SQL Server Jobs in the North West

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 74 39
Rank change year-on-year +42 -35 -25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 555 376 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.73% 4.69% 7.35%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.80% 24.29% 32.32%
Number of salaries quoted 505 324 470
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,802 1,548 2,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.59% 19.33% 22.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 883 1,301
10th Percentile £32,925 £33,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,882 £52,779
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +3.98% +8.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,831 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in the North West

SQL Server
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 Server within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +33 290 £50,000 -8.90% 69
Cheshire +11 100 £40,000 +2.56% 13
Merseyside +56 87 £55,000 +22.91% 12
Lancashire +2 59 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Cumbria - 19 £52,500 - 3
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
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 22 (3.96%) IIS
2 15 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.34%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.62%) Umbraco
5 8 (1.44%) CMS
6 7 (1.26%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.36%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.36%) Drupal
7 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Kentico
8 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.34%) Epicor Tropos
2 12 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.36%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 340 (61.26%) Azure
2 89 (16.04%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (15.86%) Power Platform
4 57 (10.27%) AWS
5 41 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 26 (4.68%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.96%) SaaS
9 17 (3.06%) Matillion
9 17 (3.06%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.70%) Serverless
11 12 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.16%) GCP
11 12 (2.16%) GitHub
12 11 (1.98%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.80%) PowerApps
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.26%) Google Play
15 7 (1.26%) OCI
16 6 (1.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.77%) DNS
2 24 (4.32%) DHCP
3 23 (4.14%) LAN
4 20 (3.60%) Internet
4 20 (3.60%) WAN
5 18 (3.24%) Firewall
6 14 (2.52%) Broadband
7 12 (2.16%) SAN
7 12 (2.16%) VPN
8 9 (1.62%) NAS
8 9 (1.62%) SSL
9 7 (1.26%) VoIP
10 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.54%) Intranet
11 3 (0.54%) Wireless
11 3 (0.54%) WLAN
12 2 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.36%) Mobile Broadband
12 2 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (13.69%) Power BI
2 74 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 60 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (9.73%) MySQL
5 53 (9.55%) Relational Database
6 48 (8.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 48 (8.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 39 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (6.13%) Data Lake
8 34 (6.13%) Data Vault
8 34 (6.13%) Elasticsearch
8 34 (6.13%) MongoDB
9 26 (4.68%) Delta Lake
10 25 (4.50%) NoSQL
11 20 (3.60%) Tableau
12 15 (2.70%) Star Schema
13 13 (2.34%) DynamoDB
13 13 (2.34%) GIS
14 12 (2.16%) RDBMS
15 11 (1.98%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 55 (9.91%) JIRA
2 37 (6.67%) Git
3 30 (5.41%) GitLab
4 12 (2.16%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.98%) Jasmine
5 11 (1.98%) Karma Test Runner
6 9 (1.62%) NUnit
7 6 (1.08%) Dreamweaver
8 5 (0.90%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.72%) MSTest
10 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 104 (18.74%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.43%) Finance
3 53 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.75%) Retail
5 28 (5.05%) Legal
6 23 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.42%) Advertising
8 18 (3.24%) Games
8 18 (3.24%) Law
9 15 (2.70%) Marketing
10 9 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.90%) French Language
12 5 (0.90%) Music Industry
12 5 (0.90%) Spanish Language
12 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.72%) Electronics
13 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 255 (45.95%) Developer
2 132 (23.78%) .NET Developer
3 80 (14.41%) Data Engineer
