SQL Developer Job Trends in the North West

SQL Developer
England > North West

The median SQL Developer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 221 160
Rank change year-on-year +38 -61 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 1 12 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.020% 0.17% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.18% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 34
10th Percentile - £40,625 £36,475
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,188 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,875 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +1.75% +1.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,625 £55,000
90th Percentile - £56,938 £60,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 4,521 6,547 3,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.54% 94.94% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 3,620 2,830
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,983
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in the North West

SQL Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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
Manchester +24 1 £55,000 +6.28% 1
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, SQL Developer job roles required 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 North West region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft