SQL Developer Jobs in the North West

SQL Developer
England > North West

The median SQL Developer salary in the North West is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 247 241
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 14 40 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.41% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.43% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 14 40 53
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -2.17% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,063 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.60% +8.23%

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 6,933 9,216 7,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.65% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,092 7,079 4,124
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,550 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Developer in the North West

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SQL Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for SQL Developer in the North West

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Developer 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 4 May 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 +64 11 £65,000 +36.84% 2
Merseyside +41 3 £57,500 +27.78% 2
SQL Developer
England

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (50.00%) Azure
5 6 (42.86%) T-SQL
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 6 (42.86%) Power BI
5 6 (42.86%) SaaS
5 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
6 5 (35.71%) PHP
6 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
7 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 4 (28.57%) Web Development
7 4 (28.57%) Degree
7 4 (28.57%) .NET
7 4 (28.57%) C#
7 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
7 4 (28.57%) CSS
7 4 (28.57%) Linux
7 4 (28.57%) Finance
7 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (21.43%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
8 3 (21.43%) HTML5
8 3 (21.43%) Failover Clustering

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 6 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) Power BI
3 3 (21.43%) Data Hub
3 3 (21.43%) Metadata
3 3 (21.43%) SQL CLR
3 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Back Office
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) .NET
1 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 4 (28.57%) CSS
2 3 (21.43%) .NET Core
2 3 (21.43%) CSS3
2 3 (21.43%) HTML
2 3 (21.43%) HTML5
3 1 (7.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
1 3 (21.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Web Development
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
4 3 (21.43%) Database Optimisation
4 3 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) Fintech
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (21.43%) Refactoring
4 3 (21.43%) Statistics
4 3 (21.43%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 5 (35.71%) PHP
5 4 (28.57%) C#
6 1 (7.14%) C++
6 1 (7.14%) Java
6 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware