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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 -5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 382 245 413
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.02% 10.30% 10.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.63% 32.67% 33.80%
Number of salaries quoted 286 159 202
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,750 £39,063
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 £74,688 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £72,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.38% -4.75%

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 1,136 750 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.92% 31.54% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 835 457 659
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £45,250
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 £72,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,800 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 8 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 8 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 -2 9 £58,250 +73.88% 11
Salford -18 9 £95,000 +111.11% 7
Stockport 0 7 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Sale +8 6 £66,250 - 1
Wigan +4 5 £37,500 - 3
Cheadle -3 3 £55,000 - 3
Altrincham +6 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 (4.97%) IIS
2 17 (4.45%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (4.19%) Apache
4 11 (2.88%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.83%) Confluence
6 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.57%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (1.05%) Jupyter
8 4 (1.05%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.52%) nginx
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.05%) NetSuite
1 4 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.79%) 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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 130 (34.03%) Azure
2 108 (28.27%) AWS
3 60 (15.71%) Power Platform
4 44 (11.52%) GitHub
5 35 (9.16%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (9.16%) GCP
6 30 (7.85%) Snowflake
7 25 (6.54%) Serverless
8 24 (6.28%) SaaS
9 22 (5.76%) Amazon S3
10 20 (5.24%) dbt
11 16 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (2.62%) Anthropic Claude
14 10 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (2.62%) GitHub Copilot
15 9 (2.36%) Power Automate
16 8 (2.09%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.14%) Firewall
2 11 (2.88%) DNS
3 9 (2.36%) VPN
4 8 (2.09%) DHCP
4 8 (2.09%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.05%) SAN
6 3 (0.79%) HTTP
6 3 (0.79%) LTE
6 3 (0.79%) SMS
6 3 (0.79%) VLAN
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.66%) SQL Server
2 52 (13.61%) Power BI
3 27 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (5.76%) MongoDB
5 20 (5.24%) NoSQL
5 20 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (4.71%) Tableau
8 17 (4.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (4.19%) Relational Database
10 13 (3.40%) DynamoDB
11 12 (3.14%) BigQuery
11 12 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (2.36%) Metadata
13 8 (2.09%) Data Lake
13 8 (2.09%) MySQL
14 7 (1.83%) Big Data
15 6 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (1.57%) Delta Lake
15 6 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 33 (8.64%) Git
2 11 (2.88%) Bitbucket
3 10 (2.62%) Claude Code
4 9 (2.36%) JIRA
5 6 (1.57%) GitLab
5 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.79%) NUnit
7 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.52%) MSTest
8 2 (0.52%) Postman
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
1 144 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.87%) Finance
3 77 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.95%) Law
5 28 (7.33%) Marketing
6 16 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.93%) Retail
8 14 (3.66%) Legal
9 13 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.83%) Billing
12 7 (1.83%) Games
13 6 (1.57%) Local Government
14 5 (1.31%) Advertising
14 5 (1.31%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.31%) Military
14 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.79%) iGaming
16 2 (0.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (25.39%) Senior
2 70 (18.32%) Data Engineer
3 69 (18.06%) Developer
4 61 (15.97%) Analyst
5 40 (10.47%) Software Engineer
6 30 (7.85%) Lead
7 29 (7.59%) Data Analyst
8 28 (7.33%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.24%) Consultant
10 19 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.45%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (3.93%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.14%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.88%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.62%) SQL Analyst
16 9 (2.36%) Data Consultant
16 9 (2.36%) Senior Platform Engineer
16 9 (2.36%) Snowflake Engineer
16 9 (2.36%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.69%) .NET
2 29 (7.59%) React
3 28 (7.33%) Node.js
4 27 (7.07%) HTML
5 24 (6.28%) PySpark
6 22 (5.76%) CSS
7 20 (5.24%) Terraform
8 15 (3.93%) ASP.NET
8 15 (3.93%) Next.js
8 15 (3.93%) Vue
9 14 (3.66%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.40%) Kafka
10 13 (3.40%) REST
11 12 (3.14%) .NET Core
12 11 (2.88%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (2.88%) Middleware
13 10 (2.62%) Spring
13 10 (2.62%) Spring Boot
14 9 (2.36%) Entity Framework
14 9 (2.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.28%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.24%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.71%) Data Structures
3 18 (4.71%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.62%) Marketing Technology
7 9 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.09%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.05%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.05%) Clustering
10 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.05%) Online Gambling
11 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.24%) Windows
2 15 (3.93%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.57%) Linux
4 3 (0.79%) Android
4 3 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (27.49%) AI
2 100 (26.18%) Analytics
2 100 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (23.56%) Agile
4 79 (20.68%) CI/CD
5 78 (20.42%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (18.06%) Decision-Making
7 65 (17.02%) Software Engineering
8 59 (15.45%) Data Engineering
9 54 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
10 53 (13.87%) DevOps
10 53 (13.87%) Mentoring
11 52 (13.61%) Data Modelling
12 50 (13.09%) ETL
13 43 (11.26%) Data Analysis
13 43 (11.26%) Validation
14 42 (10.99%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (9.69%) Machine Learning
17 34 (8.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 160 (41.88%) Python
2 48 (12.57%) TypeScript
3 44 (11.52%) C#
4 41 (10.73%) JavaScript
5 39 (10.21%) Java
6 17 (4.45%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.19%) PHP
8 11 (2.88%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.36%) Bash
9 9 (2.36%) Scala
10 8 (2.09%) R
11 5 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.79%) Go
13 3 (0.79%) 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 44 (11.52%) Degree
2 19 (4.97%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.93%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.14%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.83%) ACCA
7 6 (1.57%) CIMA
8 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.05%) MCSA
9 4 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) CFA
11 1 (0.26%) HNC
11 1 (0.26%) HND
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (18.06%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.07%) QA
3 10 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (4.45%) Docker
2 14 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.09%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.05%) 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 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.05%) Grafana
4 3 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (28.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.59%) Databricks
3 21 (5.50%) Google
4 16 (4.19%) VMware
5 14 (3.66%) Oracle
6 8 (2.09%) Informatica
7 7 (1.83%) Sage
7 7 (1.83%) SAP
7 7 (1.83%) Splunk
8 6 (1.57%) Adobe
8 6 (1.57%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.05%) Alteryx
10 4 (1.05%) NEC
11 3 (0.79%) Facebook
11 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.79%) Veeam
11 3 (0.79%) Xamarin
12 2 (0.52%) UiPath