Finance
5 18 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.82%) Law
7 7 (3.98%) Health Technology
7 7 (3.98%) Marketing
8 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.84%) Legal
9 4 (2.27%) Billing
9 4 (2.27%) Tech for Good
9 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.70%) Local Government
11 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.14%) Games
11 2 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.14%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.57%) Polish Language
12 1 (0.57%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 65 (36.93%) Developer
2 49 (27.84%) Senior
3 48 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 28 (15.91%) Lead
5 21 (11.93%) PHP Developer
5 21 (11.93%) Senior Developer
6 18 (10.23%) Lead Software Engineer
7 14 (7.95%) C# Developer
8 13 (7.39%) Senior Software Engineer
9 12 (6.82%) Architect
9 12 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (6.25%) Senior C# Developer
11 9 (5.11%) Analyst
12 8 (4.55%) DBA
12 8 (4.55%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 8 (4.55%) Software Developer
13 7 (3.98%) Administrator
13 7 (3.98%) Consultant
13 7 (3.98%) Graduate
14 6 (3.41%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (28.41%) CSS
2 42 (23.86%) RESTful
3 41 (23.30%) React
4 39 (22.16%) HTML
5 33 (18.75%) .NET
6 27 (15.34%) Node.js
7 23 (13.07%) Laravel
8 20 (11.36%) REST
9 18 (10.23%) Vue
10 16 (9.09%) AngularJS
11 15 (8.52%) .NET Core
12 14 (7.95%) .NET Framework
12 14 (7.95%) jQuery
13 13 (7.39%) Entity Framework
14 11 (6.25%) ASP.NET
15 10 (5.68%) CSS3
15 10 (5.68%) Spring
16 9 (5.11%) Terraform
17 8 (4.55%) Ruby on Rails
17 8 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.80%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.55%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.84%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.84%) NHS
6 5 (2.84%) Replication
6 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.27%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.70%) Blog
8 3 (1.70%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.14%) IoT
9 2 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.14%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.91%) Linux
2 6 (3.41%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.70%) Windows
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (46.59%) Agile
2 79 (44.89%) Software Engineering
3 62 (35.23%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (31.82%) CI/CD
5 47 (26.70%) Microservices
6 40 (22.73%) DevOps
7 39 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (21.59%) Mentoring
9 30 (17.05%) AI
9 30 (17.05%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (14.77%) OOP
11 25 (14.20%) Clean Code
11 25 (14.20%) Code Quality
12 24 (13.64%) Scrum
12 24 (13.64%) Web Development
13 23 (13.07%) SDLC
14 22 (12.50%) Coaching
14 22 (12.50%) TDD
15 18 (10.23%) Event-Driven
15 18 (10.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 79 (44.89%) JavaScript
2 77 (43.75%) SQL
3 45 (25.57%) C#
4 41 (23.30%) PHP
5 40 (22.73%) Java
6 34 (19.32%) TypeScript
7 33 (18.75%) Python
8 8 (4.55%) Go
8 8 (4.55%) Ruby
9 7 (3.98%) C++
10 6 (3.41%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.41%) Rust
11 4 (2.27%) Bash
12 3 (1.70%) Perl
13 1 (0.57%) Scala
13 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (15.91%) Degree
2 15 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.70%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.14%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.57%) HNC
8 1 (0.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.50%) QA
2 14 (7.95%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.25%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.27%) HL7
6 2 (1.14%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (1.14%) SLA
7 1 (0.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 43 (24.43%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.41%) Grafana
3 3 (1.70%) Ansible
3 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.14%) Plesk
5 1 (0.57%) Kibana
5 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.66%) Oracle
3 11 (6.25%) Google
4 10 (5.68%) OpenAI
5 5 (2.84%) Databricks
6 4 (2.27%) IBM
6 4 (2.27%) Informatica
6 4 (2.27%) TIBCO
7 3 (1.70%) WooCommerce
8 2 (1.14%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.14%) Sony
8 2 (1.14%) Splunk
8 2 (1.14%) UiPath
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco
9 1 (0.57%) HP
9 1 (0.57%) New Relic
9 1 (0.57%) Sage
9 1 (0.57%) Veeam
9 1 (0.57%) VMware