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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 283 210
Rank change year-on-year +41 -73 -38
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,182 1,296 3,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.20% 1.25% 1.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.55% 2.89% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,102 2,278
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,300 £35,375
25th Percentile £44,750 £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 £73,875 £81,250 £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 33,269 44,878 84,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.74% 43.24% 53.88%
Number of salaries quoted 25,012 28,616 44,114
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,171
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 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% +8.00%

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 3 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 3 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 +41 1,037 £57,000 -0.87% 177
UK excluding London +14 785 £55,000 +5.77% 134
Work from Home +66 624 £57,500 +4.55% 103
London +66 347 £60,000 -7.69% 56
North of England +45 259 £51,125 -1.68% 29
North West +36 159 £50,000 -1.96% 12
Midlands +17 148 £57,500 +18.37% 48
South East -38 137 £60,000 +9.09% 17
West Midlands +17 109 £60,000 +26.32% 28
Scotland +17 95 £53,000 +11.58% 16
South West +12 78 £57,250 +15.66% 15
Yorkshire +32 72 £55,000 +5.77% 15
East of England +7 60 £41,500 -17.00% 9
East Midlands +3 39 £53,750 +4.88% 20
North East +8 28 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Wales -8 7 £41,629 -2.05%
Northern Ireland +16 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 79 (6.68%) IIS
2 69 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.06%) CMS
4 17 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.85%) EPiServer
6 7 (0.59%) NServiceBus
7 5 (0.42%) IBM Notes
7 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.25%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.25%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
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%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.085%) SAS
10 1 (0.085%) Tornado
Applications
1 70 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.18%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.51%) Trello
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.085%) Mathematica
6 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 56 (4.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.28%) SDL Web 8
3 19 (1.61%) Elite 3E
4 14 (1.18%) NEC Housing
5 13 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 12 (1.02%) Shopify
7 11 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 4 (0.34%) Sonata
9 3 (0.25%) BusinessWorks
9 3 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.25%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.17%) Magento
10 2 (0.17%) nopCommerce
10 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.085%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.085%) JDE World
11 1 (0.085%) Maximo
11 1 (0.085%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.085%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 632 (53.47%) Azure
2 422 (35.70%) Power Platform
3 118 (9.98%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (8.88%) AWS
5 78 (6.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 69 (5.84%) Snowflake
7 49 (4.15%) Serverless
8 45 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
9 42 (3.55%) Matillion
9 42 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (2.37%) GCP
12 26 (2.20%) Azure App Service
13 22 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
14 21 (1.78%) GitHub
14 21 (1.78%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.61%) SaaS
16 18 (1.52%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.26%) Broadband
2 32 (2.71%) DNS
3 21 (1.78%) HTTP
4 14 (1.18%) BIG-IP
5 10 (0.85%) DHCP
6 8 (0.68%) Internet
6 8 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (0.51%) Firewall
7 6 (0.51%) Intranet
7 6 (0.51%) Network Security
8 4 (0.34%) FTP
8 4 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.25%) LAN
9 3 (0.25%) VPN
9 3 (0.25%) WAN
9 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.17%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.17%) SSL
10 2 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 826 (69.88%) SQL Server
2 398 (33.67%) Power BI
3 324 (27.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 227 (19.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 219 (18.53%) Data Warehouse
6 136 (11.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 129 (10.91%) Relational Database
8 97 (8.21%) Data Lake
9 82 (6.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 65 (5.50%) Tableau
11 39 (3.30%) Metadata
12 37 (3.13%) MySQL
13 24 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
14 21 (1.78%) MS Access
14 21 (1.78%) Oracle Database
15 20 (1.69%) Power Query
16 19 (1.61%) Big Data
17 18 (1.52%) NoSQL
18 17 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 16 (1.35%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 168 (14.21%) Git
2 130 (11.00%) Visual Studio
3 54 (4.57%) JIRA
4 43 (3.64%) Jasmine
4 43 (3.64%) Karma Test Runner
5 38 (3.21%) Moq
6 37 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 33 (2.79%) TeamCity
8 30 (2.54%) NUnit
9 25 (2.12%) Visual Studio Code
10 17 (1.44%) Postman
11 16 (1.35%) SpecFlow
12 15 (1.27%) Maven
13 14 (1.18%) git-flow
13 14 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
13 14 (1.18%) Sourcetree
14 13 (1.10%) GitLab
15 12 (1.02%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.02%) Subversion
16 10 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 365 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 242 (20.47%) Finance
