SQL Jobs in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 8 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 626 1,830 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.45% 20.48% 16.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.67% 46.67% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 447 907 1,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,708 £32,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
North West

SQL is in the Programming Languages 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 coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,578 3,921 3,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 38.93% 43.89% 44.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 2,289 2,977
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,188 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +4.35%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SQL in the North West

SQL
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in the North West over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SQL in the North West

SQL
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 -3 353 £60,000 +9.09% 199
Merseyside -5 99 £52,500 +16.67% 56
Cheshire -3 87 £47,500 +5.56% 84
Lancashire +4 56 £45,000 - 31
Cumbria +2 19 £82,500 +135.71% 2
SQL
England

SQL
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 15 (2.40%) SAS
2 10 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.12%) WebSphere
4 6 (0.96%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.64%) Captiva
5 4 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.64%) FileNet
5 4 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.48%) Apache
6 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.48%) CICS
6 3 (0.48%) CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Jetty
6 3 (0.48%) nginx
6 3 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.32%) IIS
7 2 (0.32%) Mendix
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 31 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.72%) Hyperion Planning
2 8 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.12%) Epicor Tropos
3 7 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.12%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.80%) Demantra
4 5 (0.80%) Oracle ASCP
5 3 (0.48%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.48%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) FastStats
6 2 (0.32%) FastStats PeopleStage
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.16%) ReMetrica
7 1 (0.16%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 218 (34.82%) Azure
2 116 (18.53%) Power Platform
3 89 (14.22%) AWS
4 57 (9.11%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (6.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (5.91%) SaaS
8 31 (4.95%) IaaS
9 30 (4.79%) Entra ID
10 29 (4.63%) PaaS
11 28 (4.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (4.15%) OpenShift
13 25 (3.99%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (3.19%) Azure Storage
16 19 (3.04%) Azure App Service
16 19 (3.04%) GCP
17 16 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 15 (2.40%) Azure Cognitive Search
19 12 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.08%) DNS
2 10 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.44%) Firewall
3 9 (1.44%) VoIP
3 9 (1.44%) VPN
4 8 (1.28%) NAS
4 8 (1.28%) SAN
5 6 (0.96%) 4G
5 6 (0.96%) VLAN
6 5 (0.80%) FTP
6 5 (0.80%) LAN
7 4 (0.64%) IP Telephony
7 4 (0.64%) WAN
8 3 (0.48%) Internet
8 3 (0.48%) SSH
9 2 (0.32%) DHCP
9 2 (0.32%) Network Security
9 2 (0.32%) SMS
10 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (22.04%) SQL Server
2 108 (17.25%) Power BI
3 68 (10.86%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (7.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 37 (5.91%) Data Lake
6 36 (5.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (5.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (5.11%) MongoDB
9 30 (4.79%) Tableau
10 29 (4.63%) MySQL
10 29 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
11 28 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (3.35%) Looker
12 21 (3.35%) Oracle Database
12 21 (3.35%) Relational Database
12 21 (3.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 14 (2.24%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (2.08%) NoSQL
15 12 (1.92%) InterSystems Cache
16 10 (1.60%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 38 (6.07%) Git
2 35 (5.59%) Jenkins
3 33 (5.27%) Selenium
4 31 (4.95%) Cucumber
5 24 (3.83%) Cypress.io
6 19 (3.04%) JIRA
7 16 (2.56%) Visual Studio
8 10 (1.60%) JUnit
9 7 (1.12%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.12%) Gradle
9 7 (1.12%) IntelliJ
9 7 (1.12%) Mockito
9 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 7 (1.12%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.96%) Postman
10 6 (0.96%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.64%) GitLab
11 4 (0.64%) Maven
11 4 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.48%) NUnit
General
1 126 (20.13%) Finance
2 114 (18.21%) Social Skills
3 66 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.19%) Law
5 36 (5.75%) Retail
6 34 (5.43%) Banking
7 23 (3.67%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (3.35%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.04%) Marketing
11 17 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.56%) Legal
13 15 (2.40%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.92%) Advertising
15 9 (1.44%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.96%) Retail Banking
17 5 (0.80%) Automotive
18 4 (0.64%) Back Office
18 4 (0.64%) Electronics
18 4 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 156 (24.92%) Developer
2 140 (22.36%) Senior
3 99 (15.81%) Data Engineer
4 75 (11.98%) Analyst
5 43 (6.87%) Lead
6 42 (6.71%) Senior Developer
7 39 (6.23%) Software Engineer
8 30 (4.79%) Applications Support
9 29 (4.63%) Architect
10 28 (4.47%) Consultant
11 27 (4.31%) .NET Developer
11 27 (4.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 27 (4.31%) Systems Engineer
12 26 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
13 24 (3.83%) Support Analyst
14 23 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 23 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (3.67%) SQL Developer
15 22 (3.51%) DBA
15 22 (3.51%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (16.29%) .NET
2 32 (5.11%) REST
3 28 (4.47%) HTML
4 26 (4.15%) XML
5 24 (3.83%) JSON
5 24 (3.83%) React
5 24 (3.83%) Spring
6 22 (3.51%) ASP.NET
7 21 (3.35%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.04%) .NET Core
9 18 (2.88%) .NET Framework
9 18 (2.88%) Web Services
10 17 (2.72%) CSS
10 17 (2.72%) SOAP
11 16 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web API
12 14 (2.24%) ARM Templates
13 13 (2.08%) RESTful
14 12 (1.92%) Node.js
15 11 (1.76%) Spring Boot
16 8 (1.28%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.47%) Replication
2 47 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.40%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.24%) Mobile App
7 12 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.76%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.44%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.12%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.80%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.80%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
15 4 (0.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.90%) Windows
2 37 (5.91%) Windows Server
3 22 (3.51%) Linux
4 17 (2.72%) Unix
5 15 (2.40%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.80%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.64%) Android
8 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.48%) Debian
9 3 (0.48%) zOS
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (31.47%) Agile
2 131 (20.93%) Business Intelligence
3 120 (19.17%) Analytics
4 119 (19.01%) DevOps
5 118 (18.85%) ETL
6 107 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (11.18%) Data Pipeline
8 63 (10.06%) Software Engineering
9 55 (8.79%) Migration
10 51 (8.15%) Actionable Insight
10 51 (8.15%) API Design
11 50 (7.99%) Change Data Capture
12 49 (7.83%) CI/CD
13 46 (7.35%) Data Modelling
14 44 (7.03%) Visualisation
15 37 (5.91%) Customer Service
15 37 (5.91%) Roadmaps
16 35 (5.59%) Asset Management
16 35 (5.59%) Root Cause Analysis
17 34 (5.43%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 114 (18.21%) PL/SQL
2 108 (17.25%) Python
3 104 (16.61%) C#
4 102 (16.29%) T-SQL
5 76 (12.14%) JavaScript
6 66 (10.54%) Java
7 34 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 27 (4.31%) C++
9 26 (4.15%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.92%) Bash
11 10 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.28%) PHP
13 6 (0.96%) Go
13 6 (0.96%) R
14 4 (0.64%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.48%) COBOL
15 3 (0.48%) JCL
15 3 (0.48%) Perl
15 3 (0.48%) REXX
15 3 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (9.90%) Degree
2 41 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.48%) ACCA
8 3 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.32%) CISM
9 2 (0.32%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.16%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.92%) QA
3 9 (1.44%) GDPR
3 9 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.44%) SLA
4 7 (1.12%) ISO 22301
5 4 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.48%) GMP
7 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 55 (8.79%) Docker
3 12 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.64%) RACF
5 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.16%) Snort
Systems Management
1 47 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.04%) Terraform
3 9 (1.44%) Ansible
4 5 (0.80%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.64%) SCCM
6 3 (0.48%) MAINVIEW
6 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Identity Management
7 2 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.16%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Packer
8 1 (0.16%) SCOM
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 78 (12.46%) Oracle
3 28 (4.47%) NEC
4 21 (3.35%) Databricks
5 17 (2.72%) Google
5 17 (2.72%) Hyperion
6 13 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.08%) VMware
7 11 (1.76%) iManage
7 11 (1.76%) SAP
8 10 (1.60%) IBM
9 8 (1.28%) Epicor
10 7 (1.12%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.96%) Cisco
12 5 (0.80%) Salesforce
13 4 (0.64%) Adobe
13 4 (0.64%) BMC
13 4 (0.64%) Software AG
13 4 (0.64%) Sun
13 4 (0.64%) webMethods