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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 283 224
Rank change year-on-year +26 -59 -48
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,160 1,280 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.29% 1.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.49% 2.98% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,092 2,228
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,675
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,688 £43,750
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 £80,000 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £107,500 £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 18 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 18 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 +28 1,017 £57,500 - 200
UK excluding London +1 769 £55,000 +4.76% 148
Work from Home +59 607 £57,500 +4.55% 99
London +60 341 £60,000 -7.69% 66
North of England +43 249 £51,250 -1.44% 35
North West +29 150 £50,000 -3.85% 21
Midlands -4 146 £57,500 +15.00% 43
South East -41 135 £60,000 +9.09% 24
West Midlands +12 111 £60,000 +26.32% 30
Scotland +11 93 £53,500 +7.00% 14
South West +7 78 £57,000 +14.57% 20
Yorkshire +45 71 £55,000 +6.80% 12
East of England -3 60 £41,500 -17.00% 12
East Midlands -7 35 £56,250 +2.27% 13
North East +6 28 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Wales -3 7 £41,629 -7.49%
Northern Ireland +10 1 - - 2

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 (6.72%) IIS
2 65 (5.60%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.31%) CMS
4 17 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.86%) EPiServer
6 7 (0.60%) NServiceBus
7 5 (0.43%) IBM Notes
7 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.17%) Liferay
10 2 (0.17%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.086%) SAS
11 1 (0.086%) Tornado
Applications
1 72 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.29%) 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 48 (4.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (2.50%) SDL Web 8
3 19 (1.64%) Elite 3E
4 12 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
5 11 (0.95%) NEC Housing
5 11 (0.95%) Shopify
6 10 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.34%) Sonata
8 3 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
8 3 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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
1 617 (53.19%) Azure
2 413 (35.60%) Power Platform
3 114 (9.83%) AWS
4 110 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (6.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 67 (5.78%) Snowflake
7 47 (4.05%) Serverless
8 42 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (3.45%) Matillion
10 39 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (2.24%) Azure App Service
12 26 (2.24%) GCP
13 24 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
14 21 (1.81%) GitHub
15 19 (1.64%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.64%) SaaS
16 16 (1.38%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.29%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.38%) Broadband
2 35 (3.02%) DNS
3 21 (1.81%) HTTP
4 12 (1.03%) 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
1 816 (70.34%) SQL Server
2 389 (33.53%) Power BI
3 318 (27.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 230 (19.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 218 (18.79%) Data Warehouse
6 135 (11.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 129 (11.12%) Relational Database
8 98 (8.45%) Data Lake
9 86 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 66 (5.69%) Tableau
11 40 (3.45%) Metadata
12 36 (3.10%) MySQL
13 28 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
14 26 (2.24%) Oracle Database
15 22 (1.90%) MS Access
16 21 (1.81%) Power Query
17 20 (1.72%) Big Data
17 20 (1.72%) NoSQL
18 16 (1.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 15 (1.29%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 169 (14.57%) Git
2 129 (11.12%) Visual Studio
3 56 (4.83%) JIRA
4 43 (3.71%) Jasmine
4 43 (3.71%) Karma Test Runner
5 40 (3.45%) Moq
6 37 (3.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 34 (2.93%) TeamCity
8 31 (2.67%) NUnit
9 25 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 17 (1.47%) SpecFlow
11 15 (1.29%) git-flow
11 15 (1.29%) Maven
11 15 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
11 15 (1.29%) Postman
11 15 (1.29%) Sourcetree
12 14 (1.21%) GitLab
13 12 (1.03%) Subversion
14 11 (0.95%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 363 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 252 (21.72%) Finance
3 136 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (10.09%) Law
5 75 (6.47%) Marketing
6 60 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (4.91%) Banking
8 44 (3.79%) Manufacturing
8 44 (3.79%) Retail
9 43 (3.71%) Legal
10 26 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.90%) Private Banking