3 137 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.98%) Law
5 72 (6.09%) Marketing
6 60 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (4.99%) Banking
8 45 (3.81%) Retail
9 44 (3.72%) Legal
9 44 (3.72%) Manufacturing
10 30 (2.54%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.86%) Private Banking
12 21 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.69%) Back Office
14 17 (1.44%) Billing
14 17 (1.44%) Games
15 16 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.27%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.27%) Publishing
17 13 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 453 (38.32%) Developer
2 216 (18.27%) Senior
3 171 (14.47%) Analyst
4 169 (14.30%) DBA
5 131 (11.08%) SQL DBA
6 104 (8.80%) Senior Developer
7 96 (8.12%) C# Developer
8 87 (7.36%) Data Engineer
9 83 (7.02%) Software Engineer
9 83 (7.02%) SQL Developer
10 81 (6.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 73 (6.18%) Support Analyst
12 67 (5.67%) Full Stack Developer
13 62 (5.25%) Administrator
14 61 (5.16%) .NET Developer
14 61 (5.16%) Applications Support
15 49 (4.15%) Lead
16 47 (3.98%) Applications Support Analyst
17 44 (3.72%) Architect
18 42 (3.55%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 402 (34.01%) .NET
2 246 (20.81%) ASP.NET
3 202 (17.09%) HTML
4 185 (15.65%) CSS
5 147 (12.44%) Web Services
6 144 (12.18%) XML
7 138 (11.68%) .NET Framework
8 135 (11.42%) JSON
9 134 (11.34%) AngularJS
10 119 (10.07%) SOAP
11 116 (9.81%) RESTful
12 109 (9.22%) REST
13 108 (9.14%) jQuery
14 106 (8.97%) Entity Framework
15 100 (8.46%) ASP.NET MVC
16 88 (7.45%) React
17 85 (7.19%) .NET Core
18 65 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
19 54 (4.57%) Sass
20 30 (2.54%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.57%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.15%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.13%) Replication
4 32 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.20%) Legacy Code
6 20 (1.69%) Life Science
6 20 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.61%) Clustering
7 19 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.35%) NHS
11 15 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
12 14 (1.18%) Housing Association
12 14 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.02%) CCTV
14 10 (0.85%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.85%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 116 (9.81%) Windows
2 75 (6.35%) VMS
3 30 (2.54%) Linux
4 22 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.93%) Android
5 11 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.59%) Unix
7 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.085%) AIX
9 1 (0.085%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (35.03%) Business Intelligence
2 302 (25.55%) ETL
3 285 (24.11%) Agile
4 216 (18.27%) Performance Tuning
5 215 (18.19%) DevOps
6 200 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
7 161 (13.62%) MVC
8 138 (11.68%) Analytics
9 133 (11.25%) Software Engineering
10 131 (11.08%) Visualisation
11 130 (11.00%) Full Stack Development
12 125 (10.58%) Collaborative Working
13 116 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
14 110 (9.31%) Data Modelling
15 109 (9.22%) High Availability
16 102 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
17 101 (8.54%) Computer Science
18 99 (8.38%) Mentoring
19 88 (7.45%) ITIL
20 87 (7.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,110 (93.91%) SQL
2 376 (31.81%) C#
3 288 (24.37%) JavaScript
4 113 (9.56%) Python
5 109 (9.22%) PowerShell
6 85 (7.19%) VB.NET
7 77 (6.51%) PL/SQL
8 76 (6.43%) TypeScript
9 66 (5.58%) Java
10 48 (4.06%) VB
11 47 (3.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 40 (3.38%) XPath
13 32 (2.71%) VBA
14 28 (2.37%) VB6
15 18 (1.52%) R
16 16 (1.35%) PHP
17 15 (1.27%) Groovy
18 13 (1.10%) VBScript
18 13 (1.10%) XAML
19 12 (1.02%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 218 (18.44%) Degree
2 96 (8.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (1.44%) Master's Degree
4 17 (1.44%) Security Cleared
5 14 (1.18%) DBS Check
6 10 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 9 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (0.68%) SC Cleared
9 6 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.51%) IIBA
9 6 (0.51%) MCP
9 6 (0.51%) MCSE
10 4 (0.34%) HND
10 4 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.25%) CIPD
11 3 (0.25%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.17%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.26%) Data Quality
2 53 (4.48%) QA
3 30 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.54%) GDPR
4 20 (1.69%) SLA
5 15 (1.27%) WAI
6 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (8.29%) Virtual Machines
2 49 (4.15%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.37%) Docker
4 9 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.34%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) vSphere
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 43 (3.64%) Terraform
2 19 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.76%) Foglight
3 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.59%) Ansible
4 7 (0.59%) Nagios
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.085%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.085%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.085%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 583 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.26%) Databricks
3 64 (5.41%) Oracle
4 19 (1.61%) NEC
5 18 (1.52%) DevExpress
6 16 (1.35%) Google
7 15 (1.27%) Commvault
8 14 (1.18%) Adobe
8 14 (1.18%) Alteryx
8 14 (1.18%) Cognizant
8 14 (1.18%) F5
8 14 (1.18%) SAP
8 14 (1.18%) VMware
9 13 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.85%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (0.85%) Anaplan
11 10 (0.85%) Jedox
11 10 (0.85%) Tagetik
12 9 (0.76%) Sun