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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 67 41
Rank change year-on-year +34 -26 -27
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 549 379 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.62% 4.84% 7.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.69% 25.84% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 499 328 450
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,328 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,650
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £67,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%

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 1,789 1,467 2,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.31% 18.74% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 876 1,257
10th Percentile £33,122 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,000 £53,104
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% -0.19% +8.37%
75th Percentile £66,650 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,759 £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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +28 287 £50,000 -4.76% 67
Cheshire +14 98 £40,000 - 16
Merseyside +55 87 £55,000 +24.29% 14
Lancashire -4 58 £42,500 -15.00% 8
Cumbria - 19 £52,500 - 2
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 20 (3.64%) IIS
2 15 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.37%) ArcGIS
3 13 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.64%) Umbraco
5 8 (1.46%) CMS
6 7 (1.28%) 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 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (2.37%) Epicor Tropos
2 11 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.91%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 337 (61.38%) Azure
2 89 (16.21%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (16.03%) Power Platform
4 56 (10.20%) AWS
5 39 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 25 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (3.64%) SaaS
9 17 (3.10%) Matillion
9 17 (3.10%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.73%) Serverless
11 12 (2.19%) GCP
11 12 (2.19%) GitHub
12 11 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (2.00%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.82%) PowerApps
14 9 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 7 (1.28%) Google Play
15 7 (1.28%) OCI
16 6 (1.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.83%) DNS
2 24 (4.37%) DHCP
3 21 (3.83%) LAN
4 20 (3.64%) Internet
5 18 (3.28%) WAN
6 16 (2.91%) Firewall
7 14 (2.55%) Broadband
8 12 (2.19%) VPN
9 10 (1.82%) SAN
10 9 (1.64%) SSL
11 7 (1.28%) NAS
12 6 (1.09%) TCP/IP
12 6 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.91%) VoIP
14 3 (0.55%) Intranet
14 3 (0.55%) Wireless
14 3 (0.55%) WLAN
15 2 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
15 2 (0.36%) HTTP
15 2 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (13.84%) Power BI
2 74 (13.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 61 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (9.47%) MySQL
4 52 (9.47%) Relational Database
5 47 (8.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 46 (8.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (7.65%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (6.38%) Data Lake
8 35 (6.38%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (6.38%) MongoDB
9 34 (6.19%) Data Vault
10 26 (4.74%) Delta Lake
11 25 (4.55%) NoSQL
12 20 (3.64%) Tableau
13 15 (2.73%) Star Schema
14 13 (2.37%) DynamoDB
14 13 (2.37%) GIS
15 12 (2.19%) RDBMS
16 11 (2.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 55 (10.02%) JIRA
2 36 (6.56%) Git
3 30 (5.46%) GitLab
4 12 (2.19%) Visual Studio
5 11 (2.00%) Jasmine
5 11 (2.00%) Karma Test Runner
6 9 (1.64%) NUnit
7 6 (1.09%) Dreamweaver
8 5 (0.91%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.73%) MSTest
10 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.18%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 104 (18.94%) Social Skills
2 70 (12.75%) Finance
3 54 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.83%) Retail
5 29 (5.28%) Legal
6 26 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.64%) Advertising
8 18 (3.28%) Games
9 17 (3.10%) Law
10 15 (2.73%) Marketing
11 7 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.09%) Back Office
13 5 (0.91%) French Language
13 5 (0.91%) Local Government
13 5 (0.91%) Music Industry
13 5 (0.91%) Police
