MySQL Job Trends in Kent

MySQL
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 68 59
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +42
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 3 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.33% 1.20% 0.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.67% 8.13% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile - £52,375 £41,000
25th Percentile - £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +33.33% +63.64%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - - £59,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -13.64%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 45 123 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.96% 14.75% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16 35 62
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,375 £50,000 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £68,750 £66,938
90th Percentile £127,500 £79,200 £78,375
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in Kent

MySQL
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing MySQL

MySQL
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 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
Maidstone -1 1 £25,000 -58.33% 1
MySQL
South East

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate C# Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate PHP Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
1 3 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate C# Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) OOP
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree