SQL Server Jobs in the North West

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 74 44
Rank change year-on-year +41 -30 -28
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 552 356 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.24% 4.77% 7.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.16% 24.95% 31.85%
Number of salaries quoted 499 309 453
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,830 1,427 2,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.36% 19.13% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,260 859 1,232
10th Percentile £32,975 £34,945 £33,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £52,640
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +4.48% +7.75%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in the North West.

Salary trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Manchester +26 294 £50,000 -4.76% 61
Cheshire +7 95 £42,500 +6.25% 18
Merseyside +63 87 £55,000 +22.91% 16
Lancashire -1 57 £42,500 -15.00% 9
Cumbria - 19 £52,500 - 2
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 20 (3.62%) IIS
2 13 (2.36%) ArcGIS
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.99%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.63%) Apache Solr
5 8 (1.45%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.36%) Drupal
6 2 (0.36%) SAS
6 2 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Kentico
7 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.63%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (1.27%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 342 (61.96%) Azure
2 91 (16.49%) Azure DevOps
3 86 (15.58%) Power Platform
4 62 (11.23%) AWS
5 35 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 19 (3.44%) SaaS
9 18 (3.26%) Snowflake
10 17 (3.08%) Matillion
11 16 (2.90%) Serverless
12 13 (2.36%) GitHub
13 12 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (2.17%) GCP
13 12 (2.17%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.99%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (1.27%) Google Play
16 7 (1.27%) OCI
17 6 (1.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.43%) DNS
2 22 (3.99%) DHCP
3 20 (3.62%) Internet
3 20 (3.62%) LAN
4 17 (3.08%) WAN
5 15 (2.72%) Firewall
6 14 (2.54%) Broadband
7 12 (2.17%) VPN
8 9 (1.63%) SAN
8 9 (1.63%) SSL
9 6 (1.09%) NAS
9 6 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.91%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.72%) Intranet
12 3 (0.54%) VoIP
12 3 (0.54%) Wireless
12 3 (0.54%) WLAN
13 2 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (0.36%) HTTP
13 2 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (13.77%) Power BI
2 72 (13.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 62 (11.23%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (8.70%) MySQL
4 48 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 48 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (6.88%) Data Lake
6 38 (6.88%) MongoDB
7 36 (6.52%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (6.16%) Data Vault
9 26 (4.71%) Delta Lake
9 26 (4.71%) NoSQL
10 20 (3.62%) Tableau
11 15 (2.72%) Star Schema
12 13 (2.36%) DynamoDB
12 13 (2.36%) GIS
13 11 (1.99%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (1.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 56 (10.14%) JIRA
2 39 (7.07%) Git
3 30 (5.43%) GitLab
4 11 (1.99%) Jasmine
4 11 (1.99%) Karma Test Runner
4 11 (1.99%) Visual Studio
5 9 (1.63%) NUnit
6 6 (1.09%) Dreamweaver
7 5 (0.91%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.72%) MSTest
8 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 104 (18.84%) Social Skills
2 70 (12.68%) Finance
3 55 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.25%) Retail
5 29 (5.25%) Legal
5 29 (5.25%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.62%) Advertising
7 19 (3.44%) Games
8 16 (2.90%) Law
9 15 (2.72%) Marketing
10 10 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.45%) Back Office
12 7 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.27%) Local Government
12 7 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.27%) Police
13 5 (0.91%) French Language
13 5 (0.91%) Music Industry
13 5 (0.91%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 261 (47.28%) Developer
2 139 (25.18%) .NET Developer
3 84 (15.22%) Data Engineer
4 67 (12.14%) C# Developer
