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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 59 79
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 +17
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 19 28 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.30% 1.83% 1.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.00% 15.47% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 15
10th Percentile £52,500 - £36,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% -35.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £43,125 £72,625
90th Percentile - £54,875 £84,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year - -3.08% +3.18%

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 76 181 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.19% 11.85% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 63 110 164
10th Percentile £46,349 £23,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,745 £36,265 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,307 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% -5.39% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,588
90th Percentile £73,750 £69,205 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% +4.17%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for MySQL 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
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Wales over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Wales

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 18 September 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 19 £67,500 +107.69%
MySQL
UK

MySQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (15.79%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) MariaDB
1 1 (5.26%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Git
2 2 (10.53%) webpack
General
1 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Lead
2 7 (36.84%) Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Web Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Web Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Full-Stack Web Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (94.74%) HTML
2 11 (57.89%) CSS
2 11 (57.89%) Django
2 11 (57.89%) HTML5
2 11 (57.89%) React
3 7 (36.84%) Sass
3 7 (36.84%) Symfony
3 7 (36.84%) Vue
4 1 (5.26%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Legacy Code
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) CentOS
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Mentoring
2 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (57.89%) Agile
3 11 (57.89%) Kanban
3 11 (57.89%) Scrum
3 11 (57.89%) Software Testing
3 11 (57.89%) User Experience
3 11 (57.89%) Workflow
4 7 (36.84%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (36.84%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
5 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) Time Management
6 1 (5.26%) Coaching
6 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.26%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) JavaScript
2 11 (57.89%) Python
3 3 (15.79%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (57.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) VMware