13 5 (0.91%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 255 (46.45%) Developer
2 133 (24.23%) .NET Developer
3 79 (14.39%) Data Engineer
4 66 (12.02%) C# Developer
5 44 (8.01%) DBA
6 42 (7.65%) C# .NET Developer
6 42 (7.65%) Senior
7 36 (6.56%) Lead
8 33 (6.01%) Software Engineer
9 31 (5.65%) Analyst
9 31 (5.65%) SQL DBA
10 27 (4.92%) Administrator
11 23 (4.19%) Senior Data Engineer
11 23 (4.19%) SQL Developer
12 21 (3.83%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.28%) Systems Developer
15 16 (2.91%) Informatica Engineer
15 16 (2.91%) IT Engineer
16 15 (2.73%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (42.99%) .NET
2 147 (26.78%) ASP.NET
3 129 (23.50%) .NET Core
4 122 (22.22%) HTML
5 104 (18.94%) AngularJS
6 102 (18.58%) ASP.NET MVC
7 90 (16.39%) CSS
8 85 (15.48%) Entity Framework
9 73 (13.30%) HTML5
10 69 (12.57%) ASP.NET Web API
11 66 (12.02%) .NET Framework
12 53 (9.65%) React
13 47 (8.56%) Node.js
14 40 (7.29%) Blazor
15 39 (7.10%) XML
16 38 (6.92%) RESTful
17 37 (6.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 36 (6.56%) CSS3
19 34 (6.19%) JSON
20 33 (6.01%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.93%) Data Structures
2 46 (8.38%) Public Cloud
3 41 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (7.10%) Reinsurance
5 27 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.37%) Cloud Native
6 13 (2.37%) Replication
7 12 (2.19%) NHS
8 10 (1.82%) Social Network
9 9 (1.64%) BBC
9 9 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.64%) Social Media
10 8 (1.46%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.46%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.28%) iPhone
11 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.28%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.09%) Clustering
12 6 (1.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 100 (18.21%) Windows
2 50 (9.11%) Linux
3 49 (8.93%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.46%) Unix
5 18 (3.28%) VMS
6 11 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.28%) Android
9 6 (1.09%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (42.26%) Agile
2 132 (24.04%) Full Stack Development
3 125 (22.77%) MVC
4 105 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (18.03%) ETL
6 93 (16.94%) DevOps
7 83 (15.12%) Microservices
8 79 (14.39%) Data Modelling
8 79 (14.39%) Scrum
9 69 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
10 66 (12.02%) TDD
11 55 (10.02%) Analytics
12 54 (9.84%) OO
13 53 (9.65%) Mentoring
14 52 (9.47%) BDD
15 51 (9.29%) Data Integration
16 48 (8.74%) Migration
17 39 (7.10%) CI/CD
18 36 (6.56%) Data Analysis
18 36 (6.56%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 289 (52.64%) SQL
2 259 (47.18%) C#
3 171 (31.15%) JavaScript
4 88 (16.03%) Python
5 87 (15.85%) T-SQL
6 49 (8.93%) PowerShell
7 45 (8.20%) TypeScript
8 32 (5.83%) VB.NET
9 28 (5.10%) VB
10 19 (3.46%) Java
11 13 (2.37%) PHP
12 11 (2.00%) Delphi
12 11 (2.00%) VB6
12 11 (2.00%) VBScript
13 10 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.64%) Ruby
15 8 (1.46%) Perl
16 4 (0.73%) Go
17 3 (0.55%) Bash
18 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (12.20%) Degree
2 19 (3.46%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (2.00%) AWS Certification
5 10 (1.82%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.09%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.73%) HNC
8 4 (0.73%) HND
9 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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%) SAS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (10.75%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.46%) QA
3 20 (3.64%) GDPR
4 11 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.55%) WCAG
7 2 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.55%) Docker
5 13 (2.37%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.91%) vSphere
8 2 (0.36%) Firmware
8 2 (0.36%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.64%) Terraform
4 3 (0.55%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.36%) SCCM
5 2 (0.36%) vRealize
5 2 (0.36%) WSUS
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 288 (52.46%) Microsoft
2 85 (15.48%) Oracle
3 39 (7.10%) Databricks
3 39 (7.10%) Informatica
4 31 (5.65%) VMware
5 27 (4.92%) Facebook
6 22 (4.01%) Cisco
6 22 (4.01%) Google
7 15 (2.73%) Apple
7 15 (2.73%) Commvault
8 13 (2.37%) Epicor
9 9 (1.64%) IBM
9 9 (1.64%) Sony
9 9 (1.64%) Yahoo!
10 7 (1.28%) ESRI
10 7 (1.28%) F5
11 5 (0.91%) ESET
11 5 (0.91%) NEC
11 5 (0.91%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.91%) Sophos