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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 19 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 293 255 568
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.23% 11.28% 11.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.14% 29.72% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 227 172 446
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £75,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,751 £78,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.38%

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 884 858 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.77% 37.95% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 708 555 1,403
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,938 £49,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,375 £93,778 £81,250
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 18 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 18 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 +8 9 £42,000 +12.00% 1
Bolton +22 8 £66,250 +80.27% 6
Stockport -7 5 £55,000 -16.35% 2
Wigan -2 4 £42,500 +8.97% 2
Sale +5 3 £60,000 -
Salford -17 1 - - 9
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 14 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
5 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.68%) CICS
5 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) IIS
5 2 (0.68%) JBoss
6 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (18.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.02%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.68%) Magento
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (31.40%) Azure
2 70 (23.89%) AWS
3 55 (18.77%) Power Platform
4 28 (9.56%) GCP
5 26 (8.87%) SaaS
6 20 (6.83%) Azure AI
7 17 (5.80%) GitHub
8 16 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (5.12%) Serverless
10 13 (4.44%) Anthropic Claude
10 13 (4.44%) Snowflake
11 12 (4.10%) Azure AKS
12 10 (3.41%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (2.39%) Power Automate
16 6 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (2.05%) dbt
16 6 (2.05%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.05%) Firewall
2 5 (1.71%) DNS
2 5 (1.71%) SAN
3 3 (1.02%) DHCP
3 3 (1.02%) LTE
3 3 (1.02%) VLAN
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.34%) TCAP
4 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (17.75%) Power BI
2 49 (16.72%) SQL Server
3 39 (13.31%) Tableau
4 29 (9.90%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.46%) MySQL
6 15 (5.12%) Relational Database
6 15 (5.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (4.78%) Data Mining
7 14 (4.78%) MongoDB
8 13 (4.44%) Data Lake
8 13 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.41%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (2.05%) DB2
13 6 (2.05%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.71%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (8.53%) Git
2 13 (4.44%) Claude Code
3 8 (2.73%) JIRA
4 7 (2.39%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.02%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.02%) GitLab
6 3 (1.02%) IntelliJ
6 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.68%) MSTest
7 2 (0.68%) NUnit
8 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 91 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.87%) Finance
3 54 (18.43%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.44%) Marketing
5 12 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.75%) Advertising
6 11 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.07%) Law
8 7 (2.39%) Retail
9 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.37%) Banking
11 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.02%) French Language
11 3 (1.02%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.02%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (1.02%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.68%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.68%) Local Government
12 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (27.65%) Senior
2 65 (22.18%) Analyst
3 53 (18.09%) Data Engineer
4 45 (15.36%) Developer
5 42 (14.33%) Data Analyst
6 35 (11.95%) Lead
7 31 (10.58%) Software Engineer
8 28 (9.56%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (6.83%) Junior
9 20 (6.83%) Junior Analyst
9 20 (6.83%) Junior Data Analyst
10 16 (5.46%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (5.12%) Java Engineer
12 14 (4.78%) Database Engineer
12 14 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (4.78%) Senior Java Engineer
13 13 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
14 12 (4.10%) SQL Developer
15 11 (3.75%) Trainee
15 11 (3.75%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.22%) .NET
2 26 (8.87%) RESTful
3 24 (8.19%) CSS
4 23 (7.85%) HTML
5 19 (6.48%) React
6 15 (5.12%) Kafka
7 12 (4.10%) .NET Framework
8 11 (3.75%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.75%) Node.js
9 9 (3.07%) Spring
10 8 (2.73%) Pandas
10 8 (2.73%) PySpark
10 8 (2.73%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.39%) REST
11 7 (2.39%) Vue
12 6 (2.05%) CSS3
12 6 (2.05%) HTML5
12 6 (2.05%) Web Services
13 5 (1.71%) J2EE
13 5 (1.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.14%) Cloud Native
1 18 (6.14%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.44%) Legacy Applications
3 12 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.73%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.71%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.02%) Clustering
7 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.02%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.07%) Windows
2 8 (2.73%) Android
3 7 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.05%) Linux
5 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (26.62%) Agile
2 68 (23.21%) Analytics
3 67 (22.87%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (19.11%) CI/CD
5 55 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (17.75%) ETL
7 49 (16.72%) AI
8 44 (15.02%) Software Engineering
9 40 (13.65%) Mentoring
10 37 (12.63%) Data Modelling
10 37 (12.63%) DevOps
11 30 (10.24%) Data Engineering
12 28 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (9.22%) Microservices
14 26 (8.87%) Clean Code
14 26 (8.87%) Collaborative Culture
14 26 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
15 25 (8.53%) Data Analysis
15 25 (8.53%) Decision-Making
15 25 (8.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 118 (40.27%) Python
2 47 (16.04%) Java
3 36 (12.29%) C#
4 24 (8.19%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.44%) T-SQL
6 12 (4.10%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.73%) PHP
8 6 (2.05%) Bash
9 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.02%) Go
10 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.02%) Scala
10 3 (1.02%) VBA
11 2 (0.68%) Bicep
11 2 (0.68%) R
12 1 (0.34%) C++
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (8.19%) Azure Certification
2 20 (6.83%) Degree
3 11 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.02%) MCSA
7 3 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.34%) MBA
9 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.24%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.07%) QA
3 2 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) HL7
4 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.44%) Docker
2 11 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.14%) Terraform
3 3 (1.02%) Ansible
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (1.02%) Rancher
4 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.68%) Grafana
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.80%) Databricks
3 12 (4.10%) Google
4 11 (3.75%) Oracle
5 9 (3.07%) VMware
6 7 (2.39%) HubSpot
7 6 (2.05%) Northgate
8 5 (1.71%) Xamarin
9 3 (1.02%) Adobe
9 3 (1.02%) Pega
9 3 (1.02%) SAP
10 2 (0.68%) Adyen
10 2 (0.68%) Cognos
10 2 (0.68%) Facebook
10 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.68%) IBM
10 2 (0.68%) Veeam
11 1 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.34%) Hotjar
11 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow