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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 18 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 283 248 575
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.24% 11.08% 11.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.02% 29.88% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 217 167 453
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,751 £77,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.94%

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 857 830 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.87% 37.07% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 681 560 1,402
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -1.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 12 May 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 12 May 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
Oldham +8 9 £42,000 +12.00% 1
Bolton +23 8 £66,250 +65.63% 5
Stockport -7 5 £55,000 -16.35% 2
Wigan -3 4 £42,500 +8.97% 4
Sale +3 3 £60,000 -
Salford -13 1 - - 6
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 14 (4.95%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.71%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.71%) CICS
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) IIS
5 2 (0.71%) JBoss
6 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.35%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (19.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.12%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.06%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) Magento
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 87 (30.74%) Azure
2 68 (24.03%) AWS
3 53 (18.73%) Power Platform
4 28 (9.89%) GCP
5 25 (8.83%) SaaS
6 21 (7.42%) Azure AI
7 14 (4.95%) Serverless
8 13 (4.59%) Azure AKS
8 13 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.59%) GitHub
8 13 (4.59%) Snowflake
9 12 (4.24%) Anthropic Claude
10 10 (3.53%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.12%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.77%) dbt
14 5 (1.77%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.12%) Firewall
2 5 (1.77%) DNS
3 4 (1.41%) SAN
4 3 (1.06%) DHCP
4 3 (1.06%) VLAN
5 2 (0.71%) LTE
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.35%) TCAP
6 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.35%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.67%) Power BI
2 47 (16.61%) SQL Server
3 41 (14.49%) Tableau
4 30 (10.60%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.65%) MySQL
6 15 (5.30%) Data Mining
6 15 (5.30%) Relational Database
7 14 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.95%) MongoDB
7 14 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (4.24%) Data Lake
10 10 (3.53%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (2.12%) DB2
13 6 (2.12%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.77%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (8.13%) Git
2 12 (4.24%) Claude Code
3 8 (2.83%) JIRA
4 7 (2.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.41%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (1.41%) GitLab
6 3 (1.06%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.06%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.71%) MSTest
7 2 (0.71%) NUnit
7 2 (0.71%) Postman
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 89 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 69 (24.38%) Finance
3 50 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.59%) Advertising
5 12 (4.24%) Marketing
6 11 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.18%) Law
9 7 (2.47%) Retail
10 6 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.77%) Banking
12 3 (1.06%) French Language
12 3 (1.06%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.06%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (26.50%) Senior
2 65 (22.97%) Analyst
3 50 (17.67%) Data Engineer
4 44 (15.55%) Developer
5 43 (15.19%) Data Analyst
6 32 (11.31%) Lead
7 31 (10.95%) Software Engineer
8 26 (9.19%) Senior Data Engineer
9 21 (7.42%) Junior
9 21 (7.42%) Junior Analyst
9 21 (7.42%) Junior Data Analyst
10 15 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 14 (4.95%) Java Engineer
12 13 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (4.59%) Senior Java Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Database Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Trainee
13 12 (4.24%) Trainee Analyst
13 12 (4.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.89%) .NET
2 25 (8.83%) RESTful
3 22 (7.77%) CSS
4 21 (7.42%) HTML
5 19 (6.71%) React
6 14 (4.95%) Kafka
7 12 (4.24%) .NET Framework
8 10 (3.53%) AngularJS
8 10 (3.53%) Node.js
9 8 (2.83%) Pandas
9 8 (2.83%) Spring
10 7 (2.47%) REST
10 7 (2.47%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.47%) Vue
11 6 (2.12%) CSS3
11 6 (2.12%) HTML5
11 6 (2.12%) PySpark
11 6 (2.12%) Web Services
12 5 (1.77%) J2EE
12 5 (1.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.95%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.24%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.77%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.77%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.77%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.06%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.06%) Replication
8 2 (0.71%) Clustering
8 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.71%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.71%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.83%) Android
1 8 (2.83%) Windows
2 6 (2.12%) Linux
2 6 (2.12%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.50%) Agile
2 65 (22.97%) Analytics
3 64 (22.61%) Business Intelligence
4 52 (18.37%) CI/CD
5 51 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (17.31%) ETL
7 48 (16.96%) AI
8 44 (15.55%) Software Engineering
9 35 (12.37%) Mentoring
10 34 (12.01%) Data Modelling
10 34 (12.01%) DevOps
11 30 (10.60%) Data Engineering
12 28 (9.89%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (9.19%) Clean Code
14 26 (9.19%) Collaborative Culture
14 26 (9.19%) Data Analysis
15 25 (8.83%) Microservices
15 25 (8.83%) Scrum
16 23 (8.13%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 116 (40.99%) Python
2 45 (15.90%) Java
3 36 (12.72%) C#
4 22 (7.77%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.89%) T-SQL
7 8 (2.83%) PHP
8 5 (1.77%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.41%) Bash
9 4 (1.41%) Go
10 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.06%) Scala
10 3 (1.06%) VBA
11 2 (0.71%) ANSI SQL
11 2 (0.71%) Bicep
11 2 (0.71%) R
12 1 (0.35%) C++
12 1 (0.35%) Groovy
12 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (8.48%) Azure Certification
2 20 (7.07%) Degree
3 9 (3.18%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) MCSA
7 2 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.35%) MBA
8 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.25%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.53%) QA
3 2 (0.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.35%) HL7
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (4.95%) Docker
2 11 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.35%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.65%) Terraform
3 3 (1.06%) Ansible
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.06%) Rancher
4 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.71%) Grafana
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (25.80%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.30%) Databricks
3 12 (4.24%) Google
4 11 (3.89%) Oracle
5 9 (3.18%) VMware
6 7 (2.47%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.12%) Northgate
8 5 (1.77%) Xamarin
9 3 (1.06%) Pega
9 3 (1.06%) SAP
10 2 (0.71%) Adobe
10 2 (0.71%) Adyen
10 2 (0.71%) Cognos
10 2 (0.71%) Dell
10 2 (0.71%) Facebook
10 2 (0.71%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.71%) IBM
10 2 (0.71%) Veeam
11 1 (0.35%) Hotjar
11 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud