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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 389 264 481
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.94% 10.49% 10.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.75% 30.38% 33.17%
Number of salaries quoted 298 183 323
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,750 £37,617
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £43,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,751 £79,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +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 1,088 869 1,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.63% 34.53% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 851 559 1,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £38,066
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
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% -3.08%

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 29 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 29 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 +10 9 £62,500 +86.57% 1
Oldham +10 8 £67,500 +80.00% 2
Wigan +4 7 £47,500 - 5
Stockport -1 5 £55,000 - 5
Sale +7 4 £60,000 -
Cheadle 0 3 £55,000 -
Salford -16 3 £62,500 +38.89% 2
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 17 (4.37%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (3.60%) IIS
3 11 (2.83%) Apache
3 11 (2.83%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.06%) Confluence
4 8 (2.06%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.51%) CICS
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (13.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.77%) NEC Housing
1 3 (0.77%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.51%) Magento
2 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.26%) Odoo
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
3 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 142 (36.50%) Azure
2 118 (30.33%) AWS
3 72 (18.51%) Power Platform
4 39 (10.03%) GCP
5 32 (8.23%) GitHub
6 29 (7.46%) Serverless
7 28 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (6.43%) SaaS
9 22 (5.66%) Amazon S3
9 22 (5.66%) Snowflake
10 18 (4.63%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (4.11%) Azure AI
11 16 (4.11%) dbt
12 15 (3.86%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (2.57%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.80%) Google Sheets
15 7 (1.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.86%) Firewall
2 13 (3.34%) DNS
3 10 (2.57%) DHCP
4 9 (2.31%) VPN
5 8 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.54%) SAN
7 3 (0.77%) LTE
7 3 (0.77%) VLAN
8 2 (0.51%) HTTP
9 1 (0.26%) Internet
9 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (18.77%) SQL Server
2 65 (16.71%) Power BI
3 36 (9.25%) Tableau
4 29 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (7.46%) NoSQL
5 24 (6.17%) MongoDB
6 21 (5.40%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (4.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.11%) Relational Database
9 15 (3.86%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (3.60%) MySQL
11 13 (3.34%) BigQuery
12 10 (2.57%) Data Lake
12 10 (2.57%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.80%) Big Data
13 7 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.54%) Data Mining
14 6 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 35 (9.00%) Git
2 15 (3.86%) Claude Code
3 14 (3.60%) JIRA
4 12 (3.08%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.06%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.77%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.51%) GitLab
9 2 (0.51%) MSTest
9 2 (0.51%) NUnit
9 2 (0.51%) Postman
9 2 (0.51%) Vite
10 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.26%) MLflow
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 133 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 94 (24.16%) Finance
3 75 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.74%) Law
5 19 (4.88%) Marketing
6 15 (3.86%) Retail
7 14 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.34%) Advertising
9 12 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.83%) Legal
11 10 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.80%) Billing
13 5 (1.29%) Banking
13 5 (1.29%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.29%) Local Government
13 5 (1.29%) Military
13 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.03%) Games
Job Titles
1 94 (24.16%) Senior
2 75 (19.28%) Data Engineer
3 66 (16.97%) Developer
4 62 (15.94%) Analyst
5 44 (11.31%) Software Engineer
6 42 (10.80%) Lead
7 41 (10.54%) Data Analyst
8 31 (7.97%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (4.11%) Junior
11 15 (3.86%) Junior Analyst
11 15 (3.86%) Junior Data Analyst
11 15 (3.86%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.60%) Database Engineer
13 13 (3.34%) Consultant
13 13 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.34%) Java Engineer
13 13 (3.34%) Lead Software Engineer
13 13 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.00%) .NET
2 34 (8.74%) HTML
3 33 (8.48%) React
4 30 (7.71%) CSS
5 26 (6.68%) Node.js
6 22 (5.66%) RESTful
7 21 (5.40%) AngularJS
8 18 (4.63%) Kafka
9 17 (4.37%) PySpark
10 16 (4.11%) Next.js
11 15 (3.86%) Spring
11 15 (3.86%) Vue
12 14 (3.60%) ASP.NET
12 14 (3.60%) Spring Boot
13 11 (2.83%) Middleware
13 11 (2.83%) REST
14 10 (2.57%) .NET Core
14 10 (2.57%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (2.06%) Entity Framework
15 8 (2.06%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.40%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.34%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.34%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (2.31%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.31%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.29%) Replication
9 4 (1.03%) Clustering
9 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.03%) Online Gambling
9 4 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.17%) Windows
2 18 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.03%) Android
3 4 (1.03%) Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (25.96%) Agile
2 94 (24.16%) Analytics
3 88 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (22.11%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (20.57%) AI
6 77 (19.79%) CI/CD
7 64 (16.45%) Software Engineering
8 59 (15.17%) Decision-Making
9 58 (14.91%) Data Engineering
10 54 (13.88%) ETL
11 49 (12.60%) Data Modelling
12 48 (12.34%) DevOps
13 47 (12.08%) Data Pipeline
14 46 (11.83%) Mentoring
15 40 (10.28%) Collaborative Culture
16 38 (9.77%) Full-Stack Development
16 38 (9.77%) Validation
17 36 (9.25%) Data Analysis
18 34 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
19 33 (8.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 166 (42.67%) Python
2 51 (13.11%) C#
3 48 (12.34%) Java
4 36 (9.25%) TypeScript
5 34 (8.74%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.88%) PHP
7 16 (4.11%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.08%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.31%) Scala
10 6 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.54%) R
11 5 (1.29%) Bash
11 5 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.51%) Bicep
12 2 (0.51%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) C++
13 1 (0.26%) Go
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (8.74%) Degree
2 21 (5.40%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.86%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.57%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.06%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.80%) ACCA
6 7 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.54%) CIMA
8 5 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.03%) MCSA
9 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) CFA
11 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.17%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.91%) QA
3 6 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.51%) 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 18 (4.63%) Docker
2 16 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.86%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.40%) Terraform
2 15 (3.86%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.29%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (27.76%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.71%) Databricks
3 19 (4.88%) VMware
4 13 (3.34%) Google
4 13 (3.34%) Oracle
5 8 (2.06%) HubSpot
6 7 (1.80%) Splunk
7 6 (1.54%) Adobe
8 4 (1.03%) Informatica
8 4 (1.03%) Sage
8 4 (1.03%) Xamarin
9 3 (0.77%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.77%) Facebook
9 3 (0.77%) NEC
9 3 (0.77%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.77%) Pega
9 3 (0.77%) SAP
9 3 (0.77%) Veeam
10 2 (0.51%) IBM
10 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft