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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	25	17	14
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-3	-7
Permanent jobs citing SQL	400	237	393
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	5.13%	10.35%	10.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category	33.28%	33.01%	33.11%
Number of salaries quoted	295	157	181
10^th Percentile	£39,850	£32,350	£39,000
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£35,000	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-2.78%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£92,250	£84,500	£72,500
North West median annual salary	£54,000	£50,000	£50,309
% change year-on-year	+8.00%	-0.61%	-7.41%

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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	1,202	718	1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	15.41%	31.37%	31.50%
Number of salaries quoted	873	459	628
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£32,750	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£51,000	£45,750	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£60,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+8.33%	+4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£73,750	£69,800
90^th Percentile	£96,250	£87,500	£80,000
North West median annual salary	£61,250	£57,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+6.52%	+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 Salary Trend in Manchester

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 23 October 2026.

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 23 October 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
Salford	-19	11	£95,000	+111.11%	23
Oldham	+7	10	£67,500	-	1
Bolton	-8	10	£58,250	+73.88%	4
Stockport	0	8	£70,000	+40.00%	2
Sale	+5	6	£66,250	-	1
Wigan	+1	5	£37,500	-
Altrincham	+5	4	£57,500	+4.55%	1
Cheadle	0	4	£55,000	-	4
Rochdale	-	2	-	-	8
Bury	-	1	£55,000	-
SQL North West

SQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing SQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for SQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	41.0%	164
2	Azure	35.3%	141
3	AI	29.3%	117
3	Microsoft	29.3%	117
5	AWS	28.3%	113
6	Problem-Solving	27.3%	109
7	Analytics	25.8%	103
8	Agile	25.3%	101
9	CI/CD	23.3%	93
10	Business Intelligence	21.0%	84
11	Software Engineering	18.5%	74
12	Decision-Making	18.3%	73
13	Data Quality	18.0%	72
14	DevOps	15.8%	63
14	Power Platform	15.8%	63
16	Data Engineering	15.5%	62
17	Mentoring	15.0%	60
18	Data Pipeline	14.8%	59
19	SQL Server	14.3%	57
20	Data Modelling	13.8%	55
20	Power BI	13.8%	55
22	TypeScript	13.5%	54
23	ETL	12.8%	51
24	Full-Stack Development	12.3%	49
24	Stakeholder Management	12.3%	49
26	GitHub	11.8%	47
26	Validation	11.8%	47
28	C#	11.5%	46
28	JavaScript	11.5%	46
30	Java	10.8%	43

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	41.0%	164
2	TypeScript	13.5%	54
3	C#	11.5%	46
3	JavaScript	11.5%	46
5	Java	10.8%	43
6	PowerShell	4.8%	19
7	PHP	3.8%	15
8	T-SQL	2.8%	11
9	Scala	2.5%	10
10	Bash	2.0%	8
11	Data Analysis Expressions	1.8%	7
11	R	1.8%	7
13	PL/SQL	1.3%	5
14	Go	1.0%	4
15	Kotlin	0.8%	3
15	Kusto Query Language	0.8%	3
17	Bicep	0.5%	2
17	C++	0.5%	2
17	VBScript	0.5%	2
20	Shell Script	0.3%	1