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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 279 220
Rank change year-on-year +32 -59 -43
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,162 1,278 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.30% 1.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.49% 3.00% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,092 2,235
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £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 £78,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year +4.76% +1.45% +15.00%

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 33,326 42,611 88,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 43.26% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24,946 27,225 43,437
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 16 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 23 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 +34 1,023 £57,500 - 238
UK excluding London +8 764 £55,000 +4.76% 176
Work from Home +56 608 £57,500 +2.68% 113
London +62 348 £60,000 -7.69% 98
North of England +45 248 £51,250 -1.44% 34
North West +18 148 £50,000 -3.85% 18
Midlands -11 148 £57,500 +15.00% 38
South East -33 135 £60,000 +9.09% 48
West Midlands +10 114 £57,500 +16.66% 23
Scotland +11 91 £53,500 +7.00% 12
South West +14 76 £57,000 +14.00% 25
Yorkshire +45 72 £55,000 +6.80% 14
East of England +2 60 £41,500 -17.00% 20
East Midlands -6 34 £56,250 +2.27% 15
North East +6 28 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Wales -2 6 £41,629 -7.49%

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 77 (6.63%) IIS
2 65 (5.59%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.65%) 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 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 71 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.38%) 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 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (2.84%) 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%) Infor M3
10 1 (0.086%) JDE World
10 1 (0.086%) Maximo
10 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.086%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 611 (52.58%) Azure
2 416 (35.80%) Power Platform
3 110 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (9.04%) AWS
5 81 (6.97%) Azure Data Factory
6 67 (5.77%) Snowflake
7 48 (4.13%) Serverless
8 41 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (3.44%) Matillion
10 39 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (2.24%) Azure App Service
11 26 (2.24%) GCP
12 25 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (1.81%) GitHub
14 19 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 19 (1.64%) SaaS
15 16 (1.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 16 (1.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.37%) Broadband
2 36 (3.10%) DNS
3 21 (1.81%) HTTP
4 11 (0.95%) 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
1 811 (69.79%) SQL Server
2 392 (33.73%) Power BI
3 323 (27.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 237 (20.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 218 (18.76%) Data Warehouse
6 135 (11.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 130 (11.19%) Relational Database
8 102 (8.78%) Data Lake
9 92 (7.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 66 (5.68%) Tableau
11 41 (3.53%) Metadata
12 35 (3.01%) MySQL
13 29 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
14 27 (2.32%) Oracle Database
15 21 (1.81%) Big Data
15 21 (1.81%) MS Access
15 21 (1.81%) Power Query
16 20 (1.72%) NoSQL
17 16 (1.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 15 (1.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 174 (14.97%) Git
2 130 (11.19%) Visual Studio
3 60 (5.16%) JIRA
4 44 (3.79%) Moq
5 43 (3.70%) Jasmine
5 43 (3.70%) Karma Test Runner
6 37 (3.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 37 (3.18%) TeamCity
7 35 (3.01%) NUnit
8 25 (2.15%) Visual Studio Code
9 18 (1.55%) SpecFlow
10 17 (1.46%) GitLab
11 16 (1.38%) git-flow
11 16 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.38%) Sourcetree
12 15 (1.29%) Maven
12 15 (1.29%) Postman
13 12 (1.03%) Subversion
14 11 (0.95%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 354 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 254 (21.86%) Finance
3 135 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (10.15%) Law
5 80 (6.88%) Marketing
6 61 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (4.82%) Banking
8 45 (3.87%) Manufacturing
8 45 (3.87%) Retail
9 43 (3.70%) Legal
10 26 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.89%) Private Banking
12 21 (1.81%) Back Office
13 18 (1.55%) Billing
13 18 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.46%) Games
