MySQL Jobs in Scotland

MySQL
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 120 196 143
Rank change year-on-year +76 -53 -10
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 25 82 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.89% 1.22% 1.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.55% 4.19% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 19 49 40
10th Percentile £49,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £38,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - £71,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 331 1,958 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.75% 29.07% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 206 492 476
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,833 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £92,300 £77,500 £89,852
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for MySQL in Scotland

MySQL
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for MySQL in Scotland

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for MySQL in Scotland

MySQL
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh +18 16 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Glasgow +137 9 £55,000 +18.92% 9
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (4.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 23 (92.00%) AWS
2 15 (60.00%) GCP
3 6 (24.00%) Azure
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.00%) npm
4 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (16.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (16.00%) NoSQL
3 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (60.00%) Git
2 4 (16.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (12.00%) GitLab
3 3 (12.00%) Gradle
3 3 (12.00%) Maven
4 2 (8.00%) JUnit
4 2 (8.00%) Mockito
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Games
3 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Agriculture
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Developer
1 17 (68.00%) Senior
2 12 (48.00%) Senior Developer
3 10 (40.00%) PHP Developer
3 10 (40.00%) Senior PHP Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Software Engineer
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (16.00%) PHP Software Engineer
7 3 (12.00%) Java Developer
8 2 (8.00%) .NET Developer
8 2 (8.00%) Backend Developer
8 2 (8.00%) Senior Java Developer
9 1 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Computer Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) Database Developer
9 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (4.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (56.00%) Laravel
2 13 (52.00%) HTML
3 12 (48.00%) CSS
4 10 (40.00%) LAMP
4 10 (40.00%) React
5 7 (28.00%) Node.js
5 7 (28.00%) RESTful
6 6 (24.00%) AngularJS
7 3 (12.00%) Hibernate
7 3 (12.00%) JPA
7 3 (12.00%) Spring
7 3 (12.00%) Spring Boot
8 2 (8.00%) .NET
8 2 (8.00%) .NET Core
8 2 (8.00%) .NET Framework
8 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
8 2 (8.00%) GraphQL
8 2 (8.00%) REST
8 2 (8.00%) Spring MVC
8 2 (8.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) MVC
1 12 (48.00%) OOP
2 10 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 10 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (40.00%) Web Development
3 9 (36.00%) DevOps
4 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (20.00%) Agile
5 5 (20.00%) Microservices
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) Clean Code
6 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.00%) Process Improvement
6 4 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.00%) Front End Development
8 2 (8.00%) Design Patterns
8 2 (8.00%) Fintech
8 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) PHP
2 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (24.00%) TypeScript
4 4 (16.00%) Java
4 4 (16.00%) SQL
5 3 (12.00%) Python
6 2 (8.00%) C#
7 1 (4.00%) Bash
7 1 (4.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.00%) PhD
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Puppet
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Twitter
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) WooCommerce