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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 143 | 149 | 139 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | -10 | +72 |
| Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database | 10 | 32 | 40 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.42% | 0.79% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.51% | 4.59% | 6.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 24 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £41,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £44,375 | £48,428 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +4.17% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,875 | £71,250 | £78,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,750 | £83,925 | £80,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -11.54% | +44.44% |
All Database and 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 | 399 | 697 | 612 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 16.84% | 17.15% | 22.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 263 | 315 | 522 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £40,000 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £70,475 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £84,985 | £84,050 |
| North West median annual salary | £55,000 | £54,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -1.82% | - |
Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Azure SQL Database as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend in Manchester
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 18 September 2025.
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 18 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham | - | 2 | £37,500 | - | |
| Salford | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Azure SQL Database North West |
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Azure SQL Database
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: