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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 392 266 454
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.79% 10.64% 10.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.28% 31.15% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 299 180 293
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,675 £38,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,850 £78,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +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 1,111 854 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.40% 34.15% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 864 545 964
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.60% -0.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.08%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +10 10 £67,500 +80.00% 1
Bolton +10 7 £50,000 +49.25% 2
Wigan +3 6 £42,500 - 1
Stockport 0 5 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Sale +7 4 £60,000 -
Cheadle 0 3 £55,000 - 1
Salford -22 3 £62,500 +38.89% 6
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 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.83%) IIS
3 14 (3.57%) Apache
4 11 (2.81%) Apache Spark
5 8 (2.04%) Confluence
6 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.79%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.51%) CICS
8 2 (0.51%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (13.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.77%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Magento
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
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%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 146 (37.24%) Azure
2 126 (32.14%) AWS
3 69 (17.60%) Power Platform
4 41 (10.46%) GCP
5 39 (9.95%) GitHub
6 34 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (7.40%) Serverless
8 27 (6.89%) Snowflake
9 26 (6.63%) SaaS
10 23 (5.87%) Amazon S3
11 19 (4.85%) dbt
12 18 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (3.83%) Anthropic Claude
13 15 (3.83%) Azure AI
14 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.55%) Power Automate
16 9 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.04%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.83%) Firewall
2 13 (3.32%) DNS
3 10 (2.55%) DHCP
4 9 (2.30%) VPN
5 8 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.53%) SAN
7 3 (0.77%) HTTP
7 3 (0.77%) LTE
7 3 (0.77%) VLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (18.11%) SQL Server
2 61 (15.56%) Power BI
3 33 (8.42%) Tableau
4 29 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (6.89%) NoSQL
6 25 (6.38%) MongoDB
7 23 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (4.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (4.08%) Relational Database
11 13 (3.32%) BigQuery
11 13 (3.32%) DynamoDB
12 11 (2.81%) MySQL
13 10 (2.55%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.79%) Big Data
15 6 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (1.28%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 36 (9.18%) Git
2 15 (3.83%) Claude Code
3 13 (3.32%) JIRA
4 12 (3.06%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.04%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.02%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.77%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.77%) NUnit
8 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.51%) GitLab
9 2 (0.51%) MSTest
9 2 (0.51%) Postman
9 2 (0.51%) Vite
10 1 (0.26%) MLflow
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 141 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.23%) Finance
3 75 (19.13%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.18%) Law
5 22 (5.61%) Marketing
6 15 (3.83%) Retail
7 14 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.06%) Advertising
8 12 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.81%) Legal
10 7 (1.79%) Billing
11 5 (1.28%) Games
11 5 (1.28%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.28%) Local Government
11 5 (1.28%) Military
11 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.02%) Banking
13 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (24.74%) Senior
2 76 (19.39%) Data Engineer
3 71 (18.11%) Developer
4 60 (15.31%) Analyst
5 45 (11.48%) Lead
5 45 (11.48%) Software Engineer
6 39 (9.95%) Data Analyst
7 33 (8.42%) Senior Data Engineer
8 20 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (3.83%) Junior
10 14 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.57%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.32%) .NET Developer
11 13 (3.32%) Consultant
11 13 (3.32%) Junior Analyst
11 13 (3.32%) Junior Data Analyst
11 13 (3.32%) Lead Software Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Database Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Java Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.95%) .NET
2 35 (8.93%) HTML
2 35 (8.93%) React
3 30 (7.65%) CSS
4 27 (6.89%) Node.js
5 22 (5.61%) RESTful
6 21 (5.36%) AngularJS
7 18 (4.59%) Kafka
8 17 (4.34%) PySpark
9 16 (4.08%) ASP.NET
9 16 (4.08%) Next.js
10 14 (3.57%) Spring
10 14 (3.57%) Vue
11 13 (3.32%) Spring Boot
12 12 (3.06%) .NET Core
12 12 (3.06%) REST
13 11 (2.81%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (2.81%) Middleware
14 9 (2.30%) Entity Framework
15 8 (2.04%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.36%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.36%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.81%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
9 6 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.28%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.28%) Online Gambling
11 4 (1.02%) Clustering
11 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.02%) Replication
12 3 (0.77%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.12%) Windows
2 18 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.02%) Android
3 4 (1.02%) Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (27.04%) Agile
2 96 (24.49%) Analytics
3 91 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (21.68%) AI
5 83 (21.17%) Business Intelligence
6 80 (20.41%) CI/CD
7 68 (17.35%) Software Engineering
8 62 (15.82%) Data Engineering
8 62 (15.82%) Decision-Making
9 53 (13.52%) DevOps
9 53 (13.52%) ETL
10 48 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
10 48 (12.24%) Mentoring
11 47 (11.99%) Data Modelling
12 41 (10.46%) Collaborative Culture
13 39 (9.95%) Full-Stack Development
14 37 (9.44%) Validation
15 36 (9.18%) Data Analysis
16 34 (8.67%) Machine Learning
17 33 (8.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 172 (43.88%) Python
2 53 (13.52%) C#
3 48 (12.24%) Java
4 39 (9.95%) TypeScript
5 38 (9.69%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.10%) PHP
7 15 (3.83%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.06%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.30%) Scala
10 7 (1.79%) Bash
11 6 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.53%) R
12 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.51%) Bicep
13 2 (0.51%) C++
13 2 (0.51%) Go
13 2 (0.51%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (9.69%) Degree
2 19 (4.85%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.83%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.81%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.55%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.79%) ACCA
6 7 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.53%) CIMA
8 5 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.02%) MCSA
9 4 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) CFA
11 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (15.82%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.89%) QA
3 6 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
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 19 (4.85%) Docker
2 16 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.83%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.04%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.28%) 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 23 (5.87%) Terraform
2 15 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.28%) Grafana
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.91%) Databricks
3 19 (4.85%) VMware
4 15 (3.83%) Google
5 12 (3.06%) Oracle
6 8 (2.04%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.79%) Splunk
8 6 (1.53%) Adobe
9 4 (1.02%) Informatica
9 4 (1.02%) NEC
9 4 (1.02%) Sage
9 4 (1.02%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.77%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.77%) Facebook
10 3 (0.77%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.77%) Pega
10 3 (0.77%) SAP
10 3 (0.77%) Veeam
11 2 (0.51%) Adyen
11 2 (0.51%) IBM