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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 59 78
Rank change year-on-year -18 +19 +39
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 19 47 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.92% 3.31% 3.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.26% 18.50% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17 40 40
10th Percentile £28,750 £44,750 £42,475
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £79,875 £84,056
South West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £51,716
% change year-on-year - +11.18% +8.88%

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 155 254 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.53% 17.86% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 110 151 336
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £46,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +27.34%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,443 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,625 £85,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%

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 7 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 14 (73.68%) AWS
2 5 (26.32%) SaaS
3 4 (21.05%) GitHub
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.53%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (21.05%) MongoDB
3 2 (10.53%) ClickHouse
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Tech for Good
4 2 (10.53%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Support Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Support
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Senior
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%) Data Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Flutter Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
1 4 (21.05%) Node.js
2 3 (15.79%) Laravel
2 3 (15.79%) React
2 3 (15.79%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Greenfield Project
1 8 (42.11%) IoT
2 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.53%) Smart Home
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Linux
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Clean Code
2 6 (31.58%) Software Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 5 (26.32%) Fintech
3 5 (26.32%) Mentoring
4 4 (21.05%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) ITSM
5 3 (15.79%) Microservices
5 3 (15.79%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Service Management
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) TypeScript
2 7 (36.84%) PHP
3 5 (26.32%) SQL
4 2 (10.53%) Python
5 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Apple
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Databricks