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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 386 241 408
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.05% 10.27% 10.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.68% 32.44% 33.80%
Number of salaries quoted 285 159 192
10th Percentile £36,900 £32,750 £39,763
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.67% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,125
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.08% -5.23%

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 1,146 743 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.99% 31.67% 31.08%
Number of salaries quoted 836 456 643
10th Percentile £40,000 £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 £73,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,250 £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 12 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 12 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 -4 10 £58,250 +73.88% 8
Salford -14 9 £95,000 +111.11% 8
Stockport +4 8 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Sale +8 6 £66,250 -
Wigan +4 5 £37,500 - 1
Cheadle -3 3 £55,000 - 4
Altrincham +6 2 £51,250 -6.82% 2
Bury - 1 £55,000 -
Rochdale - 1 - - 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 19 (4.92%) IIS
2 16 (4.15%) Apache
2 16 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.85%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.81%) Confluence
5 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (1.04%) Jupyter
7 4 (1.04%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.52%) 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 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.78%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.52%) 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
1 131 (33.94%) Azure
2 108 (27.98%) AWS
3 64 (16.58%) Power Platform
4 44 (11.40%) GitHub
5 35 (9.07%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (9.07%) GCP
6 30 (7.77%) Snowflake
7 25 (6.48%) SaaS
7 25 (6.48%) Serverless
8 23 (5.96%) Amazon S3
9 21 (5.44%) dbt
10 16 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.59%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (2.59%) GitHub Copilot
14 9 (2.33%) Power Automate
15 8 (2.07%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.11%) Firewall
2 11 (2.85%) DNS
3 9 (2.33%) VPN
4 8 (2.07%) DHCP
4 8 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.04%) SAN
6 3 (0.78%) HTTP
6 3 (0.78%) LTE
6 3 (0.78%) SMS
6 3 (0.78%) 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 (14.77%) SQL Server
2 56 (14.51%) Power BI
3 28 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.18%) MongoDB
5 19 (4.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (4.66%) NoSQL
7 17 (4.40%) Tableau
8 16 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (4.15%) Relational Database
9 12 (3.11%) BigQuery
9 12 (3.11%) DynamoDB
9 12 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.59%) Metadata
11 8 (2.07%) MySQL
12 7 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.81%) Big Data
12 7 (1.81%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.55%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 34 (8.81%) Git
2 11 (2.85%) Claude Code
3 10 (2.59%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.59%) JIRA
4 7 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.55%) GitLab
6 5 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.78%) NUnit
7 3 (0.78%) Postman
7 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.52%) MSTest
8 2 (0.52%) 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
1 143 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 100 (25.91%) Finance
3 80 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.84%) Law
5 28 (7.25%) Marketing
6 16 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.89%) Retail
8 14 (3.63%) Legal
9 13 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.07%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.81%) Billing
12 7 (1.81%) Games
13 6 (1.55%) Local Government
14 5 (1.30%) Advertising
14 5 (1.30%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.30%) Military
14 5 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.78%) iGaming
16 2 (0.52%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 96 (24.87%) Senior
2 70 (18.13%) Data Engineer
3 69 (17.88%) Developer
4 60 (15.54%) Analyst
5 41 (10.62%) Software Engineer
6 32 (8.29%) Lead
7 28 (7.25%) Data Analyst
8 27 (6.99%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.18%) Consultant
9 20 (5.18%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (3.89%) .NET Developer
12 12 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.85%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.85%) Support Engineer
14 10 (2.59%) AWS Data Engineer
14 10 (2.59%) AWS Engineer
14 10 (2.59%) SQL Analyst
15 9 (2.33%) Data Consultant
15 9 (2.33%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.59%) .NET
2 28 (7.25%) Node.js
2 28 (7.25%) React
3 27 (6.99%) HTML
4 25 (6.48%) PySpark
5 22 (5.70%) CSS
6 21 (5.44%) Terraform
7 15 (3.89%) ASP.NET
7 15 (3.89%) Next.js
7 15 (3.89%) REST
7 15 (3.89%) Vue
8 14 (3.63%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.63%) Kafka
9 12 (3.11%) .NET Core
9 12 (3.11%) Middleware
10 11 (2.85%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (2.59%) Spring
11 10 (2.59%) Spring Boot
12 9 (2.33%) Entity Framework
12 9 (2.33%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.48%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.92%) Data Structures
2 19 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.59%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.07%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.30%) Online Gambling
9 4 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.04%) Clustering
9 4 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.18%) Windows
2 15 (3.89%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.55%) Linux
4 3 (0.78%) Android
4 3 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.98%) AI
2 102 (26.42%) Analytics
2 102 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (23.83%) Agile
4 82 (21.24%) Business Intelligence
5 79 (20.47%) CI/CD
6 70 (18.13%) Decision-Making
7 66 (17.10%) Software Engineering
8 59 (15.28%) Data Engineering
9 54 (13.99%) Data Modelling
9 54 (13.99%) Mentoring
10 53 (13.73%) Data Pipeline
10 53 (13.73%) DevOps
11 48 (12.44%) ETL
12 43 (11.14%) Data Analysis
12 43 (11.14%) Full-Stack Development
12 43 (11.14%) Validation
13 41 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (9.84%) Machine Learning
15 36 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 159 (41.19%) Python
2 49 (12.69%) TypeScript
3 44 (11.40%) C#
4 41 (10.62%) JavaScript
5 40 (10.36%) Java
6 17 (4.40%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.15%) PHP
8 11 (2.85%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.33%) Bash
9 9 (2.33%) Scala
10 8 (2.07%) R
11 6 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.78%) Go
13 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.52%) Bicep
14 2 (0.52%) C++
15 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (11.14%) Degree
2 19 (4.92%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.89%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.11%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.07%) ACCA
6 8 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.81%) CIMA
8 5 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.04%) MCSA
9 4 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) CISA
10 1 (0.26%) CISM
10 1 (0.26%) CISSP
10 1 (0.26%) HNC
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (18.13%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.25%) QA
3 10 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (4.40%) Docker
2 15 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.04%) 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 10 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.78%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 108 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.51%) Databricks
3 21 (5.44%) Google
4 16 (4.15%) VMware
5 14 (3.63%) Oracle
6 8 (2.07%) Informatica
6 8 (2.07%) Sage
7 7 (1.81%) SAP
7 7 (1.81%) Splunk
8 6 (1.55%) Adobe
8 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.30%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.04%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.04%) NEC
11 3 (0.78%) Facebook
11 3 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.78%) Veeam
11 3 (0.78%) Xamarin
12 2 (0.52%) Mistral