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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 132 109
Rank change year-on-year -87 -23 +18
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 174 401 787
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 2.55% 2.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 8.14% 9.89% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 142 269 696
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,065 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%

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 2,137 4,055 6,764
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.12% 25.77% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,540 2,454 5,753
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £73,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 12 February 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 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.17%) CMS
3 8 (4.60%) nginx
4 7 (4.02%) Apache Solr
5 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.30%) Confluence
7 3 (1.72%) Apache Spark
8 2 (1.15%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.57%) IIS
9 1 (0.57%) JBoss
9 1 (0.57%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (43.68%) AWS
2 73 (41.95%) Azure
3 29 (16.67%) SaaS
4 19 (10.92%) GitHub
5 17 (9.77%) GCP
5 17 (9.77%) Power Platform
6 14 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.75%) Serverless
8 9 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (4.60%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.02%) Entra ID
11 6 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (2.30%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (1.72%) Firebase
14 3 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) HTTP
2 3 (1.72%) RTP
2 3 (1.72%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.72%) VoIP
2 3 (1.72%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.57%) DHCP
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 35 (20.11%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (16.09%) MongoDB
4 24 (13.79%) Relational Database
5 21 (12.07%) NoSQL
6 14 (8.05%) Power BI
7 13 (7.47%) BusinessObjects
8 12 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (6.32%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (5.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (5.17%) MariaDB
12 8 (4.60%) DynamoDB
12 8 (4.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (3.45%) Tableau
14 5 (2.87%) RDBMS
15 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
16 2 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
16 2 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (27.01%) Git
2 12 (6.90%) JIRA
3 7 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.87%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.87%) git-flow
5 4 (2.30%) Vite
6 3 (1.72%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.72%) JMeter
6 3 (1.72%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.72%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.15%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.15%) Mocha
7 2 (1.15%) webpack
8 1 (0.57%) GitLab
8 1 (0.57%) JUnit
8 1 (0.57%) Mockito
8 1 (0.57%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.57%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.22%) Finance
4 12 (6.90%) Law
5 10 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.02%) Automotive
7 6 (3.45%) Marketing
8 4 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.30%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.72%) Billing
9 3 (1.72%) Front Office
9 3 (1.72%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.15%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.57%) Advertising
11 1 (0.57%) Games
11 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 99 (56.90%) Developer
2 30 (17.24%) PHP Developer
3 26 (14.94%) Senior
4 22 (12.64%) Software Developer
5 20 (11.49%) Full-Stack Developer
6 19 (10.92%) Graduate
6 19 (10.92%) Graduate Developer
7 17 (9.77%) Senior Developer
8 16 (9.20%) C# Developer
9 14 (8.05%) Analyst
10 13 (7.47%) Graduate Software Developer
10 13 (7.47%) Support Engineer
11 11 (6.32%) Software Engineer
12 10 (5.75%) C# Software Developer
13 9 (5.17%) Azure Developer
13 9 (5.17%) Graduate C# Developer
13 9 (5.17%) Graduate PHP Developer
13 9 (5.17%) IT Graduate
13 9 (5.17%) SQL Analyst
13 9 (5.17%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (33.33%) CSS
2 38 (21.84%) HTML
3 35 (20.11%) Laravel
4 31 (17.82%) .NET
4 31 (17.82%) React
5 27 (15.52%) Node.js
6 25 (14.37%) jQuery
7 19 (10.92%) REST
7 19 (10.92%) RESTful
8 16 (9.20%) Vue
9 15 (8.62%) AngularJS
9 15 (8.62%) Symfony
10 14 (8.05%) ASP.NET
11 12 (6.90%) JSON
12 9 (5.17%) CodeIgniter
12 9 (5.17%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (4.60%) CakePHP
13 8 (4.60%) Kafka
14 7 (4.02%) XML
15 6 (3.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.60%) Data Structures
4 8 (4.60%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.45%) IoT
6 5 (2.87%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.72%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.72%) Smart Home
7 3 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.15%) Replication
8 2 (1.15%) Social Media
8 2 (1.15%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.99%) Linux
2 17 (9.77%) Windows
3 9 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.45%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.30%) Unix
6 3 (1.72%) Android
6 3 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.72%) CentOS
6 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.72%) Rocky
7 2 (1.15%) Solaris
7 2 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (46.55%) Agile
2 59 (33.91%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (27.59%) CI/CD
4 39 (22.41%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (21.84%) OO
6 35 (20.11%) Software Engineering
7 33 (18.97%) Test Automation
8 32 (18.39%) MVC
9 31 (17.82%) DevOps
10 30 (17.24%) Mentoring
11 29 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (16.67%) Data Modelling
11 29 (16.67%) OOP
12 27 (15.52%) Microservices
13 25 (14.37%) Computer Science
14 24 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (12.64%) User Experience
16 21 (12.07%) Containerisation
17 17 (9.77%) AI
18 16 (9.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 80 (45.98%) PHP
2 79 (45.40%) SQL
3 57 (32.76%) JavaScript
4 41 (23.56%) C#
5 33 (18.97%) Python
6 32 (18.39%) Java
6 32 (18.39%) TypeScript
7 22 (12.64%) C++
8 16 (9.20%) PowerShell
9 11 (6.32%) T-SQL
10 7 (4.02%) Bash
11 6 (3.45%) Go
12 5 (2.87%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.72%) C
13 3 (1.72%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.72%) Scala
13 3 (1.72%) Swift
14 2 (1.15%) R
15 1 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (19.54%) Degree
2 25 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.75%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) MCSE
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.20%) QA
2 12 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.75%) Data Quality
4 7 (4.02%) SLA
5 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.72%) HL7
5 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 39 (22.41%) Docker
2 10 (5.75%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.72%) Kamailio
4 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 17 (9.77%) Ansible
3 14 (8.05%) Terraform
4 4 (2.30%) Argo
5 3 (1.72%) Nagios
6 2 (1.15%) Grafana
6 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.75%) SAP
3 8 (4.60%) Oracle
4 3 (1.72%) Apple
4 3 (1.72%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.72%) BT
4 3 (1.72%) Databricks
4 3 (1.72%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.72%) Google
4 3 (1.72%) Mitel
4 3 (1.72%) Splunk
4 3 (1.72%) Zend
5 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.15%) VMware
6 1 (0.57%) Informatica
6 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.57%) RedGate
6 1 (0.57%) Talend