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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 19 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 379 265 580
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 5.94% 10.65% 10.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.92% 30.57% 33.43%
Number of salaries quoted 295 181 409
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,999 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £42,500
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 £85,000 £78,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%

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 1,055 867 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.53% 34.85% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 832 553 1,308
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.08%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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
Bolton +13 9 £62,500 +86.57% 2
Wigan +4 7 £47,500 +21.79% 6
Stockport -1 5 £55,000 - 1
Oldham +9 4 £67,500 +80.00% 3
Sale +7 3 £60,000 -
Cheadle -1 3 £55,000 -
Salford -18 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 14 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.43%) IIS
3 11 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.11%) Apache
4 8 (2.11%) Confluence
4 8 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.53%) CICS
7 2 (0.53%) JBoss
7 2 (0.53%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (14.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.79%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.53%) Magento
2 2 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (36.68%) Azure
2 110 (29.02%) AWS
3 67 (17.68%) Power Platform
4 35 (9.23%) GCP
5 28 (7.39%) GitHub
6 27 (7.12%) Serverless
7 26 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (6.60%) SaaS
9 20 (5.28%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.22%) Azure AI
10 16 (4.22%) Snowflake
11 15 (3.96%) Anthropic Claude
12 10 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (2.64%) dbt
13 8 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.11%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.85%) Google Sheets
14 7 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.96%) Firewall
2 13 (3.43%) DNS
3 10 (2.64%) DHCP
4 9 (2.37%) VPN
5 8 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.58%) SAN
7 3 (0.79%) LTE
7 3 (0.79%) VLAN
8 1 (0.26%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (18.47%) SQL Server
2 62 (16.36%) Power BI
3 36 (9.50%) Tableau
4 28 (7.39%) NoSQL
5 24 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.80%) MongoDB
7 19 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (4.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (4.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (4.49%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.69%) MySQL
11 10 (2.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.64%) Data Lake
12 9 (2.37%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.85%) Big Data
13 7 (1.85%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.85%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 31 (8.18%) Git
2 15 (3.96%) Claude Code
3 14 (3.69%) JIRA
4 9 (2.37%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.06%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.79%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.53%) GitLab
8 2 (0.53%) MSTest
8 2 (0.53%) NUnit
8 2 (0.53%) Postman
8 2 (0.53%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.26%) MLflow
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 121 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 88 (23.22%) Finance
3 70 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.18%) Law
5 17 (4.49%) Marketing
6 15 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.96%) Retail
7 14 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.17%) Advertising
8 12 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.90%) Legal
10 7 (1.85%) Billing
11 6 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.32%) Banking
12 5 (1.32%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.32%) Local Government
12 5 (1.32%) Military
12 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.06%) Games
14 3 (0.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 94 (24.80%) Senior
2 71 (18.73%) Data Engineer
3 62 (16.36%) Developer
4 59 (15.57%) Analyst
5 45 (11.87%) Software Engineer
6 41 (10.82%) Lead
7 38 (10.03%) Data Analyst
8 32 (8.44%) Senior Data Engineer
9 21 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (3.96%) Junior
10 15 (3.96%) Junior Analyst
10 15 (3.96%) Junior Data Analyst
10 15 (3.96%) Support Engineer
11 14 (3.69%) Database Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.43%) Java Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) Lead Software Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.17%) .NET Developer
13 12 (3.17%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.97%) .NET
1 34 (8.97%) HTML
2 33 (8.71%) React
3 32 (8.44%) CSS
4 25 (6.60%) Node.js
5 24 (6.33%) RESTful
6 21 (5.54%) AngularJS
7 18 (4.75%) Kafka
8 16 (4.22%) Next.js
8 16 (4.22%) Vue
9 15 (3.96%) PySpark
9 15 (3.96%) Spring
10 14 (3.69%) Spring Boot
11 13 (3.43%) ASP.NET
12 11 (2.90%) Middleware
13 10 (2.64%) .NET Core
13 10 (2.64%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (2.64%) REST
14 9 (2.37%) FastAPI
15 8 (2.11%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.80%) Cloud Native
1 22 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (3.43%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.43%) Legacy Applications
4 11 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.64%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.06%) Clustering
9 4 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.79%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.79%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.07%) Windows
2 18 (4.75%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.11%) Android
4 6 (1.58%) Linux
5 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (24.80%) Analytics
2 93 (24.54%) Agile
3 84 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.11%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (20.32%) CI/CD
6 73 (19.26%) AI
7 66 (17.41%) Software Engineering
8 55 (14.51%) Decision-Making
9 50 (13.19%) ETL
10 49 (12.93%) Data Engineering
11 47 (12.40%) Data Modelling
12 46 (12.14%) DevOps
13 45 (11.87%) Mentoring
14 42 (11.08%) Data Pipeline
15 37 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
15 37 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
16 34 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (8.97%) Validation
17 33 (8.71%) Data Analysis
18 32 (8.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 157 (41.42%) Python
2 49 (12.93%) C#
3 47 (12.40%) Java
4 34 (8.97%) TypeScript
5 33 (8.71%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.49%) PHP
7 15 (3.96%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.17%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.37%) Scala
10 6 (1.58%) Bash
10 6 (1.58%) R
11 5 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.53%) Bicep
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) C++
14 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (8.44%) Degree
2 21 (5.54%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.64%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.58%) ACCA
7 6 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (1.32%) CIMA
8 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.06%) MCSA
9 4 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) CFA
10 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.98%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.28%) QA
3 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.53%) GDPR
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 16 (4.22%) Docker
1 16 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.54%) Terraform
2 17 (4.49%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (27.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.65%) Databricks
3 20 (5.28%) VMware
4 14 (3.69%) Oracle
5 13 (3.43%) Google
6 9 (2.37%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.85%) Splunk
8 6 (1.58%) Adobe
9 5 (1.32%) Xamarin
10 4 (1.06%) Sage
11 3 (0.79%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.79%) Facebook
11 3 (0.79%) IBM
11 3 (0.79%) Informatica
11 3 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.79%) Pega
11 3 (0.79%) SAP
11 3 (0.79%) Veeam
12 2 (0.53%) Adyen
12 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow