SQL Jobs in Manchester

SQL (Structured Query Language)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 247 584 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.82% 11.22% 19.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.92% 33.68% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 166 453 452
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,938 £42,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,751 £77,500 £77,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £51,536
% change year-on-year - +1.87% +4.11%

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 854 1,734 2,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.41% 33.32% 45.57%
Number of salaries quoted 557 1,402 1,287
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -1.40% +5.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £80,000 £83,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Manchester

SQL
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for SQL in Manchester

SQL
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

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 13 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
Stockport -1 14 £65,750 +54.71% 13
Bolton -24 7 £40,000 -11.11% 22
Oldham -2 6 £37,500 -21.88%
Salford +5 5 - - 4
Cheadle +3 5 - - 3
Altrincham -5 5 £55,000 - 9
Wigan -6 4 £39,000 +62.50% 3
Ashton-under-Lyne -4 3 - - 6
Sale - 3 - -
SQL
North West

SQL
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 (3.64%) Apache Spark
1 9 (3.64%) Confluence
2 8 (3.24%) SAS
3 4 (1.62%) Apache
3 4 (1.62%) IIS
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.81%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.40%) Mule
Applications
1 20 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.21%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.21%) Sage CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.40%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.40%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 105 (42.51%) Azure
2 96 (38.87%) AWS
3 40 (16.19%) GCP
4 39 (15.79%) Power Platform
5 21 (8.50%) SaaS
6 15 (6.07%) Serverless
7 12 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.64%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.83%) GitHub
12 6 (2.43%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.43%) PaaS
13 5 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.02%) dbt
13 5 (2.02%) Google Analytics
13 5 (2.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.64%) DNS
2 6 (2.43%) DHCP
3 5 (2.02%) NAS
3 5 (2.02%) SAN
3 5 (2.02%) VSAN
4 2 (0.81%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.40%) RTP
5 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (25.10%) SQL Server
2 37 (14.98%) Power BI
3 25 (10.12%) NoSQL
4 24 (9.72%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (8.50%) MySQL
6 16 (6.48%) Relational Database
7 12 (4.86%) Big Data
7 12 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (4.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (3.64%) Data Lake
9 9 (3.64%) MongoDB
10 8 (3.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (3.24%) Tableau
11 6 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (2.43%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.43%) RDBMS
12 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (1.62%) Hadoop
13 4 (1.62%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 33 (13.36%) Selenium
2 31 (12.55%) GitLab
2 31 (12.55%) Maven
3 30 (12.15%) SonarQube
3 30 (12.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 29 (11.74%) Bitbucket
4 29 (11.74%) Cucumber
5 28 (11.34%) JIRA
6 16 (6.48%) Git
7 8 (3.24%) Jenkins
8 5 (2.02%) JMeter
8 5 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (1.21%) JUnit
9 3 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (1.21%) Postman
10 2 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.81%) NeoLoad
10 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 74 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.74%) Finance
3 55 (22.27%) Banking
4 39 (15.79%) Retail
5 36 (14.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 18 (7.29%) Corporate Banking
8 18 (7.29%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.64%) Law
10 5 (2.02%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (2.02%) Games
10 5 (2.02%) Legal
10 5 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.62%) Back Office
11 4 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.62%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (1.21%) Marketing
12 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (19.43%) Developer
2 43 (17.41%) Analyst
3 41 (16.60%) Senior
3 41 (16.60%) Software Engineer
4 36 (14.57%) Lead
5 27 (10.93%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.26%) Data Analyst
7 12 (4.86%) Applications Support
7 12 (4.86%) Architect
7 12 (4.86%) Senior Developer
8 11 (4.45%) Consultant
9 10 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.64%) Applications Support Analyst
10 9 (3.64%) Senior Data Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) SQL Developer
10 9 (3.64%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.24%) Team Leader
12 7 (2.83%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.83%) Full-Stack Developer
13 6 (2.43%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.81%) React
2 40 (16.19%) CSS
2 40 (16.19%) HTML
3 37 (14.98%) Kafka
4 34 (13.77%) Spring
5 33 (13.36%) RESTful
5 33 (13.36%) Spring Boot
6 28 (11.34%) Redux
7 27 (10.93%) .NET
7 27 (10.93%) JPA
8 24 (9.72%) REST
9 21 (8.50%) Sass
10 20 (8.10%) CSS3
10 20 (8.10%) HTML5
11 18 (7.29%) Jest
12 14 (5.67%) Hibernate
12 14 (5.67%) Node.js
13 13 (5.26%) AngularJS
14 12 (4.86%) JSON
15 9 (3.64%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.98%) Product Ownership
2 29 (11.74%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.86%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 7 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.83%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.02%) LIMS
7 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.02%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.62%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.62%) IoT
8 4 (1.62%) Life Science
8 4 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.21%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.74%) Linux
2 12 (4.86%) Windows
3 3 (1.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (39.27%) Agile
2 64 (25.91%) DevOps
3 60 (24.29%) Mentoring
4 59 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (21.86%) Software Engineering
6 52 (21.05%) CI/CD
7 48 (19.43%) Analytics
8 47 (19.03%) Microservices
9 46 (18.62%) Full-Stack Development
10 42 (17.00%) Migration
10 42 (17.00%) Test Automation
11 41 (16.60%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (14.17%) Containerisation
13 34 (13.77%) ETL
13 34 (13.77%) Performance Optimisation
14 33 (13.36%) SDLC
15 30 (12.15%) User Experience
16 28 (11.34%) Front End Development
16 28 (11.34%) Visualisation
17 26 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (27.94%) JavaScript
2 66 (26.72%) Python
3 52 (21.05%) Java
4 34 (13.77%) TypeScript
5 26 (10.53%) C#
6 18 (7.29%) PHP
7 12 (4.86%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.05%) PL/SQL
8 10 (4.05%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.64%) C-shell
9 9 (3.64%) Korn
9 9 (3.64%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (2.43%) Bash
12 5 (2.02%) Go
12 5 (2.02%) Scala
13 4 (1.62%) R
14 3 (1.21%) VBA
15 2 (0.81%) Bicep
15 2 (0.81%) C++
Qualifications
1 41 (16.60%) Degree
2 14 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.86%) Azure Certification
4 11 (4.45%) PhD
5 7 (2.83%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.02%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.62%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.62%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.40%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.17%) QA
2 23 (9.31%) Accessibility
3 17 (6.88%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.43%) GDPR
4 6 (2.43%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.02%) HL7
6 4 (1.62%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (23.48%) Docker
2 5 (2.02%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (18.62%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.91%) Terraform
3 5 (2.02%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.62%) Istio
5 3 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.40%) Argo
6 1 (0.40%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.40%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.93%) Solace
3 26 (10.53%) Oracle
4 18 (7.29%) Google
5 11 (4.45%) Databricks
5 11 (4.45%) VMware
6 9 (3.64%) Informatica
7 5 (2.02%) Adobe
8 3 (1.21%) DocuSign
8 3 (1.21%) iManage
8 3 (1.21%) Intapp
8 3 (1.21%) New Relic
8 3 (1.21%) Sage
8 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.81%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.81%) Splunk
10 1 (0.40%) Dell
10 1 (0.40%) NEC
10 1 (0.40%) Siebel
10 1 (0.40%) Veritas