5 44 (7.97%) DBA
6 43 (7.79%) C# .NET Developer
7 42 (7.61%) Senior
8 38 (6.88%) Lead
9 35 (6.34%) Software Engineer
10 29 (5.25%) Administrator
10 29 (5.25%) SQL DBA
11 24 (4.35%) Analyst
11 24 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
11 24 (4.35%) SQL Developer
12 20 (3.62%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.44%) Systems Developer
14 16 (2.90%) Azure Developer
14 16 (2.90%) Informatica Engineer
14 16 (2.90%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (43.12%) .NET
2 148 (26.81%) ASP.NET
3 133 (24.09%) .NET Core
4 128 (23.19%) HTML
5 106 (19.20%) AngularJS
6 103 (18.66%) ASP.NET MVC
7 96 (17.39%) CSS
8 88 (15.94%) Entity Framework
9 73 (13.22%) HTML5
10 70 (12.68%) .NET Framework
10 70 (12.68%) ASP.NET Web API
11 56 (10.14%) React
12 50 (9.06%) Node.js
13 40 (7.25%) Blazor
14 39 (7.07%) XML
15 38 (6.88%) RESTful
15 38 (6.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 36 (6.52%) CSS3
17 34 (6.16%) JSON
17 34 (6.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.88%) Data Structures
2 47 (8.51%) Public Cloud
3 43 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (7.25%) Reinsurance
5 27 (4.89%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 13 (2.36%) Replication
7 12 (2.17%) NHS
8 10 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.81%) Social Network
9 9 (1.63%) BBC
9 9 (1.63%) Social Media
10 8 (1.45%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.27%) iPhone
11 7 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.09%) Clustering
12 6 (1.09%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.09%) PMI
13 5 (0.91%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 99 (17.93%) Windows
2 50 (9.06%) Linux
3 46 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.99%) Unix
5 18 (3.26%) VMS
6 9 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.45%) Android
8 6 (1.09%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (42.93%) Agile
2 139 (25.18%) Full Stack Development
3 130 (23.55%) MVC
4 101 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (17.93%) ETL
6 96 (17.39%) DevOps
7 83 (15.04%) Data Modelling
7 83 (15.04%) Microservices
8 81 (14.67%) Scrum
9 71 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
10 67 (12.14%) TDD
11 58 (10.51%) Analytics
12 54 (9.78%) OO
13 53 (9.60%) BDD
13 53 (9.60%) Mentoring
14 51 (9.24%) Data Integration
15 50 (9.06%) Migration
16 45 (8.15%) CI/CD
17 37 (6.70%) Customer Service
17 37 (6.70%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 284 (51.45%) SQL
2 256 (46.38%) C#
3 178 (32.25%) JavaScript
4 92 (16.67%) Python
5 85 (15.40%) T-SQL
6 48 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 47 (8.51%) PowerShell
8 32 (5.80%) VB.NET
9 28 (5.07%) VB
10 22 (3.99%) Java
11 13 (2.36%) PHP
12 11 (1.99%) Delphi
12 11 (1.99%) VB6
12 11 (1.99%) VBScript
13 10 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (1.81%) Ruby
14 9 (1.63%) Perl
15 5 (0.91%) Go
16 3 (0.54%) Bash
17 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (11.41%) Degree
2 22 (3.99%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.99%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.99%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (1.09%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.72%) HNC
9 4 (0.72%) HND
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.36%) MCSE
11 2 (0.36%) SAS Certification
11 2 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.23%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.43%) QA
3 20 (3.62%) GDPR
4 13 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (2.72%) Docker
4 12 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.91%) vSphere
7 2 (0.36%) Firmware
7 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.81%) Terraform
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) SCCM
4 2 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.36%) vRealize
4 2 (0.36%) WSUS
5 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 287 (51.99%) Microsoft
2 84 (15.22%) Oracle
3 40 (7.25%) Informatica
4 39 (7.07%) Databricks
5 28 (5.07%) Facebook
5 28 (5.07%) VMware
6 23 (4.17%) Cisco
6 23 (4.17%) Google
7 15 (2.72%) Apple
7 15 (2.72%) Commvault
8 9 (1.63%) Epicor
8 9 (1.63%) IBM
8 9 (1.63%) Sony
8 9 (1.63%) Yahoo!
9 7 (1.27%) ESRI
9 7 (1.27%) F5
9 7 (1.27%) NEC
10 6 (1.09%) ESET
10 6 (1.09%) Sophos
11 5 (0.91%) Salesforce