SQL Jobs in the North West

SQL (Structured Query Language)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -43 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 398 1,145 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.37% 11.98% 17.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.45% 39.51% 43.41%
Number of salaries quoted 314 926 699
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,875 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +8.11%

All Programming Languages
North West

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,946 2,898 3,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 26.27% 30.32% 41.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 2,367 1,815
10th Percentile £35,802 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,248
90th Percentile £82,751 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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 -1 239 £56,500 +2.73% 227
Lancashire -61 65 £57,560 +24.79% 74
Merseyside -3 48 £32,500 -38.10% 47
Cheshire -14 44 £47,500 -5.00% 70
Cumbria -103 2 £52,750 +24.12% 4
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 25 (6.28%) CMS
2 23 (5.78%) Umbraco
3 12 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 9 (2.26%) SAS
5 8 (2.01%) Apache
6 6 (1.51%) Confluence
6 6 (1.51%) IBM Domino
7 5 (1.26%) IIS
7 5 (1.26%) SharePoint
8 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.25%) Mule
10 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (7.04%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.25%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (28.39%) Azure
2 71 (17.84%) AWS
3 57 (14.32%) Power Platform
4 31 (7.79%) GCP
5 21 (5.28%) SaaS
6 17 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 17 (4.27%) Serverless
7 13 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.76%) GitHub
9 10 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.51%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.51%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.51%) dbt
12 5 (1.26%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.78%) Intranet
2 9 (2.26%) DNS
3 6 (1.51%) DHCP
3 6 (1.51%) SAN
4 5 (1.26%) NAS
4 5 (1.26%) VSAN
5 3 (0.75%) Firewall
6 2 (0.50%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.25%) ADSL
7 1 (0.25%) Internet
7 1 (0.25%) Network Security
7 1 (0.25%) RTP
7 1 (0.25%) Skype
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (21.36%) SQL Server
2 53 (13.32%) Power BI
3 25 (6.28%) NoSQL
4 24 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (5.28%) Relational Database
6 20 (5.03%) MySQL
7 16 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (3.52%) Big Data
9 13 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (2.76%) BigQuery
11 10 (2.51%) Data Lake
11 10 (2.51%) MongoDB
11 10 (2.51%) Tableau
12 7 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.51%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (8.54%) Git
2 10 (2.51%) JIRA
3 9 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.51%) Selenium
6 5 (1.26%) ClearCase
6 5 (1.26%) JMeter
6 5 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (1.01%) GitLab
7 4 (1.01%) JUnit
7 4 (1.01%) Maven
7 4 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (1.01%) Postman
8 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.50%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.50%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.50%) WebDriver
General
1 124 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 81 (20.35%) Finance
3 48 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.54%) Aerospace
5 30 (7.54%) Banking
6 27 (6.78%) Local Government
6 27 (6.78%) Police
6 27 (6.78%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.28%) Retail
8 22 (5.53%) Social Housing
9 19 (4.77%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.02%) Law
11 11 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.76%) Legal
12 4 (1.01%) Automotive
12 4 (1.01%) Games
12 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Military
12 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (26.63%) Developer
2 75 (18.84%) Lead
3 69 (17.34%) Analyst
4 51 (12.81%) Senior
5 37 (9.30%) Consultant
6 34 (8.54%) Data Engineer
7 30 (7.54%) Implementation Consultant
8 24 (6.03%) .NET Developer
9 23 (5.78%) Software Engineer
9 23 (5.78%) Umbraco Developer
10 18 (4.52%) C# Developer
10 18 (4.52%) Software Developer
11 17 (4.27%) Support Analyst
12 16 (4.02%) Data Analyst
12 16 (4.02%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.27%) Applications Support
14 11 (2.76%) Senior Data Engineer
15 10 (2.51%) Applications Support Analyst
15 10 (2.51%) Architect
15 10 (2.51%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (15.83%) .NET
2 43 (10.80%) CSS
3 42 (10.55%) HTML
4 27 (6.78%) jQuery
5 26 (6.53%) .NET Framework
5 26 (6.53%) HTML5
6 20 (5.03%) .NET Core
6 20 (5.03%) React
7 19 (4.77%) ASP.NET
7 19 (4.77%) XML
8 18 (4.52%) RESTful
9 16 (4.02%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.02%) REST
10 15 (3.77%) SOAP
11 14 (3.52%) Kafka
11 14 (3.52%) Node.js
12 13 (3.27%) JSON
12 13 (3.27%) Web Services
13 10 (2.51%) Entity Framework
14 9 (2.26%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.03%) NHS
2 20 (5.03%) Housing Association
3 15 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 7 (1.76%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.76%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.76%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.76%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.26%) Life Science
8 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.01%) IoT
8 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.75%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.80%) Linux
2 23 (5.78%) Unix
3 22 (5.53%) Windows
4 4 (1.01%) Solaris
5 3 (0.75%) VMS
6 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (24.12%) Agile
3 68 (17.09%) Analytics
4 59 (14.82%) Business Intelligence
5 53 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (13.32%) SDLC
6 48 (12.06%) Mentoring
7 47 (11.81%) DevOps
8 45 (11.31%) ETL
9 43 (10.80%) Collaborative Culture
10 41 (10.30%) Software Engineering
11 39 (9.80%) Software Testing
12 38 (9.55%) Visualisation
13 36 (9.05%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.79%) Coaching
15 34 (8.54%) Systems Thinking
16 32 (8.04%) CI/CD
16 32 (8.04%) Customer Requirements
17 31 (7.79%) Web Development
18 30 (7.54%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 85 (21.36%) C#
2 82 (20.60%) Python
3 63 (15.83%) Java
4 61 (15.33%) JavaScript
5 23 (5.78%) T-SQL
6 21 (5.28%) TypeScript
7 20 (5.03%) PHP
8 16 (4.02%) PL/SQL
9 12 (3.02%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.51%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.26%) Bash
11 9 (2.26%) C-shell
11 9 (2.26%) Korn
12 8 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.76%) R
14 6 (1.51%) Scala
15 5 (1.26%) Go
16 4 (1.01%) VBA
17 3 (0.75%) Bicep
17 3 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 145 (36.43%) Degree
2 35 (8.79%) DBS Check
3 27 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (2.76%) PhD
5 10 (2.51%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.01%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.51%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.26%) HNC
9 5 (1.26%) HND
9 5 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.25%) CCNP
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.25%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.82%) Accessibility
2 27 (6.78%) GDPR
3 23 (5.78%) WCAG
4 19 (4.77%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.51%) ISO 9001
5 10 (2.51%) QA
6 6 (1.51%) SLA
7 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.01%) PMO
8 3 (0.75%) HL7
9 2 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (7.79%) Docker
2 6 (1.51%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (6.03%) Terraform
2 19 (4.77%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.26%) Progress Chef
4 4 (1.01%) Istio
5 2 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.50%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Argo
6 1 (0.25%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.25%) Karpenter
6 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 74 (18.59%) Oracle
3 28 (7.04%) NEC
4 23 (5.78%) HP
5 18 (4.52%) Google
6 14 (3.52%) Databricks
7 11 (2.76%) VMware
8 9 (2.26%) Informatica
9 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.01%) Adobe
10 4 (1.01%) Citrix
11 3 (0.75%) New Relic
11 3 (0.75%) Talend
12 2 (0.50%) DocuSign
12 2 (0.50%) IFS
12 2 (0.50%) iManage
12 2 (0.50%) Intapp
12 2 (0.50%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.50%) Splunk
12 2 (0.50%) Workday