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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 19 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 380 269 565
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.89% 10.76% 10.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.68% 30.88% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 296 185 395
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £84,500 £78,250
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%

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 1,065 871 1,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.51% 34.85% 32.18%
Number of salaries quoted 841 557 1,265
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.65% -5.00%
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% -0.08%

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 20 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 20 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%
Wigan +3 7 £47,500 +21.79% 5
Oldham +10 6 £67,500 +80.00% 2
Stockport -2 5 £55,000 - 2
Sale +7 3 £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 14 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.42%) IIS
3 11 (2.89%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.11%) Apache
4 8 (2.11%) Confluence
4 8 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.53%) CICS
7 2 (0.53%) JBoss
7 2 (0.53%) nginx
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 (14.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.32%) 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 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.53%) Magento
2 2 (0.53%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.53%) 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
1 140 (36.84%) Azure
2 110 (28.95%) AWS
3 68 (17.89%) Power Platform
4 35 (9.21%) GCP
5 28 (7.37%) GitHub
6 27 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (7.11%) Serverless
7 25 (6.58%) SaaS
8 20 (5.26%) Amazon S3
9 17 (4.47%) Snowflake
10 16 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.21%) Azure AI
11 15 (3.95%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (2.89%) dbt
13 10 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
15 8 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.84%) Google Sheets
16 7 (1.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.95%) Firewall
2 13 (3.42%) DNS
3 10 (2.63%) DHCP
4 9 (2.37%) VPN
5 8 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.58%) SAN
7 3 (0.79%) LTE
7 3 (0.79%) VLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (18.68%) SQL Server
2 62 (16.32%) Power BI
3 36 (9.47%) Tableau
4 28 (7.37%) NoSQL
5 25 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.79%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (4.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (4.47%) Relational Database
9 14 (3.68%) MySQL
10 11 (2.89%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.63%) BigQuery
11 10 (2.63%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.84%) Big Data
12 7 (1.84%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.84%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 32 (8.42%) Git
2 15 (3.95%) Claude Code
3 14 (3.68%) JIRA
4 10 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.79%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.53%) GitLab
9 2 (0.53%) MSTest
9 2 (0.53%) NUnit
9 2 (0.53%) Postman
9 2 (0.53%) Vite
10 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.26%) MLflow
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 121 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.42%) Finance
3 70 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.16%) Law
5 17 (4.47%) Marketing
6 15 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.95%) Retail
7 14 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.16%) Advertising
8 12 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.89%) Legal
10 7 (1.84%) Billing
10 7 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.32%) Banking
11 5 (1.32%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.32%) Local Government
11 5 (1.32%) Military
11 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.05%) Games
13 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (24.74%) Senior
2 72 (18.95%) Data Engineer
3 64 (16.84%) Developer
4 59 (15.53%) Analyst
5 44 (11.58%) Software Engineer
6 41 (10.79%) Lead
7 38 (10.00%) Data Analyst
8 32 (8.42%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (3.95%) Junior
10 15 (3.95%) Junior Analyst
10 15 (3.95%) Junior Data Analyst
10 15 (3.95%) Support Engineer
11 14 (3.68%) Database Engineer
12 13 (3.42%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.42%) Java Engineer
12 13 (3.42%) Lead Software Engineer
12 13 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.16%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.16%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.21%) .NET
2 34 (8.95%) HTML
3 32 (8.42%) React
4 31 (8.16%) CSS
5 25 (6.58%) Node.js
6 23 (6.05%) RESTful
7 21 (5.53%) AngularJS
8 18 (4.74%) Kafka
9 16 (4.21%) Next.js
10 15 (3.95%) PySpark
10 15 (3.95%) Spring
10 15 (3.95%) Vue
11 14 (3.68%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.42%) ASP.NET
13 11 (2.89%) Middleware
14 10 (2.63%) .NET Core
14 10 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
14 10 (2.63%) REST
15 8 (2.11%) Entity Framework
15 8 (2.11%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.53%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.42%) Legacy Applications
4 10 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.63%) Mobile App
5 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.05%) Clustering
8 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (1.05%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.79%) Replication
9 3 (0.79%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.05%) Windows
2 18 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.84%) Android
4 6 (1.58%) Linux
5 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.00%) Agile
2 93 (24.47%) Analytics
3 84 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (20.26%) CI/CD
6 72 (18.95%) AI
7 65 (17.11%) Software Engineering
8 56 (14.74%) Decision-Making
9 50 (13.16%) Data Engineering
9 50 (13.16%) ETL
10 48 (12.63%) Data Modelling
11 47 (12.37%) DevOps
12 45 (11.84%) Mentoring
13 42 (11.05%) Data Pipeline
14 37 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (9.74%) Full-Stack Development
15 34 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 34 (8.95%) Validation
16 33 (8.68%) Data Analysis
17 32 (8.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 157 (41.32%) Python
2 51 (13.42%) C#
3 48 (12.63%) Java
4 34 (8.95%) TypeScript
5 33 (8.68%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.74%) PHP
7 15 (3.95%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.37%) Scala
10 6 (1.58%) Bash
10 6 (1.58%) R
11 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.53%) Bicep
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) C++
14 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (7.89%) Degree
2 21 (5.53%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.58%) ACCA
7 5 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.32%) CIMA
7 5 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.05%) MCSA
8 4 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.26%) CFA
9 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.53%) QA
3 4 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.53%) 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 (4.21%) Docker
1 16 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.32%) 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 21 (5.53%) Terraform
2 16 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (27.89%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.63%) Databricks
3 20 (5.26%) VMware
4 14 (3.68%) Oracle
5 13 (3.42%) Google
6 9 (2.37%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.84%) Splunk
8 6 (1.58%) Adobe
9 5 (1.32%) Xamarin
10 4 (1.05%) Sage
11 3 (0.79%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.79%) Facebook
11 3 (0.79%) IBM
11 3 (0.79%) Informatica
11 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.79%) Pega
11 3 (0.79%) SAP
11 3 (0.79%) Veeam
12 2 (0.53%) Adyen
12 2 (0.53%) MuleSoft