MySQL Job Trends in Watford

MySQL
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring MySQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +12
Permanent jobs citing MySQL 16 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 8.21% 5.68% 5.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 76.19% 23.26% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 8
10th Percentile - - £44,995
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,625 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% -17.65%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 21 43 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 10.77% 24.43% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 17
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £73,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

MySQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

MySQL job vacancy trend in Watford

MySQL
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MySQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MySQL

MySQL
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing MySQL in Watford over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for MySQL in Watford

MySQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 7 (43.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (93.75%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (93.75%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (18.75%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Games
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
1 12 (75.00%) Report Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Data Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) SAP BusinessObjects Developer (SAP BO Developer)
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) ETL
2 14 (87.50%) ETL Development
3 13 (81.25%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (68.75%) Visualisation
5 9 (56.25%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (50.00%) Data Management
6 8 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 8 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (43.75%) Agile
7 7 (43.75%) Data Modelling
8 5 (31.25%) DevOps
9 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
10 2 (12.50%) Data Strategy
11 1 (6.25%) AI
11 1 (6.25%) Customer Experience
11 1 (6.25%) Dashboard Development
11 1 (6.25%) Data Security
11 1 (6.25%) Proactive Maintenance
11 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
11 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) OpenText
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow