SQL Job Trends in Manchester

SQL (Structured Query Language)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 381 267 609
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 6.00% 10.98% 10.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.88% 30.44% 32.92%
Number of salaries quoted 299 183 442
10th Percentile £38,950 £31,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,818 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,550 £78,625
North West median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -

All Programming Languages
Manchester

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,062 877 1,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.73% 36.08% 32.61%
Number of salaries quoted 841 563 1,423
10th Percentile £40,500 £33,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.02%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Manchester

SQL
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Manchester

SQL
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 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Bolton +12 9 £62,500 +86.57% 3
Wigan +3 6 £42,500 +8.97% 7
Stockport +1 5 £55,000 - 4
Oldham +10 3 - - 12
Sale +7 3 £60,000 -
Cheadle -1 3 £55,000 - 1
Salford -17 3 £62,500 +38.89% 12
SQL
North West

SQL
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 15 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.41%) IIS
3 11 (2.89%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.36%) Apache
5 8 (2.10%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.84%) Confluence
6 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.52%) CICS
8 2 (0.52%) JBoss
8 2 (0.52%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (14.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.79%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.52%) Magento
2 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (36.48%) Azure
2 110 (28.87%) AWS
3 66 (17.32%) Power Platform
4 37 (9.71%) GCP
5 27 (7.09%) GitHub
5 27 (7.09%) SaaS
6 26 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.82%) Serverless
7 18 (4.72%) Amazon S3
8 17 (4.46%) Azure AI
9 16 (4.20%) Anthropic Claude
9 16 (4.20%) Snowflake
10 15 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (2.62%) dbt
12 8 (2.10%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.10%) Google Sheets
12 8 (2.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.94%) Firewall
2 13 (3.41%) DNS
3 10 (2.62%) DHCP
4 9 (2.36%) VPN
5 8 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.57%) SAN
7 3 (0.79%) LTE
7 3 (0.79%) VLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 61 (16.01%) Power BI
3 39 (10.24%) Tableau
4 31 (8.14%) NoSQL
5 24 (6.30%) MongoDB
6 23 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (4.46%) Relational Database
10 15 (3.94%) MySQL
11 12 (3.15%) Data Lake
12 10 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (2.62%) BigQuery
13 8 (2.10%) Data Mining
14 7 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.84%) Big Data
14 7 (1.84%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (8.40%) Git
2 16 (4.20%) Claude Code
3 12 (3.15%) JIRA
4 9 (2.36%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.79%) GitLab
7 3 (0.79%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.52%) MSTest
8 2 (0.52%) NUnit
8 2 (0.52%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 116 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 86 (22.57%) Finance
3 68 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.40%) Law
5 18 (4.72%) Marketing
6 15 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.94%) Retail
7 14 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.15%) Advertising
8 12 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.89%) Legal
10 7 (1.84%) Billing
11 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.31%) Banking
12 5 (1.31%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.31%) Military
12 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.05%) Games
13 4 (1.05%) Local Government
14 3 (0.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 94 (24.67%) Senior
2 73 (19.16%) Data Engineer
3 63 (16.54%) Developer
4 61 (16.01%) Analyst
5 45 (11.81%) Software Engineer
6 41 (10.76%) Lead
7 39 (10.24%) Data Analyst
8 33 (8.66%) Senior Data Engineer
9 22 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (4.20%) Junior
10 16 (4.20%) Junior Analyst
10 16 (4.20%) Junior Data Analyst
11 15 (3.94%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.67%) Database Engineer
12 14 (3.67%) Java Engineer
13 13 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.41%) Lead Software Engineer
13 13 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.41%) Senior Java Engineer
13 13 (3.41%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.92%) .NET
2 33 (8.66%) HTML
2 33 (8.66%) React
3 32 (8.40%) CSS
4 26 (6.82%) RESTful
5 24 (6.30%) Node.js
6 20 (5.25%) AngularJS
7 19 (4.99%) Kafka
8 16 (4.20%) Next.js
8 16 (4.20%) Vue
9 15 (3.94%) PySpark
10 14 (3.67%) Spring
11 13 (3.41%) ASP.NET
11 13 (3.41%) Spring Boot
12 10 (2.62%) .NET Core
12 10 (2.62%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (2.62%) Middleware
12 10 (2.62%) REST
13 9 (2.36%) FastAPI
14 8 (2.10%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.41%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (3.15%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.89%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.62%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.31%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.05%) Clustering
11 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.79%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.04%) Windows
2 18 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.10%) Android
4 6 (1.57%) Linux
5 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (25.20%) Analytics
2 95 (24.93%) Agile
3 83 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.00%) Business Intelligence
5 76 (19.95%) CI/CD
6 72 (18.90%) AI
7 67 (17.59%) Software Engineering
8 55 (14.44%) Decision-Making
9 51 (13.39%) ETL
10 50 (13.12%) Data Engineering
11 47 (12.34%) Data Modelling
12 46 (12.07%) DevOps
13 45 (11.81%) Mentoring
14 43 (11.29%) Data Pipeline
15 37 (9.71%) Full-Stack Development
16 36 (9.45%) Collaborative Culture
17 34 (8.92%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (8.40%) Data Analysis
19 31 (8.14%) Test Automation
19 31 (8.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 156 (40.94%) Python
2 49 (12.86%) C#
3 48 (12.60%) Java
4 33 (8.66%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.66%) TypeScript
5 16 (4.20%) PHP
6 15 (3.94%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.62%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.36%) Scala
9 6 (1.57%) Bash
10 5 (1.31%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.31%) R
11 4 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 2 (0.52%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) C++
13 1 (0.26%) Go
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 30 (7.87%) Degree
2 22 (5.77%) Azure Certification
3 17 (4.46%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.57%) ACCA
7 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.31%) CIMA
9 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.05%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.05%) MCSA
9 4 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) CFA
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.65%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.99%) QA
3 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) IFRS
5 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (4.20%) Docker
1 16 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (5.77%) Terraform
2 19 (4.99%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.79%) Grafana
5 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Rancher
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.87%) Databricks
3 20 (5.25%) VMware
4 15 (3.94%) Google
5 14 (3.67%) Oracle
6 10 (2.62%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.57%) Adobe
8 5 (1.31%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.05%) Sage
9 4 (1.05%) Splunk
10 3 (0.79%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.79%) Facebook
10 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.79%) Pega
10 3 (0.79%) SAP
10 3 (0.79%) Veeam
11 2 (0.52%) Adyen
11 2 (0.52%) Cognos
11 2 (0.52%) IBM
11 2 (0.52%) MuleSoft