4 68 (12.25%) C# Developer
5 43 (7.75%) Senior
6 42 (7.57%) C# .NET Developer
7 41 (7.39%) DBA
8 37 (6.67%) Lead
9 34 (6.13%) Software Engineer
10 32 (5.77%) Analyst
11 31 (5.59%) SQL DBA
12 24 (4.32%) Administrator
12 24 (4.32%) Senior Data Engineer
13 22 (3.96%) SQL Developer
14 21 (3.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (3.78%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.24%) Systems Developer
16 16 (2.88%) Informatica Engineer
16 16 (2.88%) IT Engineer
17 15 (2.70%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (42.88%) .NET
2 147 (26.49%) ASP.NET
3 129 (23.24%) .NET Core
4 121 (21.80%) HTML
5 103 (18.56%) AngularJS
6 100 (18.02%) ASP.NET MVC
7 89 (16.04%) CSS
8 83 (14.95%) Entity Framework
9 72 (12.97%) HTML5
10 68 (12.25%) ASP.NET Web API
11 65 (11.71%) .NET Framework
12 54 (9.73%) React
13 46 (8.29%) Node.js
14 40 (7.21%) Blazor
15 39 (7.03%) XML
16 38 (6.85%) RESTful
17 37 (6.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 35 (6.31%) CSS3
19 34 (6.13%) JSON
20 32 (5.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.83%) Data Structures
2 46 (8.29%) Public Cloud
3 41 (7.39%) Reinsurance
4 38 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.34%) Replication
8 12 (2.16%) NHS
9 11 (1.98%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.80%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.80%) Social Network
11 9 (1.62%) BBC
11 9 (1.62%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.62%) Social Media
12 7 (1.26%) iPhone
12 7 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.26%) Life Science
12 7 (1.26%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.08%) Clustering
13 6 (1.08%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 104 (18.74%) Windows
2 53 (9.55%) Windows Server
3 50 (9.01%) Linux
4 18 (3.24%) VMS
5 16 (2.88%) Unix
6 15 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.44%) Windows 10
9 7 (1.26%) Android
9 7 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (41.44%) Agile
2 131 (23.60%) Full Stack Development
3 123 (22.16%) MVC
4 110 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (18.02%) ETL
6 94 (16.94%) DevOps
7 82 (14.77%) Microservices
8 79 (14.23%) Data Modelling
9 78 (14.05%) Scrum
10 68 (12.25%) Business Intelligence
11 64 (11.53%) TDD
12 54 (9.73%) Mentoring
12 54 (9.73%) OO
13 53 (9.55%) Analytics
14 51 (9.19%) Data Integration
15 50 (9.01%) BDD
16 49 (8.83%) Migration
17 39 (7.03%) CI/CD
18 37 (6.67%) Software Engineering
19 36 (6.49%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 292 (52.61%) SQL
2 261 (47.03%) C#
3 172 (30.99%) JavaScript
4 89 (16.04%) Python
5 88 (15.86%) T-SQL
6 49 (8.83%) PowerShell
7 44 (7.93%) TypeScript
8 32 (5.77%) VB.NET
9 28 (5.05%) VB
10 19 (3.42%) Java
11 13 (2.34%) PHP
12 11 (1.98%) Delphi
12 11 (1.98%) VB6
12 11 (1.98%) VBScript
13 10 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.62%) Ruby
15 8 (1.44%) Perl
16 4 (0.72%) Go
17 3 (0.54%) Bash
18 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (12.79%) Degree
2 18 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 11 (1.98%) AWS Certification
5 10 (1.80%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.90%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.72%) HNC
8 4 (0.72%) HND
8 4 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.36%) MCSE
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.36%) SAS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (10.45%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.41%) QA
3 20 (3.60%) GDPR
4 8 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.72%) SLA
7 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.54%) WCAG
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (7.93%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
2 19 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.52%) Docker
4 13 (2.34%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.26%) vSphere
6 2 (0.36%) Firmware
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.44%) Terraform
4 4 (0.72%) Ansible
5 3 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.36%) Nessus
6 2 (0.36%) SCCM
6 2 (0.36%) vRealize
6 2 (0.36%) WSUS
7 1 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 292 (52.61%) Microsoft
2 82 (14.77%) Oracle
3 41 (7.39%) Databricks
4 40 (7.21%) Informatica
5 35 (6.31%) VMware
6 27 (4.86%) Facebook
7 22 (3.96%) Cisco
7 22 (3.96%) Google
8 15 (2.70%) Apple
8 15 (2.70%) Commvault
9 13 (2.34%) Epicor
10 9 (1.62%) IBM
10 9 (1.62%) Sony
10 9 (1.62%) Yahoo!
11 7 (1.26%) ESRI
11 7 (1.26%) F5
11 7 (1.26%) Sophos
12 5 (0.90%) ESET
12 5 (0.90%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.72%) SAP