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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 408 256 412
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.60% 10.65% 10.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.23% 32.78% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 307 165 226
10th Percentile £37,100 £32,150 £37,792
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £64,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,751 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 1,126 781 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.47% 32.50% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 857 477 740
10th Percentile £40,950 £32,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 11 £52,000 +55.22% 4
Oldham +9 10 £67,500 +80.00% 1
Sale +8 7 £60,000 -
Stockport +4 7 £70,000 +27.27% 5
Wigan +1 5 £37,500 - 2
Cheadle -2 3 £55,000 -
Salford -23 3 £62,500 +38.89% 8
Altrincham +2 1 £47,500 -13.64% 3
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 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.92%) Apache
3 15 (3.68%) IIS
4 11 (2.70%) Apache Spark
5 9 (2.21%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.96%) Confluence
7 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.49%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.49%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.49%) nginx
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.25%) JBoss
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.25%) SAS
10 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) NEC Housing
1 4 (0.98%) NetSuite
1 4 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (0.98%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Odoo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (34.31%) Azure
2 122 (29.90%) AWS
3 69 (16.91%) Power Platform
4 44 (10.78%) GitHub
5 34 (8.33%) GCP
6 33 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (8.09%) SaaS
7 30 (7.35%) Snowflake
8 29 (7.11%) Serverless
9 24 (5.88%) Amazon S3
10 20 (4.90%) dbt
11 18 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.19%) Anthropic Claude
13 12 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.70%) Azure AI
14 11 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.45%) Power Automate
16 9 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.68%) Firewall
2 13 (3.19%) DNS
3 10 (2.45%) DHCP
4 9 (2.21%) VPN
5 8 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.47%) SAN
7 3 (0.74%) HTTP
7 3 (0.74%) LTE
7 3 (0.74%) SMS
7 3 (0.74%) VLAN
8 1 (0.25%) Internet
8 1 (0.25%) Network Security
8 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 60 (14.71%) Power BI
3 31 (7.60%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (6.37%) Tableau
5 24 (5.88%) MongoDB
5 24 (5.88%) NoSQL
6 23 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 14 (3.43%) DynamoDB
10 13 (3.19%) Relational Database
11 10 (2.45%) BigQuery
11 10 (2.45%) Data Lake
11 10 (2.45%) MySQL
12 8 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.72%) Big Data
14 6 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.47%) Metadata
15 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (8.33%) Git
2 13 (3.19%) Claude Code
2 13 (3.19%) JIRA
3 12 (2.94%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.98%) GitLab
7 3 (0.74%) NUnit
7 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.49%) MSTest
8 2 (0.49%) Postman
8 2 (0.49%) Vite
9 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.25%) Maven
9 1 (0.25%) MLflow
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 154 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 105 (25.74%) Finance
3 81 (19.85%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.82%) Law
5 29 (7.11%) Marketing
6 15 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.68%) Retail
7 13 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.19%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.70%) Advertising
9 11 (2.70%) Legal
10 7 (1.72%) Billing
10 7 (1.72%) Games
11 6 (1.47%) Local Government
12 5 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.23%) Military
12 5 (1.23%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.98%) Banking
13 4 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (25.00%) Senior
2 76 (18.63%) Developer
3 74 (18.14%) Data Engineer
4 61 (14.95%) Analyst
5 43 (10.54%) Software Engineer
6 42 (10.29%) Lead
7 33 (8.09%) Data Analyst
7 33 (8.09%) Senior Data Engineer
8 20 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
9 19 (4.66%) Consultant
10 17 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.43%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.19%) .NET Developer
13 11 (2.70%) Junior
13 11 (2.70%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.45%) Java Engineer
14 10 (2.45%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (2.45%) Senior Java Engineer
14 10 (2.45%) Software Developer
14 10 (2.45%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.07%) .NET
2 32 (7.84%) HTML
3 31 (7.60%) React
4 29 (7.11%) Node.js
5 27 (6.62%) CSS
6 24 (5.88%) Terraform
7 21 (5.15%) PySpark
8 17 (4.17%) AngularJS
8 17 (4.17%) ASP.NET
9 16 (3.92%) Kafka
9 16 (3.92%) Next.js
10 15 (3.68%) Vue
11 14 (3.43%) RESTful
11 14 (3.43%) Spring
12 13 (3.19%) Spring Boot
13 12 (2.94%) .NET Core
13 12 (2.94%) REST
14 11 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
15 9 (2.21%) Entity Framework
15 9 (2.21%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.64%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.15%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.90%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.92%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.45%) Marketing Technology
7 9 (2.21%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.23%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.23%) Online Gambling
11 4 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.98%) Clustering
11 4 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.74%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.64%) Windows
2 18 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.47%) Linux
4 4 (0.98%) Android
5 2 (0.49%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (25.74%) Analytics
2 102 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (24.51%) Agile
3 100 (24.51%) AI
4 88 (21.57%) Business Intelligence
5 78 (19.12%) CI/CD
6 69 (16.91%) Decision-Making
7 68 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 67 (16.42%) Data Engineering
9 55 (13.48%) ETL
10 54 (13.24%) Data Pipeline
10 54 (13.24%) Mentoring
11 50 (12.25%) DevOps
12 48 (11.76%) Data Modelling
13 42 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (10.29%) Full-Stack Development
14 41 (10.05%) Collaborative Culture
14 41 (10.05%) Validation
15 38 (9.31%) Data Analysis
16 37 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (42.65%) Python
2 48 (11.76%) C#
2 48 (11.76%) Java
3 47 (11.52%) TypeScript
4 46 (11.27%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.90%) PHP
6 16 (3.92%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.43%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.21%) Bash
8 9 (2.21%) Scala
9 8 (1.96%) R
10 5 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.74%) C++
12 3 (0.74%) Go
13 2 (0.49%) Bicep
13 2 (0.49%) VBA
14 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (10.05%) Degree
2 17 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.68%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.72%) ACCA
6 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.47%) CIMA
8 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.98%) MCSA
9 4 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.25%) CFA
11 1 (0.25%) HNC
11 1 (0.25%) HND
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (17.89%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.37%) QA
3 8 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) IFRS
6 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (4.66%) Docker
2 16 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.25%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.25%) vSphere
5 1 (0.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Clustering
3 5 (1.23%) Grafana
4 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.35%) Databricks
3 19 (4.66%) VMware
4 17 (4.17%) Google
5 13 (3.19%) Oracle
6 8 (1.96%) HubSpot
6 8 (1.96%) Sage
6 8 (1.96%) SAP
7 7 (1.72%) Splunk
8 6 (1.47%) Adobe
9 5 (1.23%) Informatica
9 5 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.98%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.98%) NEC
10 4 (0.98%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.74%) Facebook
11 3 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.74%) Veeam
12 2 (0.49%) UiPath