Relational Database Job Trends in Manchester

Relational Database
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Relational Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 125 99
Rank change year-on-year +15 -26 +46
Permanent jobs citing Relational Database 21 35 45
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.76% 1.27% 1.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.37% 7.04% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 43
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £50,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,206 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +16.58% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,552 £63,340
90th Percentile £65,500 £77,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +8.93%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

Relational 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 285 497 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.37% 18.05% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 226 226 375
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,875 £87,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,042
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.88% -0.87%

Relational Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Relational Database job vacancy trend in Manchester

Relational Database
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Relational Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Relational Database

Relational Database
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Relational Database in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Relational Database in Manchester

Relational 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 Relational Database within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Bury - 2 £52,500 - 1
Bolton +17 1 £55,000 - 1
Relational Database
North West

Relational 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 1 (4.76%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (14.29%) Amazon EKS
3 3 (14.29%) Serverless
4 2 (9.52%) Azure
4 2 (9.52%) GitHub
5 1 (4.76%) dbt
5 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Einstein
5 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) MySQL
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
3 4 (19.05%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (14.29%) DB2
4 3 (14.29%) RDBMS
5 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (4.76%) Power BI
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.76%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.76%) Postman
3 1 (4.76%) Selenium
3 1 (4.76%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) German Language
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Integration Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Applications Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Data Architect
5 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Backend Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Scientist
6 1 (4.76%) Java Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) QA Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Backend Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) REST
2 6 (28.57%) JSON
3 5 (23.81%) Node.js
4 4 (19.05%) Spring
4 4 (19.05%) Spring Boot
5 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
5 3 (14.29%) CSS
5 3 (14.29%) FHIR
5 3 (14.29%) HTML
5 3 (14.29%) Laravel
5 3 (14.29%) Vue
5 3 (14.29%) Web Services
6 2 (9.52%) React
6 2 (9.52%) RESTful
7 1 (4.76%) .NET
7 1 (4.76%) Apache Camel
7 1 (4.76%) jQuery
7 1 (4.76%) pytest
7 1 (4.76%) SOAP
7 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Social Media
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (23.81%) Microservices
2 5 (23.81%) User Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) AI
4 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 3 (14.29%) ETL
4 3 (14.29%) Information Management
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Scrum
4 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (9.52%) Clean Code
5 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
5 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.52%) Fintech
5 2 (9.52%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) SQL
2 9 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 8 (38.10%) Java
4 5 (23.81%) Python
5 4 (19.05%) PHP
6 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 2 (9.52%) Go
7 2 (9.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) HL7
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Advent
3 1 (4.76%) AppDynamics
3 1 (4.76%) Cognos
3 1 (4.76%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Moogsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Pega
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) WSO2