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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 137 121
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +88
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 11 37 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.46% 1.01% 1.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.93% 6.40% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 25
10th Percentile £54,600 £41,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,740 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,375 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,200 £83,925 £77,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +27.78%

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 376 578 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.89% 15.77% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 259 248 445
10th Percentile £31,850 £39,888 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.65% +5.58%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,725 £84,622
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Database in Manchester

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 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (81.82%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (63.64%) Power Platform
4 6 (54.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
6 2 (18.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (18.18%) PaaS
6 2 (18.18%) SaaS
7 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Power BI
2 4 (36.36%) Data Lake
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Data Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Insight Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
1 2 (18.18%) Blazor
1 2 (18.18%) Entity Framework
1 2 (18.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
4 4 (36.36%) Data Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (36.36%) Time Management
5 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
5 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 3 (27.27%) Self-Awareness
5 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Mobile Development
6 2 (18.18%) Mobile First
6 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Databricks
2 2 (18.18%) Xamarin