MySQL Job Trends in Dorset

MySQL
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 16 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 +14
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 8 42 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.66% 10.12% 11.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.62% 56.00% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 34 36
10th Percentile £43,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £59,625 £61,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +10.53%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 37 75 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.66% 18.07% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 78
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £34,625
25th Percentile £31,875 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,250 £59,875 £71,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,148
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.27% +10.30%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in Dorset

MySQL
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Dorset over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Dorset

MySQL
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth -15 7 £70,000 +40.00% 11
Poole -15 1 £40,000 -20.00%
MySQL
South West

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) Airbyte
2 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 1 (12.50%) Couchbase
2 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Java Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Django Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Python/Django Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Administrator
5 1 (12.50%) DBA
5 1 (12.50%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Lead
5 1 (12.50%) PHP Team Leader
5 1 (12.50%) Senior DBA
5 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) REST
1 3 (37.50%) Spring
1 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
1 3 (37.50%) Spring MVC
2 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (25.00%) Django
2 2 (25.00%) Laravel
2 2 (25.00%) React
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) CSS3
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) HTML5
3 1 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Microservices
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) API Design
3 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 2 (25.00%) SOLID
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) SEO
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) PHP
4 2 (25.00%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) Bash
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) New Relic
2 1 (12.50%) WooCommerce