Transact-SQL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for T-SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited T-SQL over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 281 216
Rank change year-on-year +40 -65 -42
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,164 1,291 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.27% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.50% 2.94% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,099 2,248
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,225 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,375 £80,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
UK

T-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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,235 43,949 85,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.51% 43.27% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24,988 28,012 43,733
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.14% +6.65%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.

Salary trend for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +25 1,020 £57,500 - 187
UK excluding London +1 776 £55,000 +5.77% 139
Work from Home +55 611 £57,500 +4.55% 107
London +59 337 £60,000 -7.69% 58
North of England +41 255 £51,125 -1.68% 31
North West +32 155 £50,000 -3.85% 15
Midlands +7 149 £57,500 +16.98% 51
South East -35 134 £60,000 +9.09% 15
West Midlands +17 111 £60,000 +26.32% 28
Scotland +19 93 £53,500 +12.63% 15
South West +6 77 £57,250 +14.50% 15
Yorkshire +38 72 £55,000 +4.76% 15
East of England +3 60 £41,500 -17.00% 11
East Midlands -8 38 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North East +10 28 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Wales -3 7 £41,629 +0.92% 1
Northern Ireland +14 1 - - 1

T-SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 78 (6.70%) IIS
2 67 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.12%) CMS
4 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.86%) EPiServer
6 7 (0.60%) NServiceBus
7 5 (0.43%) IBM Notes
7 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.17%) Liferay
9 2 (0.17%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.086%) SAS
10 1 (0.086%) Tornado
Applications
1 70 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.52%) Trello
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.086%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 52 (4.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.32%) SDL Web 8
3 19 (1.63%) Elite 3E
4 13 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (1.12%) NEC Housing
5 12 (1.03%) Shopify
6 11 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 4 (0.34%) Sonata
8 3 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
8 3 (0.26%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
9 2 (0.17%) Magento
9 2 (0.17%) nopCommerce
9 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.086%) JDE OneWorld
10 1 (0.086%) JDE World
10 1 (0.086%) Maximo
10 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.086%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 620 (53.26%) Azure
2 415 (35.65%) Power Platform
3 113 (9.71%) Azure DevOps
4 109 (9.36%) AWS
5 77 (6.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (5.84%) Snowflake
7 48 (4.12%) Serverless
8 43 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
9 42 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
10 41 (3.52%) Matillion
11 34 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (2.23%) Azure App Service
12 26 (2.23%) GCP
13 23 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (1.72%) GitHub
15 20 (1.72%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.63%) SaaS
17 17 (1.46%) Power Automate
18 15 (1.29%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.36%) Broadband
2 34 (2.92%) DNS
3 21 (1.80%) HTTP
4 14 (1.20%) BIG-IP
5 10 (0.86%) DHCP
6 8 (0.69%) Internet
6 8 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (0.52%) Firewall
7 6 (0.52%) Intranet
8 5 (0.43%) Network Security
9 4 (0.34%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.26%) FTP
10 3 (0.26%) LAN
10 3 (0.26%) VPN
10 3 (0.26%) WAN
10 3 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.17%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.17%) SSL
11 2 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 818 (70.27%) SQL Server
2 391 (33.59%) Power BI
3 318 (27.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 225 (19.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 218 (18.73%) Data Warehouse
6 137 (11.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 131 (11.25%) Relational Database
8 98 (8.42%) Data Lake
9 84 (7.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 65 (5.58%) Tableau
11 41 (3.52%) Metadata
12 37 (3.18%) MySQL
13 26 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
14 22 (1.89%) Oracle Database
15 21 (1.80%) MS Access
16 20 (1.72%) Big Data
17 19 (1.63%) Power Query
18 18 (1.55%) NoSQL
19 17 (1.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
20 15 (1.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 166 (14.26%) Git
2 129 (11.08%) Visual Studio
3 53 (4.55%) JIRA
4 43 (3.69%) Jasmine
4 43 (3.69%) Karma Test Runner
5 38 (3.26%) Moq
6 37 (3.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 33 (2.84%) TeamCity
8 29 (2.49%) NUnit
9 25 (2.15%) Visual Studio Code
10 16 (1.37%) SpecFlow
11 15 (1.29%) Maven
11 15 (1.29%) Postman
12 14 (1.20%) git-flow
12 14 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (1.20%) Sourcetree
13 13 (1.12%) GitLab
14 12 (1.03%) Subversion
15 11 (0.95%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (30.76%) Social Skills
2 243 (20.88%) Finance
3 136 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (10.05%) Law
5 72 (6.19%) Marketing
6 60 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (4.98%) Banking
8 44 (3.78%) Manufacturing
8 44 (3.78%) Retail
9 42 (3.61%) Legal
10 28 (2.41%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.89%) Private Banking
12 21 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.72%) Back Office
14 17 (1.46%) Billing
14 17 (1.46%) Games
15 16 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.29%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.29%) Publishing
17 13 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 442 (37.97%) Developer
2 212 (18.21%) Senior
3 170 (14.60%) DBA
4 166 (14.26%) Analyst
5 131 (11.25%) SQL DBA
6 101 (8.68%) Senior Developer
7 94 (8.08%) C# Developer
8 86 (7.39%) Data Engineer
9 82 (7.04%) Software Engineer
10 80 (6.87%) SQL Developer
11 77 (6.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 71 (6.10%) Support Analyst
13 66 (5.67%) Full Stack Developer
14 63 (5.41%) Administrator
15 59 (5.07%) Applications Support
16 57 (4.90%) .NET Developer
17 47 (4.04%) Lead
18 46 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
19 43 (3.69%) Architect
20 39 (3.35%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 395 (33.93%) .NET
2 245 (21.05%) ASP.NET
3 201 (17.27%) HTML
4 185 (15.89%) CSS
5 144 (12.37%) Web Services
6 142 (12.20%) XML
7 136 (11.68%) .NET Framework
8 134 (11.51%) AngularJS
9 133 (11.43%) JSON
10 117 (10.05%) SOAP
11 115 (9.88%) RESTful
12 107 (9.19%) jQuery
13 106 (9.11%) REST
14 104 (8.93%) Entity Framework
15 99 (8.51%) ASP.NET MVC
16 87 (7.47%) React
17 84 (7.22%) .NET Core
18 63 (5.41%) ASP.NET Web API
19 54 (4.64%) Sass
20 30 (2.58%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.18%) Replication
4 32 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.23%) Legacy Code
6 20 (1.72%) Life Science
7 19 (1.63%) Clustering
7 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.63%) Product Ownership
8 18 (1.55%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.46%) NHS
9 17 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
11 14 (1.20%) Housing Association
11 14 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.03%) CCTV
13 10 (0.86%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.86%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 116 (9.97%) Windows
2 75 (6.44%) VMS
3 32 (2.75%) Linux
4 24 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.86%) Android
5 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.60%) Unix
7 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.086%) AIX
9 1 (0.086%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (35.05%) Business Intelligence
2 295 (25.34%) ETL
3 277 (23.80%) Agile
4 214 (18.38%) Performance Tuning
5 210 (18.04%) DevOps
6 200 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
7 156 (13.40%) MVC
8 138 (11.86%) Analytics
9 132 (11.34%) Software Engineering
10 131 (11.25%) Full Stack Development
11 129 (11.08%) Visualisation
12 126 (10.82%) Collaborative Working
13 115 (9.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 109 (9.36%) High Availability
15 107 (9.19%) Data Modelling
16 102 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 101 (8.68%) Computer Science
18 97 (8.33%) Mentoring
19 87 (7.47%) ITIL
20 86 (7.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,092 (93.81%) SQL
2 369 (31.70%) C#
3 282 (24.23%) JavaScript
4 104 (8.93%) PowerShell
5 102 (8.76%) Python
6 85 (7.30%) VB.NET
7 77 (6.62%) TypeScript
8 74 (6.36%) PL/SQL
9 64 (5.50%) Java
10 48 (4.12%) VB
11 47 (4.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 40 (3.44%) XPath
13 32 (2.75%) VBA
14 28 (2.41%) VB6
15 18 (1.55%) R
16 15 (1.29%) Groovy
16 15 (1.29%) PHP
17 13 (1.12%) VBScript
17 13 (1.12%) XAML
18 12 (1.03%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 215 (18.47%) Degree
2 97 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (1.46%) Master's Degree
5 14 (1.20%) DBS Check
5 14 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 9 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.52%) IIBA
9 6 (0.52%) MCP
9 6 (0.52%) MCSE
10 5 (0.43%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.34%) HND
11 4 (0.34%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.26%) CIPD
12 3 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.17%) ECDL
13 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.12%) QA
3 31 (2.66%) GDPR
4 26 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.72%) SLA
6 15 (1.29%) WAI
7 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (8.42%) Virtual Machines
2 47 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.32%) Docker
4 9 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 45 (3.87%) Terraform
2 20 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.77%) Foglight
3 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.60%) Ansible
4 7 (0.60%) Nagios
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.086%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.086%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 578 (49.66%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.36%) Databricks
3 63 (5.41%) Oracle
4 18 (1.55%) DevExpress
4 18 (1.55%) NEC
5 16 (1.37%) Google
6 15 (1.29%) Commvault
7 14 (1.20%) Adobe
7 14 (1.20%) Alteryx
7 14 (1.20%) Cognizant
7 14 (1.20%) F5
7 14 (1.20%) SAP
8 13 (1.12%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.12%) VMware
9 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.86%) Adaptive Insights
10 10 (0.86%) Anaplan
10 10 (0.86%) Jedox
10 10 (0.86%) Tagetik
11 9 (0.77%) Sun