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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 286 214
Rank change year-on-year +38 -72 -40
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,168 1,285 3,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.27% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.52% 2.94% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,095 2,239
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,750
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 £75,000 £80,750 £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 33,186 43,722 84,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.45% 43.28% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,983 27,941 43,470
10th Percentile £35,195 £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 £107,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 10 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 10 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 +44 1,024 £57,500 - 187
UK excluding London +1 775 £55,000 +5.77% 141
Work from Home +61 611 £57,500 +4.55% 106
London +62 342 £60,000 -7.69% 57
North of England +50 254 £51,250 -1.44% 31
North West +25 154 £50,000 -1.96% 17
Midlands -7 148 £57,500 +16.98% 53
South East -39 135 £60,000 +9.09% 16
West Midlands +4 110 £60,000 +26.32% 31
Scotland +20 93 £53,500 +12.63% 15
South West +13 77 £57,250 +15.66% 17
Yorkshire +49 72 £55,000 +4.76% 13
East of England +9 60 £41,500 -17.00% 8
East Midlands -10 38 £55,000 +4.76% 22
North East +6 28 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Wales -3 7 £41,629 -2.05% 1
Northern Ireland +9 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 (6.68%) IIS
2 66 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.11%) 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 71 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.51%) 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 51 (4.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.31%) SDL Web 8
3 19 (1.63%) Elite 3E
4 12 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (1.03%) NEC Housing
5 11 (0.94%) Shopify
6 10 (0.86%) 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%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.086%) JDE OneWorld
10 1 (0.086%) Maximo
10 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.086%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 624 (53.42%) Azure
2 417 (35.70%) Power Platform
3 113 (9.67%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (9.42%) AWS
5 78 (6.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (5.82%) Snowflake
7 48 (4.11%) Serverless
8 43 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (3.51%) Matillion
10 40 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (3.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (2.23%) Azure App Service
12 26 (2.23%) GCP
13 24 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (1.71%) GitHub
15 20 (1.71%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.63%) SaaS
17 17 (1.46%) Power Automate
18 15 (1.28%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.34%) Broadband
2 34 (2.91%) DNS
3 21 (1.80%) HTTP
4 13 (1.11%) BIG-IP
5 10 (0.86%) DHCP
6 8 (0.68%) Internet
6 8 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (0.51%) Firewall
7 6 (0.51%) 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
1 820 (70.21%) SQL Server
2 393 (33.65%) Power BI
3 321 (27.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 230 (19.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 220 (18.84%) Data Warehouse
6 137 (11.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 131 (11.22%) Relational Database
8 98 (8.39%) Data Lake
9 87 (7.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 65 (5.57%) Tableau
11 41 (3.51%) Metadata
12 37 (3.17%) MySQL
13 26 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
14 24 (2.05%) Oracle Database
15 21 (1.80%) MS Access
16 20 (1.71%) Big Data
16 20 (1.71%) Power Query
17 18 (1.54%) NoSQL
18 17 (1.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 15 (1.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 166 (14.21%) Git
2 128 (10.96%) Visual Studio
3 53 (4.54%) JIRA
4 43 (3.68%) Jasmine
4 43 (3.68%) Karma Test Runner
5 38 (3.25%) Moq
6 37 (3.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 33 (2.83%) TeamCity
8 29 (2.48%) NUnit
9 25 (2.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 16 (1.37%) SpecFlow
11 15 (1.28%) Maven
11 15 (1.28%) Postman
12 14 (1.20%) git-flow
12 14 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
12 14 (1.20%) Sourcetree
13 13 (1.11%) GitLab
14 12 (1.03%) Subversion
15 11 (0.94%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 248 (21.23%) Finance
3 136 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (10.10%) Law
5 71 (6.08%) Marketing
6 60 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (4.97%) Banking
8 44 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 43 (3.68%) Legal
9 43 (3.68%) Retail
10 28 (2.40%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.88%) Private Banking
12 20 (1.71%) Back Office
12 20 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.46%) Billing
13 17 (1.46%) Games
14 16 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.28%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.28%) Publishing
16 14 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 440 (37.67%) Developer
2 214 (18.32%) Senior
3 172 (14.73%) DBA
4 167 (14.30%) Analyst
5 131 (11.22%) SQL DBA
6 101 (8.65%) Senior Developer
7 95 (8.13%) C# Developer
8 88 (7.53%) Data Engineer
9 82 (7.02%) Software Engineer
10 81 (6.93%) SQL Developer
11 76 (6.51%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 72 (6.16%) Support Analyst
13 65 (5.57%) Full Stack Developer
14 63 (5.39%) Administrator
15 59 (5.05%) Applications Support
16 57 (4.88%) .NET Developer
17 47 (4.02%) Lead
18 45 (3.85%) Applications Support Analyst
19 44 (3.77%) Architect
20 39 (3.34%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (33.73%) .NET
2 244 (20.89%) ASP.NET
3 201 (17.21%) HTML
4 185 (15.84%) CSS
5 143 (12.24%) Web Services
6 142 (12.16%) XML
7 135 (11.56%) .NET Framework
8 134 (11.47%) AngularJS
9 133 (11.39%) JSON
10 116 (9.93%) SOAP
11 115 (9.85%) RESTful
12 106 (9.08%) jQuery
13 105 (8.99%) REST
14 103 (8.82%) Entity Framework
15 98 (8.39%) ASP.NET MVC
16 86 (7.36%) React
17 83 (7.11%) .NET Core
18 62 (5.31%) ASP.NET Web API
19 54 (4.62%) Sass
20 30 (2.57%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.54%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.25%) Replication
4 32 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.23%) Legacy Code
6 20 (1.71%) Life Science
7 19 (1.63%) Clustering
7 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.63%) Product Ownership
8 18 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.46%) NHS
9 17 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.28%) 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
1 115 (9.85%) Windows
2 75 (6.42%) VMS
3 32 (2.74%) Linux
4 24 (2.05%) 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
1 409 (35.02%) Business Intelligence
2 294 (25.17%) ETL
3 276 (23.63%) Agile
4 214 (18.32%) Performance Tuning
5 211 (18.07%) DevOps
6 199 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (13.27%) MVC
8 138 (11.82%) Analytics
9 132 (11.30%) Software Engineering
10 131 (11.22%) Full Stack Development
11 128 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
11 128 (10.96%) Visualisation
12 114 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (9.33%) High Availability
14 108 (9.25%) Data Modelling
15 103 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 101 (8.65%) Computer Science
17 99 (8.48%) Mentoring
18 88 (7.53%) ITIL
19 86 (7.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,096 (93.84%) SQL
2 369 (31.59%) C#
3 281 (24.06%) JavaScript
4 108 (9.25%) PowerShell
5 104 (8.90%) Python
6 85 (7.28%) VB.NET
7 76 (6.51%) TypeScript
8 73 (6.25%) PL/SQL
9 64 (5.48%) Java
10 48 (4.11%) VB
11 47 (4.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 40 (3.42%) XPath
13 33 (2.83%) VBA
14 28 (2.40%) VB6
15 18 (1.54%) R
16 15 (1.28%) Groovy
16 15 (1.28%) PHP
17 13 (1.11%) VBScript
17 13 (1.11%) XAML
18 12 (1.03%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 217 (18.58%) Degree
2 97 (8.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (1.46%) Master's Degree
5 14 (1.20%) DBS Check
5 14 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 8 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.51%) IIBA
8 6 (0.51%) MCP
8 6 (0.51%) MCSE
9 5 (0.43%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.34%) HND
10 4 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.26%) CIPD
11 3 (0.26%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.17%) MCITP
12 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.11%) QA
3 31 (2.65%) GDPR
4 26 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.71%) SLA
6 15 (1.28%) WAI
7 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (8.39%) Virtual Machines
2 46 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.31%) 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 (3.85%) Terraform
2 20 (1.71%) 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
1 580 (49.66%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.51%) Databricks
3 66 (5.65%) Oracle
4 18 (1.54%) DevExpress
4 18 (1.54%) NEC
5 16 (1.37%) Google
6 15 (1.28%) Commvault
7 14 (1.20%) Adobe
7 14 (1.20%) Cognizant
7 14 (1.20%) SAP
8 13 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.11%) F5
8 13 (1.11%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.11%) VMware
9 11 (0.94%) 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