Azure SQL Database Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 144 144
Rank change year-on-year -37 0 -21
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 19 8 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.25% 0.34% 0.90%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.24% 2.13% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 22
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,375 £41,500
25th Percentile £46,250 - £45,283
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £58,750 £83,975
North West median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% -4.17%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

Azure SQL Database 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 448 376 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 5.85% 15.95% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 291 254 266
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,475 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,750 £90,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Manchester

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in Manchester

Azure SQL Database
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Database within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Sale - 2 £62,500 -
Azure SQL Database
North West

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (52.63%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (36.84%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (15.79%) SaaS
6 2 (10.53%) Azure AI
6 2 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Functions
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (5.26%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (5.26%) dbt
7 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (63.16%) MongoDB
2 6 (31.58%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (10.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (5.26%) MySQL
5 1 (5.26%) OLAP
5 1 (5.26%) OLTP
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MSTest
1 2 (10.53%) NUnit
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Music Industry
3 1 (5.26%) Billing
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 12 (63.16%) .NET Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.26%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Database Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (68.42%) .NET
2 11 (57.89%) ASP.NET
3 10 (52.63%) .NET Core
3 10 (52.63%) ASP.NET Core
4 8 (42.11%) Entity Framework
5 7 (36.84%) CSS
5 7 (36.84%) HTML
6 6 (31.58%) Node.js
7 4 (21.05%) RESTful
8 2 (10.53%) AngularJS
8 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (10.53%) Blazor
8 2 (10.53%) LINQ
8 2 (10.53%) ML.NET
8 2 (10.53%) Ninject
8 2 (10.53%) React
8 2 (10.53%) Spring.NET
8 2 (10.53%) Unity DI Container
8 2 (10.53%) Vue
8 2 (10.53%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.53%) Social Network
2 1 (5.26%) BBC
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Unix
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 10 (52.63%) DevOps
2 10 (52.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 7 (36.84%) CI/CD
4 6 (31.58%) AI
5 4 (21.05%) Multithreading
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Kanban
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Scrum
7 2 (10.53%) Cloud Security
7 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.53%) Digital Innovation
7 2 (10.53%) High Availability
7 2 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 2 (10.53%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (10.53%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (68.42%) C#
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Facebook
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Sony
3 1 (5.26%) Yahoo!
3 1 (5.26%) YouTube