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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 379 267 609
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.97% 11.00% 10.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.49% 30.41% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 297 183 442
10th Percentile £38,900 £31,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,818 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,550 £78,625
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 1,068 878 1,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.82% 36.18% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 844 564 1,426
10th Percentile £40,725 £33,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
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% -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 6 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 6 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 +11 9 £62,500 +86.57% 1
Wigan +3 6 £42,500 +8.97% 2
Stockport +1 5 £55,000 - 2
Oldham +10 3 - - 3
Sale +7 3 £60,000 -
Cheadle -1 3 £55,000 - 1
Salford -19 3 £62,500 +38.89% 8
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 15 (3.96%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.43%) IIS
3 11 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.37%) Apache
5 8 (2.11%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.85%) Confluence
6 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.53%) CICS
8 2 (0.53%) JBoss
8 2 (0.53%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.17%) 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%) 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
1 137 (36.15%) Azure
2 110 (29.02%) AWS
3 66 (17.41%) Power Platform
4 36 (9.50%) GCP
5 28 (7.39%) SaaS
6 27 (7.12%) GitHub
7 26 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (6.86%) Serverless
8 18 (4.75%) Amazon S3
9 17 (4.49%) Anthropic Claude
9 17 (4.49%) Azure AI
10 16 (4.22%) Snowflake
11 15 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.64%) dbt
13 8 (2.11%) Azure AKS
13 8 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.11%) Google Sheets
13 8 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.96%) Firewall
2 13 (3.43%) DNS
3 10 (2.64%) 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%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.47%) SQL Server
2 61 (16.09%) Power BI
3 39 (10.29%) Tableau
4 30 (7.92%) NoSQL
5 23 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.80%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (4.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (4.49%) Relational Database
10 15 (3.96%) MySQL
11 12 (3.17%) Data Lake
12 10 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (2.64%) BigQuery
13 8 (2.11%) Data Mining
14 7 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.85%) Big Data
14 7 (1.85%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (8.44%) Git
2 17 (4.49%) Claude Code
3 12 (3.17%) JIRA
4 9 (2.37%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.06%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.79%) GitLab
7 3 (0.79%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.53%) MSTest
8 2 (0.53%) NUnit
8 2 (0.53%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 115 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 87 (22.96%) Finance
3 68 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.44%) Law
5 18 (4.75%) Marketing
6 15 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.96%) Retail
7 14 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.17%) Advertising
8 12 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.90%) Legal
10 6 (1.58%) Billing
10 6 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.32%) Banking
11 5 (1.32%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.32%) Military
11 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.06%) Games
12 4 (1.06%) Local Government
13 3 (0.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 93 (24.54%) Senior
2 73 (19.26%) Data Engineer
3 62 (16.36%) Developer
4 61 (16.09%) Analyst
5 43 (11.35%) Software Engineer
6 41 (10.82%) Lead
7 39 (10.29%) Data Analyst
8 33 (8.71%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (4.22%) Junior
10 16 (4.22%) Junior Analyst
10 16 (4.22%) Junior Data Analyst
11 15 (3.96%) Java Engineer
11 15 (3.96%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.69%) Database Engineer
12 14 (3.69%) Senior Java Engineer
13 13 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.43%) Lead Software Engineer
13 13 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (3.43%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.71%) .NET
1 33 (8.71%) HTML
2 32 (8.44%) CSS
2 32 (8.44%) React
3 24 (6.33%) Node.js
3 24 (6.33%) RESTful
4 19 (5.01%) AngularJS
4 19 (5.01%) Kafka
5 15 (3.96%) Next.js
5 15 (3.96%) PySpark
6 14 (3.69%) Spring
6 14 (3.69%) Vue
7 13 (3.43%) Spring Boot
8 12 (3.17%) ASP.NET
9 10 (2.64%) Middleware
9 10 (2.64%) REST
10 9 (2.37%) .NET Core
10 9 (2.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 8 (2.11%) FastAPI
11 8 (2.11%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.43%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (3.17%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.64%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Clustering
11 4 (1.06%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.79%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.07%) Windows
2 18 (4.75%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.11%) Android
4 6 (1.58%) Linux
5 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (25.33%) Agile
1 96 (25.33%) Analytics
2 82 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (21.11%) Business Intelligence
4 75 (19.79%) CI/CD
5 71 (18.73%) AI
6 66 (17.41%) Software Engineering
7 55 (14.51%) Decision-Making
8 51 (13.46%) ETL
9 50 (13.19%) Data Engineering
10 47 (12.40%) Data Modelling
11 45 (11.87%) DevOps
11 45 (11.87%) Mentoring
12 43 (11.35%) Data Pipeline
13 36 (9.50%) Full-Stack Development
14 35 (9.23%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (8.44%) Data Analysis
17 31 (8.18%) Test Automation
17 31 (8.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 155 (40.90%) Python
2 49 (12.93%) Java
3 48 (12.66%) C#
4 33 (8.71%) JavaScript
5 31 (8.18%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.22%) PHP
7 15 (3.96%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.64%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.37%) Scala
10 6 (1.58%) Bash
11 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.32%) R
12 4 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.53%) Bicep
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) C++
14 1 (0.26%) Go
14 1 (0.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 29 (7.65%) Degree
2 22 (5.80%) Azure Certification
3 18 (4.75%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.58%) ACCA
6 6 (1.58%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.32%) CIMA
8 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.06%) MCSA
8 4 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.53%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.26%) CFA
10 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.72%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.01%) QA
3 3 (0.79%) 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 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.96%) Docker
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 22 (5.80%) Terraform
2 18 (4.75%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.79%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Rancher
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.92%) Databricks
3 20 (5.28%) VMware
4 15 (3.96%) Google
5 14 (3.69%) Oracle
6 10 (2.64%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.58%) Adobe
8 5 (1.32%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.06%) Sage
9 4 (1.06%) Splunk
10 3 (0.79%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.79%) Facebook
10 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.79%) Pega
10 3 (0.79%) SAP
10 3 (0.79%) Veeam
11 2 (0.53%) Adyen
11 2 (0.53%) Cognos
11 2 (0.53%) IBM
11 2 (0.53%) MuleSoft