SQL Server Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 37 66
Rank change year-on-year -31 +29 -15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 118 292 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 5.19% 5.61% 5.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.32% 27.14% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 82 282 217
10th Percentile £36,375 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,747 £83,750 £77,715
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

SQL Server 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 466 1,076 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 20.51% 20.69% 20.77%
Number of salaries quoted 296 760 606
10th Percentile £39,250 £35,450 £35,427
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.35% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,313 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,514 £84,964 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +7.84% -7.07% +4.26%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in Manchester

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in Manchester.

Salary trend for SQL Server in Manchester

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Manchester

SQL Server
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Bolton -9 7 £43,750 -18.60% 9
Stockport +9 6 £57,500 +53.33% 3
Oldham - 6 £37,500 -
Altrincham +4 5 £55,000 +92.98% 7
Salford - 5 - -
Wigan - 4 £31,500 -
Sale - 3 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 3 - - 5
Rochdale +10 2 £53,750 -
SQL Server
North West

SQL Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.63%) Confluence
1 9 (7.63%) IIS
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 68 (57.63%) Azure
2 54 (45.76%) AWS
3 17 (14.41%) GCP
4 15 (12.71%) SaaS
5 8 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.24%) GitHub
7 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (2.54%) Firebase
9 2 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.69%) IaaS
9 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.69%) PaaS
9 2 (1.69%) Serverless
10 1 (0.85%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.47%) DNS
2 6 (5.08%) NAS
2 6 (5.08%) SAN
3 5 (4.24%) DHCP
3 5 (4.24%) VSAN
4 3 (2.54%) Firewall
5 2 (1.69%) DMZ
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.69%) VPN
6 1 (0.85%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (19.49%) MongoDB
2 16 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.63%) MySQL
4 8 (6.78%) NoSQL
4 8 (6.78%) Power BI
5 7 (5.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.39%) Data Hub
6 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.39%) SQL CLR
7 3 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.54%) Metadata
7 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (23.73%) Bitbucket
1 28 (23.73%) Maven
2 27 (22.88%) Cucumber
2 27 (22.88%) GitLab
2 27 (22.88%) JIRA
2 27 (22.88%) Selenium
2 27 (22.88%) SonarQube
2 27 (22.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 12 (10.17%) Git
4 5 (4.24%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (2.54%) JMeter
5 3 (2.54%) NUnit
6 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (36.44%) Finance
2 32 (27.12%) Banking
3 27 (22.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (22.03%) Retail
5 18 (15.25%) Corporate Banking
5 18 (15.25%) Investment Banking
5 18 (15.25%) Social Skills
6 9 (7.63%) Back Office
7 7 (5.93%) Law
8 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.69%) Local Government
9 2 (1.69%) Marketing
10 1 (0.85%) Automotive
10 1 (0.85%) Electronics
10 1 (0.85%) Legal
10 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (44.07%) Developer
2 38 (32.20%) Software Engineer
3 25 (21.19%) .NET Developer
3 25 (21.19%) Senior
4 16 (13.56%) Senior Developer
5 10 (8.47%) C# Developer
6 9 (7.63%) Lead
7 8 (6.78%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (5.93%) SQL Developer
9 6 (5.08%) Lead Developer
10 5 (4.24%) C# .NET Developer
10 5 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) DBA
11 4 (3.39%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 4 (3.39%) Lead C# Developer
11 4 (3.39%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (40.68%) .NET
2 45 (38.14%) CSS
3 42 (35.59%) React
4 41 (34.75%) HTML
5 36 (30.51%) Kafka
6 29 (24.58%) RESTful
7 28 (23.73%) Spring Boot
8 27 (22.88%) JPA
8 27 (22.88%) Redux
8 27 (22.88%) Spring
9 21 (17.80%) .NET Core
9 21 (17.80%) CSS3
9 21 (17.80%) HTML5
9 21 (17.80%) REST
9 21 (17.80%) Sass
10 18 (15.25%) Jest
11 15 (12.71%) AngularJS
11 15 (12.71%) ASP.NET
12 12 (10.17%) ASP.NET Web API
13 11 (9.32%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 31 (26.27%) Product Ownership
2 27 (22.88%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.24%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.39%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.39%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Clustering
6 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.85%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.85%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.85%) EPoS
7 1 (0.85%) IoT
7 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.71%) Linux
2 14 (11.86%) Windows
3 5 (4.24%) Android
3 5 (4.24%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Debian
4 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (57.63%) Agile
2 45 (38.14%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (37.29%) Microservices
4 43 (36.44%) Performance Optimisation
4 43 (36.44%) Software Engineering
5 40 (33.90%) DevOps
6 38 (32.20%) CI/CD
7 35 (29.66%) Mentoring
7 35 (29.66%) SDLC
8 32 (27.12%) Containerisation
9 31 (26.27%) Migration
10 28 (23.73%) Front End Development
10 28 (23.73%) Test Automation
11 27 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (22.03%) User Experience
13 24 (20.34%) TDD
14 22 (18.64%) Clean Code
15 18 (15.25%) Responsive Web Design
15 18 (15.25%) Strategic Thinking
16 16 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 62 (52.54%) SQL
2 50 (42.37%) JavaScript
3 41 (34.75%) C#
4 35 (29.66%) Java
5 22 (18.64%) TypeScript
6 10 (8.47%) PHP
6 10 (8.47%) T-SQL
7 8 (6.78%) Python
8 2 (1.69%) C++
8 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.85%) Bash
9 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.85%) Ruby
9 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (5.08%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) Azure Certification
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.69%) CISM
4 2 (1.69%) CISSP
4 2 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (25.42%) QA
2 19 (16.10%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.08%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.69%) GDPR
4 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.69%) NCSC
4 2 (1.69%) NIST
4 2 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (32.20%) Docker
2 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.24%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.69%) vSphere
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (29.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.24%) Progress Chef
2 5 (4.24%) Terraform
3 3 (2.54%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.85%) Grafana
Vendors
1 29 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 27 (22.88%) Solace
3 11 (9.32%) VMware
4 6 (5.08%) Google
4 6 (5.08%) Oracle
5 4 (3.39%) Splunk
6 3 (2.54%) Sage
6 3 (2.54%) SAP
7 2 (1.69%) Databricks
8 1 (0.85%) Apple
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco
8 1 (0.85%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.85%) EMC
8 1 (0.85%) ESET
8 1 (0.85%) Facebook
8 1 (0.85%) IBM
8 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.85%) Sophos
8 1 (0.85%) Talend