MySQL Job Trends in Wales

MySQL
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 46 66
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 +38
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 18 33 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.95% 2.71% 2.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.22% 20.25% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 20
10th Percentile £57,750 - £40,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £32,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -43.48% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £33,750 £72,433
90th Percentile - £44,750 £82,975
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.62%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 89 163 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.63% 13.40% 22.64%
Number of salaries quoted 71 106 159
10th Percentile £42,000 £23,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £46,745 £31,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,154 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.17% +2.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,299 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.83%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in Wales

MySQL
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MySQL

MySQL
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MySQL within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
South Wales -10 18 £67,500 +107.69% 1
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) npm
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Git
2 2 (11.11%) webpack
General
1 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Lead
2 7 (38.89%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Web Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Web Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Web Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (100.00%) HTML
2 11 (61.11%) CSS
2 11 (61.11%) Django
2 11 (61.11%) HTML5
2 11 (61.11%) React
3 7 (38.89%) Sass
3 7 (38.89%) Symfony
3 7 (38.89%) Vue
4 1 (5.56%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Legacy Code
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Mentoring
2 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (61.11%) Agile
3 11 (61.11%) Kanban
3 11 (61.11%) Scrum
3 11 (61.11%) Software Testing
3 11 (61.11%) User Experience
3 11 (61.11%) Workflow
4 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (38.89%) Web Development
5 2 (11.11%) Code Quality
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (5.56%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (61.11%) Python
3 3 (16.67%) PHP
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) Kubernetes