MySQL: market
MySQL is one of the most widespread relational databases: the foundation of the web, CMS, e-commerce and many SaaS products, plus cloud services such as Amazon RDS and Aurora. We track 2 684 open positions listing MySQL, 2 461 of them fresh. Most often it is a requirement for backend and fullstack developers; less often — for administrators handling replication and sharding. Most of the demand comes from Backend, Fullstack and DevOps roles. It most often appears next to AWS, PostgreSQL and Java. 42% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of MySQL demand.
The MySQL market currently has 2,684 open roles, 2,461 of them freshly observed. Median salary $7,689/mo. Observed candidate pool — 1,186.
42% of MySQL postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 160 of 2684 jobs; remote share from 1881 with a stated format; 2461 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 2,684 |
| Observed supply | 1,186 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $2,500, one in ten over $17,833. Half the market falls between $4,728 and $13,166. Sample: 160.
The range histogram for MySQL postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 440 |
| PL | 273 |
| IN | 190 |
| RU | 178 |
| HK | 126 |
| GB | 99 |
| DE | 93 |
| SG | 93 |
| CA | 67 |
| TH | 52 |
The top country for MySQL demand is the US (440 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
MySQL most often appears next to AWS, PostgreSQL and Java. PostgreSQL among the neighbours — many postings name both databases at once.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Backend | 931 |
| Fullstack | 477 |
| DevOps | 291 |
| Data | 176 |
| Frontend | 117 |
| Architect | 91 |
| QA | 53 |
| SRE | 47 |
| ML/AI | 36 |
| Analyst | 36 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 762 |
| middle | 177 |
| principal | 132 |
| lead | 122 |
| junior | 114 |
Senior-and-above is about 78% of 1 307 graded MySQL postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 1,476 employers. The largest accounts for 2.3%, the top ten for 10.5%; the remaining 89.5% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.3% |
| top-3 | 5.9% |
| top-10 | 10.5% |
| long tail | 89.5% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 141 sources; the largest accounts for 20.1% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
MySQL postings arrive mostly from job boards & aggregators and ATS & career sites.
Recent openings
- IT - SVP (Fintech Company HK$80K) 3-5 months bonus · HK
- Senior IT Manager - Infrastructure (Corporate) · HK
- Devops Developer · IN
- Assistant Project Manager, Application Development · HK
- Senior Backend Engineer - Go ( Java Spring Boot welcome ) | IT Vendor, 40K - 60K · HK
- Full Stack Engineer · PL · $6,000
- DevOps Engineer · PL
- Senior PrestaShop Developer · PL · $5,000
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-20
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the MySQL market — short answers from the same data slice.
MySQL or PostgreSQL — which should I learn?
The basics transfer: SQL, indexes, transactions. The slice tracks 2 684 open MySQL positions; new products lean PostgreSQL, the web and legacy — MySQL. Many postings accept experience with either.
What is asked about MySQL for a backend developer?
Indexes and query plans (EXPLAIN), InnoDB transactions and isolation levels, locking, schema design, zero-downtime migrations.
Are there dedicated MySQL DBA openings?
Yes, but few: administration increasingly moves to managed cloud services, and the remaining roles are about high load — replication, sharding, Vitess.