SQL Jobs in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,148 1,472 1,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.79% 18.55% 15.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.55% 45.83% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 924 705 1,004
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £75,000 £74,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,666
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.79% +6.03%

All Programming Languages
North West

SQL is in the Programming Languages 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 coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,903 3,212 3,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.81% 40.48% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,364 1,795 2,680
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North West

SQL
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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 -1 587 £55,000 - 133
Cheshire -4 194 £50,000 +1.01% 40
Merseyside -1 167 £52,500 +23.53% 25
Lancashire -3 150 £46,124 +2.50% 15
Cumbria -5 45 £42,500 +7.87% 2
SQL
England

SQL
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 16 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.31%) Confluence
3 13 (1.13%) IIS
4 12 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.87%) Apache
7 9 (0.78%) SAS
8 8 (0.70%) CMS
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.35%) Captiva
10 4 (0.35%) FileNet
10 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.35%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.26%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.087%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.087%) concrete5
13 1 (0.087%) nginx
Applications
1 73 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.22%) Epicor Tropos
2 13 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.96%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.44%) Magento
5 4 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.087%) Demantra
8 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 501 (43.64%) Azure
2 252 (21.95%) Power Platform
3 161 (14.02%) AWS
4 110 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (6.79%) IBM Cloud
6 65 (5.66%) GCP
7 64 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (5.31%) Serverless
9 53 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
10 52 (4.53%) Azure API Management
11 48 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
11 48 (4.18%) Azure Functions
11 48 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
12 39 (3.40%) Snowflake
13 35 (3.05%) SaaS
14 32 (2.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 23 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.92%) GitHub
17 21 (1.83%) Power Automate
18 18 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.83%) WAN
2 20 (1.74%) LAN
3 12 (1.05%) Broadband
3 12 (1.05%) DNS
4 11 (0.96%) Internet
4 11 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (0.87%) DHCP
5 10 (0.87%) Firewall
6 8 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.70%) VPN
7 7 (0.61%) HTTP
7 7 (0.61%) MQTT
7 7 (0.61%) SSL
8 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.44%) VoIP
9 5 (0.44%) WLAN
10 3 (0.26%) 4G
10 3 (0.26%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.26%) Intranet
10 3 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (25.26%) SQL Server
2 237 (20.64%) Power BI
3 130 (11.32%) Data Warehouse
4 127 (11.06%) PostgreSQL
5 113 (9.84%) NoSQL
6 99 (8.62%) MongoDB
7 96 (8.36%) Relational Database
8 91 (7.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 87 (7.58%) DB2
9 87 (7.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 80 (6.97%) Tableau
11 74 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 49 (4.27%) MySQL
13 45 (3.92%) Data Lake
14 42 (3.66%) BigQuery
15 33 (2.87%) Looker
16 26 (2.26%) Oracle Database
17 22 (1.92%) Data Vault
18 20 (1.74%) Delta Lake
19 19 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 91 (7.93%) Git
2 59 (5.14%) JIRA
3 28 (2.44%) Visual Studio
4 25 (2.18%) GitLab
5 23 (2.00%) TeamCity
6 15 (1.31%) IntelliJ
6 15 (1.31%) JUnit
6 15 (1.31%) Mockito
7 11 (0.96%) Gradle
7 11 (0.96%) Jasmine
7 11 (0.96%) Karma Test Runner
7 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.70%) Selenium
9 7 (0.61%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.61%) Maven
9 7 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.52%) Dreamweaver
11 5 (0.44%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.44%) JetBrains Rider
12 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
General
1 220 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 179 (15.59%) Finance
3 140 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (11.50%) Public Sector
5 66 (5.75%) Retail
6 57 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (4.36%) Manufacturing
8 38 (3.31%) Marketing
9 35 (3.05%) Law
10 28 (2.44%) Legal
11 24 (2.09%) Advertising
12 22 (1.92%) Banking
13 19 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.31%) Games
15 10 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.70%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.61%) Back Office
17 7 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.52%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 400 (34.84%) Developer
2 186 (16.20%) Senior
