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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,136 1,462 1,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.16% 19.09% 15.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.17% 47.44% 37.58%
Number of salaries quoted 906 727 966
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £67,188 £66,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +6.67%

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 2,976 3,082 3,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.25% 40.23% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,402 1,758 2,582
10th Percentile £34,775 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,800 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £69,125 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £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 25 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 25 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 -3 574 £55,000 - 165
Cheshire -5 193 £50,000 +5.26% 59
Merseyside 0 168 £55,000 +29.41% 26
Lancashire -5 149 £46,374 +3.05% 28
Cumbria -1 49 £42,500 -2.97% 3
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 (1.50%) Confluence
2 14 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.14%) IIS
4 12 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.79%) Apache
6 9 (0.79%) SAS
7 8 (0.70%) CMS
8 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.18%) Captiva
10 2 (0.18%) Drupal
10 2 (0.18%) FileNet
10 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.18%) WordPress
11 1 (0.088%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.088%) CICS
11 1 (0.088%) concrete5
11 1 (0.088%) nginx
Applications
1 73 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.088%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.088%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (1.06%) Epicor Tropos
2 11 (0.97%) SAP Business One
3 5 (0.44%) Magento
4 4 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.26%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.18%) Infor M3
6 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 487 (42.87%) Azure
2 240 (21.13%) Power Platform
3 148 (13.03%) AWS
4 112 (9.86%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (6.87%) IBM Cloud
6 62 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (5.28%) GCP
7 60 (5.28%) Serverless
8 48 (4.23%) Azure Functions
8 48 (4.23%) Azure Service Bus
9 47 (4.14%) Azure API Management
10 46 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 45 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (3.26%) Snowflake
13 35 (3.08%) SaaS
14 28 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (1.85%) Entra ID
16 21 (1.85%) Power Automate
17 20 (1.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.85%) WAN
2 20 (1.76%) LAN
3 14 (1.23%) DNS
4 12 (1.06%) Broadband
5 11 (0.97%) Internet
5 11 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (0.88%) DHCP
7 9 (0.79%) HTTP
8 8 (0.70%) Firewall
8 8 (0.70%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.62%) MQTT
9 7 (0.62%) VPN
10 6 (0.53%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.53%) SSL
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
12 3 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 282 (24.82%) SQL Server
2 227 (19.98%) Power BI
3 125 (11.00%) Data Warehouse
4 122 (10.74%) PostgreSQL
5 115 (10.12%) NoSQL
6 95 (8.36%) MongoDB
6 95 (8.36%) Relational Database
7 91 (8.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 85 (7.48%) DB2
9 84 (7.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 73 (6.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 73 (6.43%) Tableau
11 45 (3.96%) MySQL
12 44 (3.87%) Data Lake
13 41 (3.61%) BigQuery
14 27 (2.38%) Looker
15 23 (2.02%) Oracle Database
16 22 (1.94%) Data Vault
17 20 (1.76%) Delta Lake
18 18 (1.58%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 91 (8.01%) Git
2 59 (5.19%) JIRA
3 25 (2.20%) GitLab
3 25 (2.20%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.76%) TeamCity
5 12 (1.06%) IntelliJ
5 12 (1.06%) JUnit
5 12 (1.06%) Mockito
6 11 (0.97%) Jasmine
6 11 (0.97%) Karma Test Runner
6 11 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.70%) Gradle
8 7 (0.62%) Maven
8 7 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.53%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (0.44%) InstallShield
10 5 (0.44%) JetBrains Rider
11 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.35%) Selenium
11 4 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 217 (19.10%) Social Skills
2 185 (16.29%) Finance
3 137 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 60 (5.28%) Retail
6 55 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 38 (3.35%) Legal
9 37 (3.26%) Marketing
10 34 (2.99%) Law
11 28 (2.46%) Banking
12 26 (2.29%) Advertising
13 19 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.41%) Games
15 8 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.62%) Back Office
16 7 (0.62%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.62%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.53%) Automotive
17 6 (0.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 395 (34.77%) Developer
2 191 (16.81%) Senior
3 178 (15.67%) Analyst
4 119 (10.48%) Data Engineer
5 106 (9.33%) Lead
