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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 391 242 409
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.08% 10.34% 10.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.45% 32.53% 34.03%
Number of salaries quoted 290 159 190
10th Percentile £37,400 £32,750 £39,563
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -8.47%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,375 £82,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £51,029
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.02% -5.79%

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 1,169 744 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.18% 31.78% 31.17%
Number of salaries quoted 851 458 636
10th Percentile £40,500 £32,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £46,250
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 £73,438 £69,313
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,150 £80,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -

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 14 October 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 14 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
Oldham +9 10 £67,500 +80.00%
Bolton -3 10 £58,250 +73.88% 8
Salford -15 10 £95,000 +111.11% 8
Stockport +2 8 £70,000 +40.00% 3
Sale +8 6 £66,250 - 1
Wigan +2 5 £37,500 -
Cheadle -3 4 £55,000 - 4
Altrincham +6 2 £51,250 -6.82% 2
Bury - 1 £55,000 -
Rochdale - 1 - - 7
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 20 (5.12%) IIS
2 16 (4.09%) Apache
2 16 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.81%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.79%) Confluence
4 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (1.28%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.02%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (9.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.02%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.77%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.26%) Odoo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.26%) Sage CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 135 (34.53%) Azure
2 109 (27.88%) AWS
3 65 (16.62%) Power Platform
4 45 (11.51%) GitHub
5 36 (9.21%) GCP
6 35 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (7.67%) Snowflake
8 25 (6.39%) SaaS
9 24 (6.14%) Serverless
10 23 (5.88%) Amazon S3
11 21 (5.37%) dbt
12 16 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (2.56%) Anthropic Claude
15 10 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (2.30%) Power Automate
17 8 (2.05%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.07%) Firewall
2 11 (2.81%) DNS
3 9 (2.30%) VPN
4 8 (2.05%) DHCP
4 8 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.02%) SAN
6 3 (0.77%) HTTP
6 3 (0.77%) LTE
6 3 (0.77%) SMS
6 3 (0.77%) VLAN
7 1 (0.26%) AMQP
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.58%) Power BI
1 57 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (5.37%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (4.86%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.35%) Relational Database
6 17 (4.35%) Tableau
7 16 (4.09%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (3.07%) BigQuery
8 12 (3.07%) DynamoDB
8 12 (3.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (2.56%) Metadata
10 8 (2.05%) MySQL
11 7 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.79%) Big Data
11 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.53%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 35 (8.95%) Git
2 11 (2.81%) Claude Code
3 10 (2.56%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.56%) JIRA
4 8 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.79%) GitLab
6 5 (1.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.77%) NUnit
7 3 (0.77%) Postman
7 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.51%) MSTest
8 2 (0.51%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.26%) Maven
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 145 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 101 (25.83%) Finance
3 79 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.97%) Law
5 28 (7.16%) Marketing
6 16 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.84%) Legal
7 15 (3.84%) Retail
8 13 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.05%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.79%) Billing
11 7 (1.79%) Games
12 6 (1.53%) Local Government
13 5 (1.28%) Advertising
13 5 (1.28%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.28%) Military
13 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.77%) iGaming
14 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (25.06%) Senior
2 70 (17.90%) Data Engineer
2 70 (17.90%) Developer
3 61 (15.60%) Analyst
4 41 (10.49%) Software Engineer
5 31 (7.93%) Lead
6 29 (7.42%) Data Analyst
7 27 (6.91%) Senior Data Engineer
8 20 (5.12%) Consultant
8 20 (5.12%) Senior Software Engineer
9 18 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (3.84%) .NET Developer
11 12 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (3.07%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.81%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.56%) AWS Data Engineer
13 10 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (2.56%) SQL Analyst
14 9 (2.30%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 9 (2.30%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.46%) .NET
2 29 (7.42%) Node.js
2 29 (7.42%) React
3 28 (7.16%) HTML
4 25 (6.39%) PySpark
5 23 (5.88%) CSS
6 22 (5.63%) Terraform
7 16 (4.09%) REST
8 15 (3.84%) ASP.NET
8 15 (3.84%) Next.js
8 15 (3.84%) Vue
9 14 (3.58%) AngularJS
9 14 (3.58%) Kafka
10 12 (3.07%) .NET Core
10 12 (3.07%) Middleware
11 11 (2.81%) ASP.NET Core
11 11 (2.81%) Spring
11 11 (2.81%) Spring Boot
12 9 (2.30%) Entity Framework
12 9 (2.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.39%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.12%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.12%) Data Structures
2 20 (5.12%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.28%) Online Gambling
9 4 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.02%) Clustering
9 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.37%) Windows
2 15 (3.84%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.53%) Linux
4 3 (0.77%) Android
4 3 (0.77%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (28.39%) AI
2 104 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (26.09%) Analytics
4 93 (23.79%) Agile
5 83 (21.23%) Business Intelligence
6 81 (20.72%) CI/CD
7 70 (17.90%) Decision-Making
8 67 (17.14%) Software Engineering
9 59 (15.09%) Data Engineering
10 56 (14.32%) Mentoring
11 55 (14.07%) Data Modelling
12 54 (13.81%) DevOps
13 53 (13.55%) Data Pipeline
14 47 (12.02%) ETL
15 44 (11.25%) Full-Stack Development
15 44 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (11.00%) Validation
17 42 (10.74%) Data Analysis
18 39 (9.97%) Machine Learning
19 37 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 161 (41.18%) Python
2 50 (12.79%) TypeScript
3 44 (11.25%) C#
4 42 (10.74%) JavaScript
5 41 (10.49%) Java
6 17 (4.35%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.09%) PHP
8 11 (2.81%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.30%) Bash
9 9 (2.30%) Scala
10 8 (2.05%) R
11 6 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.77%) Go
13 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.51%) Bicep
14 2 (0.51%) C++
15 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (11.00%) Degree
2 20 (5.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.09%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.07%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.05%) ACCA
6 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.79%) CIMA
8 5 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.02%) MCSA
9 4 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) CFA
10 1 (0.26%) CISSP
10 1 (0.26%) HNC
10 1 (0.26%) HND
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (17.90%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.16%) QA
3 10 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) GRC
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (4.60%) Docker
2 16 (4.09%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.77%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.67%) Databricks
3 21 (5.37%) Google
4 16 (4.09%) VMware
5 14 (3.58%) Oracle
6 8 (2.05%) Informatica
6 8 (2.05%) Sage
7 7 (1.79%) SAP
7 7 (1.79%) Splunk
8 6 (1.53%) Adobe
8 6 (1.53%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.28%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.02%) NEC
11 3 (0.77%) Facebook
11 3 (0.77%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.77%) Veeam
11 3 (0.77%) Xamarin
12 2 (0.51%) Mistral