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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 55 96
Rank change year-on-year -25 +41 +8
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 15 47 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.61% 3.96% 2.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.49% 19.67% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13 39 39
10th Percentile £28,750 £46,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,000 £78,811
South West median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.13% +23.68% -

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 143 239 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.85% 20.12% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 97 143 369
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +17.37%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,750 £94,013
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 27 February 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) GitHub
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Social Housing
2 3 (20.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (6.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Flutter Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) Node.js
2 6 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 5 (33.33%) React
4 3 (20.00%) Laravel
4 3 (20.00%) React Native
5 2 (13.33%) Bootstrap
5 2 (13.33%) CSS
5 2 (13.33%) RESTful
5 2 (13.33%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (13.33%) Vue
6 1 (6.67%) Deno
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) IoT
2 6 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (26.67%) Mobile App
4 3 (20.00%) Smart Home
5 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 5 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) ITSM
5 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 3 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 8 (53.33%) PHP
3 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Apple
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft