MySQL Jobs in Cardiff

MySQL
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring MySQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MySQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 49 40
Rank change year-on-year +35 -9 +37
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 17 14 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 9.39% 2.13% 4.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 43.59% 12.73% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 17 13 5
10th Percentile - £40,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £70,946 £59,750
South Wales median annual salary £32,500 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -38.10% -6.67% +2.27%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 39 110 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 21.55% 16.72% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 37 91 101
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,427
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,750 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,996 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -16.14% +24.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,246
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% +12.10%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing MySQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in Cardiff

MySQL
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MySQL in Cardiff.

Salary trend for MySQL in Cardiff

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Cardiff

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (64.71%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) npm
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) MariaDB
1 4 (23.53%) RDBMS
1 4 (23.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Git
1 10 (58.82%) Grunt
1 10 (58.82%) webpack
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Developer
2 10 (58.82%) PHP Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Administrator
3 4 (23.53%) Linux Administrator
3 4 (23.53%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 4 (23.53%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (23.53%) VMWare Administrator
4 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Web Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Web Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (76.47%) HTML
2 12 (70.59%) Symfony
3 11 (64.71%) Sass
4 10 (58.82%) Vue
5 9 (52.94%) CakePHP
5 9 (52.94%) Doctrine
5 9 (52.94%) Pyjs
6 3 (17.65%) CSS
7 1 (5.88%) Laravel
7 1 (5.88%) Next.js
7 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Legacy Code
2 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) CentOS
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (52.94%) B2B
2 9 (52.94%) CRM
2 9 (52.94%) OO
2 9 (52.94%) OO PHP
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) Security Patching
4 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (17.65%) Web Development
5 2 (11.76%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (5.88%) API Integration
6 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
6 1 (5.88%) Coaching
6 1 (5.88%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Lead Generation
6 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) Server Management
6 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) JavaScript
2 12 (70.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Docker
2 4 (23.53%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (23.53%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (23.53%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) VMware