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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 404 248 407
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.29% 10.48% 10.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.65% 32.89% 33.55%
Number of salaries quoted 303 161 207
10th Percentile £37,750 £32,750 £38,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -6.90%
75th Percentile £74,375 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £74,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,125
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.08% -1.65%

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 1,166 754 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.27% 31.87% 30.52%
Number of salaries quoted 861 459 669
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £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% -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 30 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 30 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
Oldham +9 10 £67,500 +80.00% 2
Bolton 0 10 £54,000 +61.19% 7
Salford -18 8 £95,000 +111.11% 12
Sale +8 7 £62,500 - 1
Stockport +2 7 £70,000 +40.00% 7
Wigan +2 5 £37,500 - 2
Cheadle -2 3 £55,000 - 3
Altrincham +3 2 £51,250 -6.82% 4
Bury - 1 £55,000 - 1
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 19 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (4.46%) IIS
3 16 (3.96%) Apache
4 11 (2.72%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.98%) Confluence
6 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.49%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.99%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.74%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.50%) nginx
10 2 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.25%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.25%) SAS
11 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.99%) NEC Housing
1 4 (0.99%) NetSuite
1 4 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (0.99%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.50%) 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
1 141 (34.90%) Azure
2 115 (28.47%) AWS
3 66 (16.34%) Power Platform
4 47 (11.63%) GitHub
5 37 (9.16%) GCP
6 35 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (7.92%) Snowflake
8 27 (6.68%) SaaS
9 26 (6.44%) Serverless
10 23 (5.69%) Amazon S3
11 20 (4.95%) dbt
12 17 (4.21%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
13 12 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
15 10 (2.48%) Power Automate
16 9 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.47%) Firewall
2 13 (3.22%) DNS
3 10 (2.48%) DHCP
4 9 (2.23%) VPN
5 8 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.49%) 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 60 (14.85%) SQL Server
2 57 (14.11%) Power BI
3 30 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (5.69%) MongoDB
5 22 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (5.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (5.20%) NoSQL
7 20 (4.95%) Tableau
8 18 (4.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (4.21%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.47%) DynamoDB
10 14 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (2.97%) BigQuery
12 10 (2.48%) Data Lake
12 10 (2.48%) MySQL
13 9 (2.23%) Metadata
14 7 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.73%) Big Data
15 6 (1.49%) Delta Lake
15 6 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 35 (8.66%) Git
2 12 (2.97%) Bitbucket
2 12 (2.97%) Claude Code
3 11 (2.72%) JIRA
4 6 (1.49%) GitLab
4 6 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.74%) NUnit
6 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.50%) MSTest
7 2 (0.50%) Postman
7 2 (0.50%) Vite
8 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.25%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) MLflow
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 148 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 103 (25.50%) Finance
3 80 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.41%) Law
5 27 (6.68%) Marketing
6 16 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.71%) Retail
8 13 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.22%) Legal
9 12 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.97%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.73%) Advertising
10 7 (1.73%) Billing
10 7 (1.73%) Games
11 6 (1.49%) Local Government
12 5 (1.24%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.24%) Military
12 5 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.50%) Banking
13 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 104 (25.74%) Senior
2 75 (18.56%) Data Engineer
3 71 (17.57%) Developer
4 63 (15.59%) Analyst
5 42 (10.40%) Software Engineer
6 32 (7.92%) Data Analyst
6 32 (7.92%) Senior Data Engineer
7 31 (7.67%) Lead
8 22 (5.45%) Consultant
9 20 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.22%) .NET Developer
12 12 (2.97%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (2.97%) Support Engineer
13 11 (2.72%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.48%) SQL Analyst
15 9 (2.23%) Data Consultant
15 9 (2.23%) Senior Platform Engineer
15 9 (2.23%) Snowflake Engineer
15 9 (2.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.66%) .NET
2 30 (7.43%) Node.js
2 30 (7.43%) React
3 28 (6.93%) HTML
4 25 (6.19%) PySpark
5 23 (5.69%) CSS
5 23 (5.69%) Terraform
6 15 (3.71%) AngularJS
6 15 (3.71%) ASP.NET
6 15 (3.71%) Kafka
6 15 (3.71%) Next.js
6 15 (3.71%) Vue
7 13 (3.22%) REST
8 12 (2.97%) .NET Core
8 12 (2.97%) Spring
9 11 (2.72%) ASP.NET Core
9 11 (2.72%) Middleware
9 11 (2.72%) RESTful
9 11 (2.72%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.23%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.94%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.20%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.46%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.48%) Marketing Technology
8 9 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.23%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.49%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.24%) Online Gambling
12 4 (0.99%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.99%) Clustering
12 4 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.74%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.45%) Windows
2 17 (4.21%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.49%) Linux
4 4 (0.99%) Android
5 3 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (26.24%) AI
1 106 (26.24%) Analytics
2 103 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (23.27%) Agile
4 83 (20.54%) Business Intelligence
5 80 (19.80%) CI/CD
6 71 (17.57%) Decision-Making
7 69 (17.08%) Software Engineering
8 64 (15.84%) Data Engineering
9 57 (14.11%) Data Pipeline
10 55 (13.61%) Mentoring
11 54 (13.37%) ETL
12 53 (13.12%) Data Modelling
12 53 (13.12%) DevOps
13 44 (10.89%) Validation
14 43 (10.64%) Data Analysis
14 43 (10.64%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (9.16%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 170 (42.08%) Python
2 50 (12.38%) TypeScript
3 44 (10.89%) C#
3 44 (10.89%) Java
4 43 (10.64%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.70%) PowerShell
6 17 (4.21%) PHP
7 11 (2.72%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.23%) Bash
8 9 (2.23%) Scala
9 8 (1.98%) R
10 6 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.99%) Bicep
11 4 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.74%) Go
12 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.50%) C++
14 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.25%) VBA
14 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (10.89%) Degree
2 21 (5.20%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.21%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.72%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.73%) ACCA
8 6 (1.49%) CIMA
9 5 (1.24%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.99%) MCSA
10 4 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.25%) CFA
12 1 (0.25%) HNC
12 1 (0.25%) HND
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (18.32%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.19%) QA
3 10 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.50%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) IFRS
6 1 (0.25%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (4.46%) Docker
2 16 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.98%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.99%) 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 11 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
3 5 (1.24%) Grafana
4 3 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 112 (27.72%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.92%) Databricks
3 20 (4.95%) Google
4 18 (4.46%) VMware
5 15 (3.71%) Oracle
6 8 (1.98%) Informatica
6 8 (1.98%) SAP
7 7 (1.73%) Sage
7 7 (1.73%) Splunk
8 6 (1.49%) Adobe
8 6 (1.49%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.24%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.99%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.99%) NEC
10 4 (0.99%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.74%) Facebook
11 3 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.74%) Veeam
12 2 (0.50%) Mistral