6 101 (8.89%) .NET Developer
7 62 (5.46%) C# Developer
8 61 (5.37%) Software Developer
9 55 (4.84%) Senior Developer
9 55 (4.84%) Software Engineer
10 50 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
10 50 (4.40%) Full Stack Developer
11 48 (4.23%) Full Stack Engineer
12 47 (4.14%) Azure Developer
13 38 (3.35%) DBA
13 38 (3.35%) Lead Developer
13 38 (3.35%) SQL Developer
14 36 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
15 32 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
16 31 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 327 (28.79%) .NET
2 184 (16.20%) HTML
3 176 (15.49%) CSS
4 159 (14.00%) ASP.NET
5 150 (13.20%) REST
6 120 (10.56%) Web Services
7 119 (10.48%) AngularJS
8 105 (9.24%) React
9 100 (8.80%) jQuery
10 91 (8.01%) Vue
11 83 (7.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 82 (7.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 78 (6.87%) Backbone.js
13 78 (6.87%) Ember.js
14 64 (5.63%) Node.js
15 63 (5.55%) .NET Core
16 51 (4.49%) Entity Framework
17 49 (4.31%) .NET Framework
18 48 (4.23%) HTML5
19 40 (3.52%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.48%) Data Structures
2 88 (7.75%) Algorithms
3 83 (7.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 78 (6.87%) Blockchain
5 67 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (4.14%) Public Cloud
7 37 (3.26%) e-Learning
8 32 (2.82%) Management Information System
9 30 (2.64%) Reinsurance
10 22 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.85%) Cloud Native
12 19 (1.67%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.67%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
15 10 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.88%) Blog
15 10 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 137 (12.06%) Windows
2 119 (10.48%) Linux
3 92 (8.10%) Android
4 87 (7.66%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.14%) VMS
6 8 (0.70%) Unix
6 8 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.35%) Debian
7 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.088%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (30.37%) Agile
2 245 (21.57%) Business Intelligence
3 211 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (14.52%) Full Stack Development
5 157 (13.82%) DevOps
6 146 (12.85%) Mentoring
7 142 (12.50%) ETL
7 142 (12.50%) Visualisation
8 140 (12.32%) Analytics
9 137 (12.06%) Artificial Intelligence
10 132 (11.62%) MVC
11 127 (11.18%) Design Patterns
12 120 (10.56%) Coaching
13 116 (10.21%) Software Engineering
14 115 (10.12%) Data Modelling
14 115 (10.12%) User Experience
15 114 (10.04%) Migration
15 114 (10.04%) OO
16 110 (9.68%) OOP
17 101 (8.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 368 (32.39%) C#
2 244 (21.48%) JavaScript
3 240 (21.13%) Python
4 139 (12.24%) T-SQL
5 119 (10.48%) Java
6 47 (4.14%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.87%) TypeScript
8 41 (3.61%) VB
9 33 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 30 (2.64%) PL/SQL
11 27 (2.38%) PHP
12 21 (1.85%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.23%) Go
14 13 (1.14%) R
15 11 (0.97%) Scala
15 11 (0.97%) VB6
15 11 (0.97%) VBScript
16 9 (0.79%) Swift
17 8 (0.70%) Bash
18 7 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 138 (12.15%) Degree
2 48 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (1.23%) DBS Check
5 13 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 10 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.70%) PhD
8 7 (0.62%) ACCA
8 7 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.53%) CISA
9 6 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.35%) HNC
10 4 (0.35%) HND
10 4 (0.35%) MBA
10 4 (0.35%) Security Cleared
11 3 (0.26%) CCNA
11 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.26%) MCSA
11 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.46%) Data Quality
2 33 (2.90%) QA
3 16 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.62%) SLA
6 6 (0.53%) GDPR
7 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) WCAG
9 2 (0.18%) HL7
9 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.088%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.96%) Docker
3 20 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.97%) RACF
5 9 (0.79%) Firmware
5 9 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.088%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.088%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 24 (2.11%) Terraform
2 15 (1.32%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.62%) Ansible
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.18%) vRealize
7 1 (0.088%) Grafana
7 1 (0.088%) MAINVIEW
7 1 (0.088%) Nessus
7 1 (0.088%) Packer
7 1 (0.088%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.088%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 298 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.19%) IBM
3 78 (6.87%) Red Hat
4 76 (6.69%) Oracle
5 40 (3.52%) Databricks
6 39 (3.43%) SAP
7 36 (3.17%) Google
8 34 (2.99%) Informatica
9 15 (1.32%) Commvault
10 12 (1.06%) CA
10 12 (1.06%) Epicor
10 12 (1.06%) F5
10 12 (1.06%) Teradata
11 11 (0.97%) VMware
12 10 (0.88%) CyberArk
12 10 (0.88%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.70%) Facebook
13 8 (0.70%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.62%) Pega
15 6 (0.53%) Civica