12 21 (1.81%) Back Office
13 19 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.55%) Billing
15 17 (1.47%) Games
15 17 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.29%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 440 (37.93%) Developer
2 211 (18.19%) Senior
3 172 (14.83%) DBA
4 158 (13.62%) Analyst
5 130 (11.21%) SQL DBA
6 101 (8.71%) Senior Developer
7 97 (8.36%) C# Developer
8 89 (7.67%) Data Engineer
9 83 (7.16%) SQL Developer
10 81 (6.98%) Software Engineer
11 74 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 69 (5.95%) Support Analyst
13 65 (5.60%) Full Stack Developer
14 62 (5.34%) Administrator
15 59 (5.09%) .NET Developer
15 59 (5.09%) Applications Support
16 46 (3.97%) Lead
17 44 (3.79%) Applications Support Analyst
17 44 (3.79%) Architect
18 38 (3.28%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (33.97%) .NET
2 244 (21.03%) ASP.NET
3 201 (17.33%) HTML
4 185 (15.95%) CSS
5 145 (12.50%) XML
6 143 (12.33%) Web Services
7 134 (11.55%) .NET Framework
8 131 (11.29%) AngularJS
8 131 (11.29%) JSON
9 118 (10.17%) SOAP
10 115 (9.91%) RESTful
11 107 (9.22%) jQuery
12 104 (8.97%) REST
13 103 (8.88%) Entity Framework
14 100 (8.62%) ASP.NET MVC
15 87 (7.50%) React
16 78 (6.72%) .NET Core
17 60 (5.17%) ASP.NET Web API
18 54 (4.66%) Sass
19 31 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC 5
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.48%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.19%) Replication
4 33 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (2.41%) Legacy Code
6 20 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.72%) Life Science
7 19 (1.64%) Clustering
8 18 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.47%) NHS
9 17 (1.47%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
11 14 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.12%) Housing Association
13 12 (1.03%) CCTV
14 10 (0.86%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.78%) EPoS
15 9 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (10.09%) Windows
2 75 (6.47%) VMS
3 34 (2.93%) Linux
4 25 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.78%) Android
5 9 (0.78%) 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%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (34.66%) Business Intelligence
2 286 (24.66%) ETL
3 273 (23.53%) Agile
4 215 (18.53%) Performance Tuning
5 212 (18.28%) DevOps
6 202 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
7 154 (13.28%) MVC
8 134 (11.55%) Full Stack Development
9 133 (11.47%) Analytics
10 129 (11.12%) Collaborative Working
10 129 (11.12%) Software Engineering
11 125 (10.78%) Visualisation
12 114 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (9.40%) High Availability
14 105 (9.05%) Data Modelling
15 102 (8.79%) Computer Science
15 102 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
16 97 (8.36%) Mentoring
17 87 (7.50%) ITIL
18 85 (7.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,088 (93.79%) SQL
2 367 (31.64%) C#
3 278 (23.97%) JavaScript
4 110 (9.48%) PowerShell
5 104 (8.97%) Python
6 87 (7.50%) VB.NET
7 73 (6.29%) TypeScript
8 72 (6.21%) PL/SQL
9 65 (5.60%) Java
10 48 (4.14%) VB
11 47 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 41 (3.53%) XPath
13 35 (3.02%) VBA
14 28 (2.41%) VB6
15 18 (1.55%) R
16 15 (1.29%) Groovy
17 14 (1.21%) PHP
18 13 (1.12%) Kotlin
18 13 (1.12%) VBScript
18 13 (1.12%) XAML
Qualifications
1 218 (18.79%) Degree
2 97 (8.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 14 (1.21%) DBS Check
5 14 (1.21%) Security Cleared
6 8 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.52%) IIBA
8 6 (0.52%) MCP
8 6 (0.52%) 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%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 46 (3.97%) QA
3 30 (2.59%) GDPR
4 25 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.72%) SLA
6 15 (1.29%) WAI
7 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (8.45%) Virtual Machines
2 44 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.16%) Docker
4 9 (0.78%) 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 (3.88%) Terraform
2 20 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Clustering
4 9 (0.78%) Foglight
5 8 (0.69%) Ansible
6 7 (0.60%) Nagios
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.086%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.086%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 575 (49.57%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.47%) Databricks
3 67 (5.78%) Oracle
4 18 (1.55%) DevExpress
4 18 (1.55%) NEC
5 16 (1.38%) Google
6 15 (1.29%) Adobe
6 15 (1.29%) Cognizant
6 15 (1.29%) Commvault
7 14 (1.21%) SAP
8 13 (1.12%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.12%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.12%) VMware
9 12 (1.03%) F5
10 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.86%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (0.86%) Anaplan
11 10 (0.86%) Jedox
11 10 (0.86%) Tagetik
12 9 (0.78%) Sun