Which roles ask for MySQL at tech companies · 89 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
89 roles counted that list MySQL, one per company, title and level; 195 postings in the window.
In short
MySQL: listed in 89 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 78 and preferred in 11. The largest group is software engineer roles: 65 of 89 (73%).
- Required
- 78 of 89 (88%)
- Of the roles that list MySQL
- Preferred
- 11 of 89 (12%)
- Of the roles that list MySQL
- Largest group
- 65 of 89 (73%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for MySQL
Roles listing MySQL, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 65 | 65 of 719 (9%) |
| Data engineer | 5 | 5 of 99 (5%) |
| DevOps engineer | 4 | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| QA engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 2 | 2 of 79 (3%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Security engineer | 1 | 1 of 126 (1%) |
| Software architect | 1 | 1 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta5 roles
- Affirm2 roles
- Black Financial Consult2 roles
- Caliberly2 roles
- IO Connect Services2 roles
- Jobs for Humanity2 roles
- Notion2 roles
- Sezzle2 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.2 roles
- Outsource Access1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 89 MySQL roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| PostgreSQL | 44 of 89 (49%) |
| REST | 38 of 89 (43%) |
| Python | 33 of 89 (37%) |
| AWS | 31 of 89 (35%) |
| Relational Databases | 31 of 89 (35%) |
| Git | 27 of 89 (30%) |
| SQL | 26 of 89 (29%) |
| CI/CD | 25 of 89 (28%) |
| JavaScript | 25 of 89 (28%) |
| Docker | 22 of 89 (25%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 17 of 89 (19%) |
| Azure | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| CI/CD | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| Docker | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| GCP | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| Kafka | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| React | 9 of 89 (10%) |
| Event-Driven Architecture | 8 of 89 (9%) |
| Kubernetes | 8 of 89 (9%) |
| Microservices | 8 of 89 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 39 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 37 of 39
- 2+ years
- 37 of 39
- 3+ years
- 35 of 39
- 5+ years
- 27 of 39
- 8+ years
- 5 of 39
- 10+ years
- 3 of 39
Degree
Of the 55 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 10 of 55 (18%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 11 of 55 (20%)
- Preferred
- 2 of 55 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 32 of 55 (58%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 89 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 28 of 89 (31%)
- Remote roles
- 75 of 89 (84%)
How we count: 89 roles from 77 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology