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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,146 1,467 1,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.66% 18.74% 15.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.38% 46.22% 37.13%
Number of salaries quoted 922 702 969
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +5.05% +4.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,140
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.81% +5.03%

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 2,910 3,174 3,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.60% 40.54% 41.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 1,772 2,612
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,375 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 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 -2 583 £55,000 - 141
Cheshire -4 195 £50,000 - 45
Merseyside 0 166 £52,500 +23.53% 22
Lancashire -4 152 £45,249 +0.55% 18
Cumbria -2 45 £42,500 +7.87% 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 17 (1.48%) Confluence
2 16 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.13%) IIS
4 12 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.87%) Apache
7 9 (0.79%) SAS
8 8 (0.70%) CMS
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.35%) Captiva
10 4 (0.35%) FileNet
10 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.35%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.26%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.087%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.087%) concrete5
13 1 (0.087%) nginx
Applications
1 73 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.22%) Epicor Tropos
2 12 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.96%) SAP Business One
4 5 (0.44%) Magento
5 4 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.17%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.087%) Demantra
8 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 498 (43.46%) Azure
2 249 (21.73%) Power Platform
3 157 (13.70%) AWS
4 110 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (6.81%) IBM Cloud
6 65 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (5.50%) GCP
8 61 (5.32%) Serverless
9 52 (4.54%) Azure Service Bus
10 51 (4.45%) Azure API Management
11 48 (4.19%) Azure Functions
11 48 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 45 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (3.40%) Snowflake
14 36 (3.14%) SaaS
15 31 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 23 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (1.92%) GitHub
18 21 (1.83%) Power Automate
19 18 (1.57%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.83%) WAN
2 20 (1.75%) LAN
3 13 (1.13%) DNS
4 12 (1.05%) Broadband
5 11 (0.96%) Internet
5 11 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.87%) DHCP
6 10 (0.87%) Firewall
7 9 (0.79%) HTTP
7 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.70%) VPN
9 7 (0.61%) MQTT
9 7 (0.61%) SSL
10 6 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.44%) VoIP
11 5 (0.44%) WLAN
12 3 (0.26%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.26%) DSL
12 3 (0.26%) Intranet
12 3 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (25.22%) SQL Server
2 234 (20.42%) Power BI
3 127 (11.08%) Data Warehouse
4 125 (10.91%) PostgreSQL
5 114 (9.95%) NoSQL
6 99 (8.64%) MongoDB
7 96 (8.38%) Relational Database
8 92 (8.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 87 (7.59%) DB2
10 83 (7.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 79 (6.89%) Tableau
12 73 (6.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 49 (4.28%) MySQL
14 46 (4.01%) Data Lake
15 41 (3.58%) BigQuery
16 33 (2.88%) Looker
17 24 (2.09%) Oracle Database
18 22 (1.92%) Data Vault
19 20 (1.75%) Delta Lake
20 19 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 91 (7.94%) Git
2 61 (5.32%) JIRA
3 28 (2.44%) Visual Studio
4 25 (2.18%) GitLab
5 22 (1.92%) TeamCity
6 14 (1.22%) IntelliJ
6 14 (1.22%) JUnit
6 14 (1.22%) Mockito
7 11 (0.96%) Jasmine
7 11 (0.96%) Karma Test Runner
7 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.87%) Gradle
9 8 (0.70%) Selenium
10 7 (0.61%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.61%) Maven
10 7 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.52%) Dreamweaver
12 5 (0.44%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.44%) JetBrains Rider
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
General
1 222 (19.37%) Social Skills
2 177 (15.45%) Finance
3 140 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 64 (5.58%) Retail
6 57 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (4.45%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.23%) Marketing
9 36 (3.14%) Law
10 28 (2.44%) Legal
11 25 (2.18%) Advertising
12 21 (1.83%) Banking
13 19 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.31%) Games
15 9 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.70%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.61%) Back Office
18 6 (0.52%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 398 (34.73%) Developer
2 182 (15.88%) Senior
3 175 (15.27%) Analyst
4 119 (10.38%) Data Engineer
5 103 (8.99%) Lead
6 101 (8.81%) .NET Developer
7 60 (5.24%) Software Engineer
8 59 (5.15%) C# Developer
8 59 (5.15%) Software Developer
9 56 (4.89%) Senior Developer
10 51 (4.45%) Full Stack Developer
11 49 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
12 47 (4.10%) Azure Developer
12 47 (4.10%) Full Stack Engineer
13 42 (3.66%) DBA
14 39 (3.40%) SQL Developer
15 35 (3.05%) Lead Developer
16 34 (2.97%) Senior Data Engineer
17 32 (2.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 31 (2.71%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 330 (28.80%) .NET
2 183 (15.97%) HTML
3 176 (15.36%) CSS
4 159 (13.87%) ASP.NET
5 151 (13.18%) REST
6 124 (10.82%) Web Services
7 119 (10.38%) AngularJS
8 106 (9.25%) React
9 100 (8.73%) jQuery
10 91 (7.94%) Vue
11 83 (7.24%) ASP.NET Core
12 82 (7.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 78 (6.81%) Backbone.js
13 78 (6.81%) Ember.js
14 64 (5.58%) Node.js
15 59 (5.15%) .NET Core
16 50 (4.36%) Entity Framework
17 48 (4.19%) HTML5
18 46 (4.01%) .NET Framework
19 39 (3.40%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 118 (10.30%) Data Structures
2 88 (7.68%) Algorithms
3 84 (7.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 78 (6.81%) Blockchain
5 66 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (4.10%) Public Cloud
7 37 (3.23%) e-Learning
8 28 (2.44%) Reinsurance
9 26 (2.27%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.83%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.83%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.57%) Product Ownership
13 17 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
14 16 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.87%) Blog
16 10 (0.87%) Mainframe
17 9 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 138 (12.04%) Windows
2 122 (10.65%) Linux
3 91 (7.94%) Android
4 87 (7.59%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.13%) VMS
6 11 (0.96%) Unix
7 9 (0.79%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.35%) Debian
9 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.26%) Windows Vista
10 3 (0.26%) zOS
11 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (30.89%) Agile
2 253 (22.08%) Business Intelligence
3 216 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (14.31%) Full Stack Development
5 162 (14.14%) DevOps
6 148 (12.91%) Visualisation
7 146 (12.74%) Mentoring
8 145 (12.65%) Analytics
8 145 (12.65%) ETL
9 137 (11.95%) Artificial Intelligence
10 131 (11.43%) MVC
11 130 (11.34%) Design Patterns
12 119 (10.38%) Software Engineering
13 117 (10.21%) Data Modelling
14 116 (10.12%) Migration
14 116 (10.12%) User Experience
15 113 (9.86%) Coaching
16 112 (9.77%) OOP
17 111 (9.69%) OO
18 104 (9.08%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 374 (32.64%) C#
2 247 (21.55%) JavaScript
3 243 (21.20%) Python
4 146 (12.74%) T-SQL
5 127 (11.08%) Java
6 44 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 38 (3.32%) VB
8 37 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 33 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 31 (2.71%) PL/SQL
11 28 (2.44%) PHP
12 21 (1.83%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.22%) Go
14 13 (1.13%) R
15 12 (1.05%) Scala
16 11 (0.96%) VB6
16 11 (0.96%) VBScript
17 9 (0.79%) C++
17 9 (0.79%) Swift
18 8 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 143 (12.48%) Degree
2 50 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (1.22%) DBS Check
5 13 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 10 (0.87%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.70%) PhD
8 7 (0.61%) ACCA
8 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.52%) CISA
9 6 (0.52%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.35%) HNC
10 4 (0.35%) HND
10 4 (0.35%) Security Cleared
11 3 (0.26%) CCNA
11 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.26%) MBA
11 3 (0.26%) MCSA
11 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 33 (2.88%) QA
3 17 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.79%) SLA
6 8 (0.70%) GDPR
7 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.26%) WCAG
9 2 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.087%) GMP
10 1 (0.087%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 53 (4.62%) Docker
3 19 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.79%) Firmware
6 7 (0.61%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.35%) RACF
8 3 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.17%) vSphere
10 1 (0.087%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 25 (2.18%) Terraform
2 20 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.61%) Ansible
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.26%) MAINVIEW
5 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) vRealize
7 1 (0.087%) Nessus
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.087%) Packer
7 1 (0.087%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 284 (24.78%) Microsoft
2 97 (8.46%) IBM
3 81 (7.07%) Oracle
4 78 (6.81%) Red Hat
5 41 (3.58%) Databricks
5 41 (3.58%) SAP
6 36 (3.14%) Google
7 32 (2.79%) Informatica
8 15 (1.31%) Commvault
9 14 (1.22%) Epicor
10 13 (1.13%) VMware
11 12 (1.05%) F5
11 12 (1.05%) Teradata
12 11 (0.96%) CA
13 10 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 10 (0.87%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.79%) Pega
15 7 (0.61%) Facebook
16 6 (0.52%) Civica
16 6 (0.52%) Dataiku