MySQL Job Trends in Bristol

MySQL
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 65 88
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 +30
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 19 47 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.87% 3.51% 2.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.19% 18.88% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 39 42
10th Percentile £28,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +6.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,000 £84,056
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% +5.26%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Bristol

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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 144 249 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 6.58% 18.58% 20.25%
Number of salaries quoted 104 143 356
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,188 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,124
Median % change year-on-year - -4.95% +21.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £78,188
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MySQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

MySQL job vacancy trend in Bristol

MySQL
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Bristol

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) AWS
2 4 (21.05%) GitHub
2 4 (21.05%) SaaS
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) MongoDB
1 4 (21.05%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.26%) ClickHouse
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Tech for Good
4 2 (10.53%) Social Housing
5 1 (5.26%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Support
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (15.79%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 3 (15.79%) Lead Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Flutter Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) AngularJS
1 6 (31.58%) Node.js
2 5 (26.32%) React
3 3 (15.79%) Laravel
3 3 (15.79%) React Native
4 2 (10.53%) Bootstrap
4 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 2 (10.53%) RESTful
4 2 (10.53%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (10.53%) Vue
5 1 (5.26%) Deno
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Greenfield Project
1 7 (36.84%) IoT
2 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.53%) Smart Home
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
3 6 (31.58%) Clean Code
4 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
5 4 (21.05%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
5 4 (21.05%) Fintech
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL
6 3 (15.79%) ITSM
6 3 (15.79%) Microservices
6 3 (15.79%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
6 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Service Management
6 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) TypeScript
2 8 (42.11%) PHP
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.26%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Apple
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Databricks