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 citing SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	27	14	14
Rank change year-on-year	-13	0	-7
Permanent jobs citing SQL	385	221	399
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	4.93%	9.24%	11.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category	32.24%	34.32%	34.13%
Number of salaries quoted	276	164	171
10^th Percentile	£39,250	£32,750	£38,250
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£35,500	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£86,750	£72,500
North West median annual salary	£54,250	£50,000	£50,309
% change year-on-year	+8.50%	-0.61%	-8.53%

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 citing coding skills in Manchester.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	1,194	644	1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	15.29%	26.93%	32.41%
Number of salaries quoted	842	488	595
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£32,750	£38,750
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£45,750	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£60,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+8.33%	+4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£73,750	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£96,250	£87,500	£80,000
North West median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	+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 Salary Trend in Manchester

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 10 November 2026.

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 10 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Salford	-13	12	£95,000	+111.11%	16
Oldham	+3	8	£67,500	-	3
Stockport	-9	8	£70,000	+40.00%	5
Bolton	-12	7	£58,250	+73.88%	2
Sale	+4	6	£66,250	-	2
Altrincham	+1	6	£60,000	+9.09%	1
Cheadle	-3	6	£55,000	-	2
Rochdale	-	5	£35,000	-	7
Wigan	-1	4	£50,000	-	1
Bury	-	1	£55,000	-
SQL North West

SQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, job vacancies citing SQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region citing SQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	41.6%	160
2	Azure	35.1%	135
3	AI	31.7%	122
4	Problem-Solving	29.6%	114
5	AWS	28.8%	111
6	Microsoft	28.3%	109
7	Agile	26.0%	100
8	Analytics	25.7%	99
9	CI/CD	25.2%	97
10	Business Intelligence	23.1%	89
11	Software Engineering	20.5%	79
12	Decision-Making	19.2%	74
13	Data Quality	18.7%	72
14	Power Platform	17.9%	69
15	DevOps	16.9%	65
15	Mentoring	16.9%	65
17	Data Engineering	16.4%	63
18	Power BI	15.8%	61
19	Data Pipeline	15.3%	59
20	TypeScript	15.1%	58
21	Data Modelling	14.3%	55
22	Stakeholder Management	13.8%	53
23	Full-Stack Development	12.7%	49
24	Degree	12.2%	47
24	SQL Server	12.2%	47
26	Data Analysis	11.9%	46
26	ETL	11.9%	46
26	JavaScript	11.9%	46
26	Test Automation	11.9%	46
26	Validation	11.9%	46

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	41.6%	160
2	TypeScript	15.1%	58
3	JavaScript	11.9%	46
4	Java	10.9%	42
5	C#	10.6%	41
6	PowerShell	5.2%	20
7	PHP	3.9%	15
8	Data Analysis Expressions	2.6%	10
9	Scala	2.3%	9
10	T-SQL	2.1%	8
11	R	1.8%	7
12	Bash	1.6%	6
12	Go	1.6%	6
14	Kusto Query Language	1.3%	5
14	PL/SQL	1.3%	5
16	Kotlin	1.0%	4
17	Bicep	0.8%	3
17	C++	0.8%	3
19	VBScript	0.5%	2
20	Shell Script	0.3%	1