3 173 (15.07%) Analyst
4 122 (10.63%) Data Engineer
5 101 (8.80%) Lead
6 100 (8.71%) .NET Developer
7 60 (5.23%) Senior Developer
7 60 (5.23%) Software Engineer
8 59 (5.14%) C# Developer
9 56 (4.88%) Software Developer
10 52 (4.53%) Azure Engineer
11 51 (4.44%) Full Stack Developer
12 47 (4.09%) Azure Developer
12 47 (4.09%) Full Stack Engineer
13 42 (3.66%) DBA
14 40 (3.48%) SQL Developer
15 35 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 35 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
16 33 (2.87%) Lead Developer
17 31 (2.70%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 326 (28.40%) .NET
2 182 (15.85%) HTML
3 175 (15.24%) CSS
4 158 (13.76%) ASP.NET
5 151 (13.15%) REST
6 122 (10.63%) Web Services
7 119 (10.37%) AngularJS
8 106 (9.23%) React
9 100 (8.71%) jQuery
10 91 (7.93%) Vue
11 83 (7.23%) ASP.NET Core
12 82 (7.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 78 (6.79%) Backbone.js
13 78 (6.79%) Ember.js
14 64 (5.57%) Node.js
15 57 (4.97%) .NET Core
16 49 (4.27%) Entity Framework
17 47 (4.09%) HTML5
18 46 (4.01%) .NET Framework
19 38 (3.31%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.37%) Data Structures
2 89 (7.75%) Algorithms
3 84 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 78 (6.79%) Blockchain
5 66 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (4.09%) Public Cloud
7 37 (3.22%) e-Learning
8 29 (2.53%) Reinsurance
9 27 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 20 (1.74%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
14 16 (1.39%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
16 12 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (0.87%) Blog
17 10 (0.87%) Mainframe
18 9 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 137 (11.93%) Windows
2 122 (10.63%) Linux
3 91 (7.93%) Android
4 87 (7.58%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.13%) VMS
6 11 (0.96%) Unix
7 8 (0.70%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.35%) Debian
9 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Vista
10 3 (0.26%) zOS
11 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (31.10%) Agile
2 257 (22.39%) Business Intelligence
3 215 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (14.20%) DevOps
5 162 (14.11%) Full Stack Development
6 148 (12.89%) Analytics
6 148 (12.89%) ETL
6 148 (12.89%) Visualisation
7 147 (12.80%) Mentoring
8 139 (12.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 130 (11.32%) MVC
10 129 (11.24%) Design Patterns
11 119 (10.37%) Data Modelling
12 117 (10.19%) Migration
13 116 (10.10%) Software Engineering
13 116 (10.10%) User Experience
14 113 (9.84%) Coaching
15 112 (9.76%) OOP
16 110 (9.58%) OO
17 105 (9.15%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 370 (32.23%) C#
2 246 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 246 (21.43%) Python
3 151 (13.15%) T-SQL
4 127 (11.06%) Java
5 44 (3.83%) TypeScript
6 38 (3.31%) VB
7 37 (3.22%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.96%) PL/SQL
9 32 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 29 (2.53%) PHP
11 21 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.22%) Go
12 14 (1.22%) R
13 12 (1.05%) Scala
14 11 (0.96%) VB6
14 11 (0.96%) VBScript
15 9 (0.78%) C++
15 9 (0.78%) Swift
16 8 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 143 (12.46%) Degree
2 50 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (1.22%) DBS Check
5 13 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.61%) ACCA
7 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.61%) PhD
8 6 (0.52%) CISA
8 6 (0.52%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.35%) HNC
9 4 (0.35%) HND
10 3 (0.26%) CCNA
10 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.26%) MBA
10 3 (0.26%) MCSA
10 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.26%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.49%) Data Quality
2 31 (2.70%) QA
3 17 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.78%) SLA
6 8 (0.70%) GDPR
7 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.26%) WCAG
9 2 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.087%) GMP
10 1 (0.087%) PMO
System Software
1 54 (4.70%) Active Directory
1 54 (4.70%) Docker
2 19 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.78%) Firmware
5 7 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.35%) RACF
7 3 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.17%) vSphere
9 1 (0.087%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 26 (2.26%) Terraform
2 21 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.61%) Ansible
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.26%) MAINVIEW
5 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) vRealize
7 1 (0.087%) Nessus
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.087%) Packer
7 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 282 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 97 (8.45%) IBM
3 83 (7.23%) Oracle
4 78 (6.79%) Red Hat
5 44 (3.83%) Databricks
6 41 (3.57%) SAP
7 39 (3.40%) Google
8 33 (2.87%) Informatica
9 15 (1.31%) Commvault
10 14 (1.22%) Epicor
11 13 (1.13%) VMware
12 12 (1.05%) F5
12 12 (1.05%) Teradata
13 11 (0.96%) CA
14 10 (0.87%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.87%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.78%) Pega
16 7 (0.61%) Facebook
17 6 (0.52%) Civica
17 6 (0.52%) Dataiku