14 17 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.29%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 448 (38.55%) Developer
2 217 (18.67%) Senior
3 172 (14.80%) DBA
4 146 (12.56%) Analyst
5 128 (11.02%) SQL DBA
6 104 (8.95%) Senior Developer
7 99 (8.52%) C# Developer
8 92 (7.92%) Data Engineer
9 83 (7.14%) SQL Developer
10 82 (7.06%) Software Engineer
11 75 (6.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 69 (5.94%) Full Stack Developer
13 62 (5.34%) Administrator
14 60 (5.16%) .NET Developer
15 57 (4.91%) Support Analyst
16 48 (4.13%) Applications Support
17 47 (4.04%) Lead
18 44 (3.79%) Architect
19 38 (3.27%) Data Analyst
20 36 (3.10%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 400 (34.42%) .NET
2 250 (21.51%) ASP.NET
3 209 (17.99%) HTML
4 193 (16.61%) CSS
5 146 (12.56%) Web Services
6 145 (12.48%) XML
7 139 (11.96%) .NET Framework
8 132 (11.36%) AngularJS
9 131 (11.27%) JSON
10 122 (10.50%) SOAP
11 118 (10.15%) RESTful
12 112 (9.64%) jQuery
13 109 (9.38%) Entity Framework
14 105 (9.04%) ASP.NET MVC
14 105 (9.04%) REST
15 88 (7.57%) React
16 78 (6.71%) .NET Core
17 61 (5.25%) ASP.NET Web API
18 54 (4.65%) Sass
19 35 (3.01%) ASP.NET MVC 5
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.48%) Management Information System
2 49 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.10%) Replication
4 34 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
5 32 (2.75%) Legacy Code
6 20 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.72%) Life Science
7 19 (1.64%) Clustering
8 18 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 18 (1.55%) NHS
8 18 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.46%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
11 13 (1.12%) Housing Association
11 13 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (0.86%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.77%) EPoS
13 9 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (10.07%) Windows
2 75 (6.45%) VMS
3 35 (3.01%) Linux
4 25 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.77%) Android
5 9 (0.77%) 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
1 404 (34.77%) Business Intelligence
2 286 (24.61%) ETL
3 278 (23.92%) Agile
4 218 (18.76%) Performance Tuning
5 214 (18.42%) DevOps
6 188 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (13.68%) MVC
8 139 (11.96%) Full Stack Development
9 135 (11.62%) Analytics
10 131 (11.27%) Collaborative Working
11 130 (11.19%) Software Engineering
12 125 (10.76%) Visualisation
13 114 (9.81%) Disaster Recovery
14 108 (9.29%) Data Modelling
14 108 (9.29%) High Availability
15 107 (9.21%) Computer Science
16 103 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
17 101 (8.69%) Mentoring
18 85 (7.31%) Scrum
19 83 (7.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,090 (93.80%) SQL
2 373 (32.10%) C#
3 284 (24.44%) JavaScript
4 113 (9.72%) PowerShell
5 105 (9.04%) Python
6 88 (7.57%) VB.NET
7 74 (6.37%) TypeScript
8 72 (6.20%) PL/SQL
9 65 (5.59%) Java
10 48 (4.13%) VB
11 47 (4.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 41 (3.53%) XPath
13 35 (3.01%) VBA
14 28 (2.41%) VB6
15 18 (1.55%) R
16 15 (1.29%) Groovy
17 14 (1.20%) PHP
18 13 (1.12%) Kotlin
18 13 (1.12%) VBScript
18 13 (1.12%) XAML
Qualifications
1 213 (18.33%) Degree
2 98 (8.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (1.55%) Master's Degree
5 14 (1.20%) DBS Check
5 14 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 8 (0.69%) Azure Certification
6 8 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.52%) IIBA
7 6 (0.52%) MCP
7 6 (0.52%) MCSE
7 6 (0.52%) SnowPro
8 5 (0.43%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.34%) HND
9 4 (0.34%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.26%) CIPD
10 3 (0.26%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 46 (3.96%) QA
3 31 (2.67%) GDPR
4 24 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.72%) SLA
6 15 (1.29%) WAI
7 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 98 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
2 43 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.15%) 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 46 (3.96%) Terraform
2 21 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Clustering
4 9 (0.77%) 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
1 578 (49.74%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.71%) Databricks
3 69 (5.94%) Oracle
4 18 (1.55%) DevExpress
4 18 (1.55%) NEC
5 16 (1.38%) Adobe
5 16 (1.38%) Cognizant
5 16 (1.38%) Google
6 15 (1.29%) Commvault
7 14 (1.20%) SAP
8 13 (1.12%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.12%) VMware
9 12 (1.03%) Alteryx
10 11 (0.95%) 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 (0.77%) Sun