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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 18 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 318 248 565
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.44% 11.63% 10.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.65% 30.73% 32.93%
Number of salaries quoted 248 163 440
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,751 £77,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -

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 945 807 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.16% 37.83% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 761 499 1,412
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 27 May 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 27 May 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 9 £42,000 +12.00% 2
Bolton +18 8 £66,250 +97.76% 2
Wigan 0 5 £37,500 -3.85% 2
Stockport -6 5 £55,000 -1.35% 2
Sale +4 3 £60,000 -
Cheadle -3 1 £55,000 - 1
Salford -20 1 - - 10
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 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.26%) IIS
4 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.94%) Apache
6 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.63%) CICS
6 2 (0.63%) Confluence
6 2 (0.63%) JBoss
7 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.31%) PegaRULES
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (1.89%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.94%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.63%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (32.08%) Azure
2 79 (24.84%) AWS
3 60 (18.87%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.43%) GCP
5 27 (8.49%) SaaS
6 19 (5.97%) Azure AI
6 19 (5.97%) GitHub
6 19 (5.97%) Serverless
7 17 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.09%) Amazon S3
8 13 (4.09%) Anthropic Claude
8 13 (4.09%) Snowflake
9 11 (3.46%) Azure AKS
10 10 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.20%) dbt
13 7 (2.20%) Google Sheets
13 7 (2.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.20%) Firewall
2 6 (1.89%) SAN
3 5 (1.57%) DNS
4 3 (0.94%) DHCP
4 3 (0.94%) LTE
4 3 (0.94%) VLAN
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) Network Security
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) TCAP
6 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (17.61%) Power BI
1 56 (17.61%) SQL Server
2 40 (12.58%) Tableau
3 29 (9.12%) NoSQL
4 18 (5.66%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (5.03%) Data Lake
6 16 (5.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (4.72%) MongoDB
7 15 (4.72%) MySQL
8 14 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (4.09%) Data Mining
10 11 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (3.46%) BigQuery
11 9 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (2.20%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.89%) Big Data
13 6 (1.89%) DB2
13 6 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 25 (7.86%) Git
2 13 (4.09%) Claude Code
3 8 (2.52%) JIRA
4 7 (2.20%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.26%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.94%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
6 3 (0.94%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.63%) MSTest
7 2 (0.63%) NUnit
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.31%) Postman
General
1 100 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.96%) Finance
3 61 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.35%) Marketing
5 12 (3.77%) Law
5 12 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.46%) Advertising
6 11 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.52%) Retail
8 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.26%) Banking
11 3 (0.94%) French Language
11 3 (0.94%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.94%) Local Government
11 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.94%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.94%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.63%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (27.99%) Senior
2 68 (21.38%) Analyst
3 60 (18.87%) Data Engineer
4 49 (15.41%) Developer
5 43 (13.52%) Data Analyst
6 37 (11.64%) Lead
7 32 (10.06%) Senior Data Engineer
8 30 (9.43%) Software Engineer
9 19 (5.97%) Junior
9 19 (5.97%) Junior Analyst
9 19 (5.97%) Junior Data Analyst
10 16 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (4.72%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (4.40%) Database Engineer
12 14 (4.40%) Senior Java Engineer
13 13 (4.09%) SQL Developer
14 12 (3.77%) Lead Software Engineer
15 11 (3.46%) Architect
15 11 (3.46%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.49%) .NET
2 26 (8.18%) CSS
3 25 (7.86%) HTML
3 25 (7.86%) RESTful
4 20 (6.29%) React
5 18 (5.66%) Kafka
6 13 (4.09%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.09%) Node.js
7 10 (3.14%) .NET Framework
7 10 (3.14%) Spring
8 9 (2.83%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.52%) Pandas
9 8 (2.52%) PySpark
9 8 (2.52%) Vue
10 7 (2.20%) REST
11 6 (1.89%) CSS3
11 6 (1.89%) HTML5
12 5 (1.57%) J2EE
12 5 (1.57%) JSON
12 5 (1.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.29%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.09%) Legacy Applications
4 12 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.20%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.26%) Clustering
9 4 (1.26%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.94%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.09%) Windows
2 11 (3.46%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.52%) Android
4 6 (1.89%) Linux
5 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.79%) Agile
2 79 (24.84%) Analytics
3 74 (23.27%) Business Intelligence
4 62 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (18.87%) AI
6 59 (18.55%) CI/CD
7 56 (17.61%) ETL
8 43 (13.52%) Software Engineering
9 42 (13.21%) Data Modelling
9 42 (13.21%) Mentoring
10 37 (11.64%) Data Engineering
10 37 (11.64%) DevOps
11 31 (9.75%) Decision-Making
12 30 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (9.12%) Data Analysis
13 29 (9.12%) Microservices
14 28 (8.81%) Collaborative Culture
15 26 (8.18%) Clean Code
16 25 (7.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 133 (41.82%) Python
2 50 (15.72%) Java
3 36 (11.32%) C#
4 26 (8.18%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.09%) T-SQL
6 12 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.52%) PHP
8 6 (1.89%) Bash
9 5 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.26%) Scala
11 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.94%) Go
11 3 (0.94%) R
11 3 (0.94%) VBA
12 2 (0.63%) Bicep
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) Groovy
13 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 26 (8.18%) Azure Certification
2 21 (6.60%) Degree
3 13 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.26%) MCSA
6 4 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.31%) MBA
9 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.01%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.46%) QA
3 3 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.31%) HL7
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.09%) Active Directory
1 13 (4.09%) Docker
2 8 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.31%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.31%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (5.97%) Kubernetes
1 19 (5.97%) Terraform
2 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (0.94%) Ansible
3 3 (0.94%) Rancher
4 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.63%) Grafana
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.66%) Databricks
3 16 (5.03%) Google
4 13 (4.09%) Oracle
5 11 (3.46%) VMware
6 9 (2.83%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.89%) Northgate
8 5 (1.57%) Adobe
8 5 (1.57%) Xamarin
9 3 (0.94%) Pega
9 3 (0.94%) SAP
10 2 (0.63%) Adyen
10 2 (0.63%) Cognos
10 2 (0.63%) Facebook
10 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.63%) IBM
10 2 (0.63%) Veeam
11 1 (0.31%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow