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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 393 269 446
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.67% 10.82% 10.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.18% 31.87% 34.05%
Number of salaries quoted 299 180 287
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,675 £38,184
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,751 £78,000
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 1,117 844 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.11% 33.94% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 866 533 919
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +0.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +9 10 £67,500 +80.00% 2
Bolton +10 7 £50,000 +49.25% 2
Stockport +4 7 £70,000 +27.27% 5
Sale +8 6 £60,000 - 1
Wigan +1 5 £37,500 - 2
Cheadle 0 3 £55,000 -
Salford -21 3 £62,500 +38.89% 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 17 (4.33%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.82%) Apache
2 15 (3.82%) IIS
3 11 (2.80%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.29%) SharePoint
5 8 (2.04%) Confluence
6 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.51%) CICS
8 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.25%) JBoss
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.25%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (11.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.76%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.25%) Odoo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 144 (36.64%) Azure
2 126 (32.06%) AWS
3 68 (17.30%) Power Platform
4 42 (10.69%) GitHub
5 39 (9.92%) GCP
6 35 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (7.63%) SaaS
8 29 (7.38%) Snowflake
9 28 (7.12%) Serverless
10 22 (5.60%) Amazon S3
11 20 (5.09%) dbt
12 17 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (3.82%) Anthropic Claude
14 13 (3.31%) Azure AI
15 10 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.29%) Power Automate
17 8 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.04%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.82%) Firewall
2 13 (3.31%) DNS
3 10 (2.54%) DHCP
4 9 (2.29%) VPN
5 8 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.53%) SAN
7 3 (0.76%) HTTP
7 3 (0.76%) LTE
7 3 (0.76%) VLAN
8 1 (0.25%) Internet
8 1 (0.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 59 (15.01%) Power BI
3 30 (7.63%) Tableau
4 29 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (6.62%) NoSQL
6 24 (6.11%) MongoDB
7 23 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (4.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (3.82%) Relational Database
11 14 (3.56%) DynamoDB
12 11 (2.80%) BigQuery
13 10 (2.54%) MySQL
14 9 (2.29%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (1.78%) Big Data
16 6 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (1.27%) Metadata
17 5 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (9.41%) Git
2 15 (3.82%) Claude Code
3 14 (3.56%) JIRA
4 12 (3.05%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.04%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.02%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.76%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.76%) NUnit
8 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.51%) GitLab
9 2 (0.51%) MSTest
9 2 (0.51%) Postman
9 2 (0.51%) Vite
10 1 (0.25%) MLflow
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 146 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 97 (24.68%) Finance
3 73 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.16%) Law
5 23 (5.85%) Marketing
6 15 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.82%) Retail
7 12 (3.05%) Advertising
7 12 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.80%) Legal
9 7 (1.78%) Billing
9 7 (1.78%) Games
10 5 (1.27%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.27%) Local Government
10 5 (1.27%) Military
10 5 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.02%) Banking
11 4 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (24.43%) Senior
2 76 (19.34%) Developer
3 73 (18.58%) Data Engineer
4 59 (15.01%) Analyst
5 46 (11.70%) Lead
6 43 (10.94%) Software Engineer
7 35 (8.91%) Data Analyst
8 32 (8.14%) Senior Data Engineer
9 19 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.56%) Consultant
11 14 (3.56%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.31%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.31%) Junior
13 12 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (3.05%) Java Engineer
13 12 (3.05%) Lead Software Engineer
13 12 (3.05%) Senior Java Engineer
14 11 (2.80%) Junior Analyst
14 11 (2.80%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.67%) .NET
2 37 (9.41%) HTML
3 34 (8.65%) React
4 32 (8.14%) CSS
5 28 (7.12%) Node.js
6 21 (5.34%) AngularJS
7 20 (5.09%) RESTful
8 18 (4.58%) Kafka
8 18 (4.58%) PySpark
9 16 (4.07%) ASP.NET
9 16 (4.07%) Next.js
10 14 (3.56%) Spring
11 13 (3.31%) REST
11 13 (3.31%) Spring Boot
11 13 (3.31%) Vue
12 12 (3.05%) .NET Core
13 11 (2.80%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (2.80%) Middleware
14 9 (2.29%) CSS3
14 9 (2.29%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.34%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
2 17 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.82%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
4 9 (2.29%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.78%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.27%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.27%) Online Gambling
9 4 (1.02%) Clustering
9 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.76%) Replication
10 3 (0.76%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.85%) Windows
2 18 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.27%) Linux
4 4 (1.02%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (27.23%) Agile
2 99 (25.19%) Analytics
3 95 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (22.65%) AI
5 82 (20.87%) Business Intelligence
6 80 (20.36%) CI/CD
7 67 (17.05%) Software Engineering
8 64 (16.28%) Decision-Making
9 63 (16.03%) Data Engineering
10 52 (13.23%) Data Pipeline
10 52 (13.23%) DevOps
10 52 (13.23%) ETL
11 50 (12.72%) Mentoring
12 46 (11.70%) Data Modelling
13 42 (10.69%) Collaborative Culture
14 40 (10.18%) Full-Stack Development
15 37 (9.41%) Validation
16 36 (9.16%) Machine Learning
17 34 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 34 (8.65%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 170 (43.26%) Python
2 50 (12.72%) C#
2 50 (12.72%) Java
3 43 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 41 (10.43%) TypeScript
5 19 (4.83%) PHP
6 14 (3.56%) T-SQL
7 13 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.29%) Scala
9 8 (2.04%) Bash
10 6 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.53%) R
11 3 (0.76%) C++
11 3 (0.76%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Bicep
12 2 (0.51%) VBA
13 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (9.41%) Degree
2 17 (4.33%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.05%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.78%) ACCA
6 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.53%) CIMA
7 6 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.02%) MCSA
9 4 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.25%) CFA
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (16.28%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.87%) QA
3 7 (1.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) IFRS
5 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (4.58%) Docker
2 16 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.82%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.04%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (5.85%) Terraform
2 13 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.27%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.63%) Databricks
3 19 (4.83%) VMware
4 15 (3.82%) Google
5 13 (3.31%) Oracle
6 8 (2.04%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.78%) Splunk
8 6 (1.53%) Adobe
9 5 (1.27%) Sage
10 4 (1.02%) Informatica
10 4 (1.02%) NEC
10 4 (1.02%) SAP
10 4 (1.02%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.76%) Facebook
11 3 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.76%) Pega
11 3 (0.76%) Veeam
12 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow