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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 281 216
Rank change year-on-year +32 -65 -45
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 1,165 1,287 3,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.27% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.51% 2.93% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,096 2,241
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £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 £80,000 £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 33,162 43,852 84,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.46% 43.27% 54.01%
Number of salaries quoted 24,974 27,985 43,449
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 £106,275 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.55% +6.22%

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 9 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 9 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 1,021 £57,500 - 174
UK excluding London +15 774 £55,000 +5.77% 135
Work from Home +56 611 £57,500 +4.55% 97
London +55 340 £60,000 -7.69% 49
North of England +50 254 £51,250 -1.44% 30
North West +35 154 £50,000 -3.85% 16
Midlands -3 147 £57,500 +15.62% 51
South East -49 135 £60,000 +9.09% 15
West Midlands +13 109 £60,000 +26.32% 28
Scotland +13 93 £53,500 +12.63% 15
South West +11 77 £57,250 +15.08% 15
Yorkshire +50 72 £55,000 +5.77% 13
East of England +11 60 £41,500 -17.00% 8
East Midlands -12 38 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North East +8 28 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Wales -8 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 66 (5.67%) 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 71 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.69%) 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 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.32%) SDL Web 8
3 19 (1.63%) Elite 3E
4 13 (1.12%) NEC Housing
5 12 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (0.94%) Shopify
7 10 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 4 (0.34%) Sonata
9 3 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.26%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
10 2 (0.17%) Magento
10 2 (0.17%) nopCommerce
10 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.086%) Infor M3
11 1 (0.086%) JDE OneWorld
11 1 (0.086%) Maximo
11 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
11 1 (0.086%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 620 (53.22%) Azure
2 417 (35.79%) Power Platform
3 113 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
4 110 (9.44%) AWS
5 78 (6.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (5.84%) Snowflake
7 48 (4.12%) Serverless
8 43 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (3.52%) Matillion
10 40 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
11 34 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (2.23%) Azure App Service
12 26 (2.23%) GCP
13 24 (2.06%) 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 (6.35%) Broadband
2 34 (2.92%) DNS
3 21 (1.80%) HTTP
4 13 (1.12%) 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
1 817 (70.13%) SQL Server
2 393 (33.73%) Power BI
3 318 (27.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 226 (19.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 219 (18.80%) Data Warehouse
6 137 (11.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 131 (11.24%) Relational Database
8 98 (8.41%) Data Lake
9 84 (7.21%) 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
16 20 (1.72%) Power Query
17 18 (1.55%) NoSQL
18 17 (1.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
19 15 (1.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 166 (14.25%) Git
2 128 (10.99%) 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 (2.83%) 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 (0.94%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 246 (21.12%) Finance
3 136 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (10.13%) Law
5 71 (6.09%) Marketing
6 60 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (4.98%) Banking
8 44 (3.78%) Manufacturing
9 43 (3.69%) Legal
9 43 (3.69%) Retail
10 28 (2.40%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.89%) Private Banking
12 20 (1.72%) Back Office
12 20 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.46%) Billing
13 17 (1.46%) Games
14 16 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.29%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.29%) Publishing
16 14 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 440 (37.77%) Developer
2 213 (18.28%) Senior
3 170 (14.59%) DBA
4 168 (14.42%) Analyst
5 131 (11.24%) SQL DBA
6 101 (8.67%) Senior Developer
7 95 (8.15%) C# Developer
8 88 (7.55%) Data Engineer
9 82 (7.04%) Software Engineer
10 81 (6.95%) SQL Developer
11 76 (6.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 73 (6.27%) Support Analyst
13 65 (5.58%) Full Stack Developer
14 62 (5.32%) Administrator
15 60 (5.15%) Applications Support
16 57 (4.89%) .NET Developer
17 47 (4.03%) Lead
18 46 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
19 43 (3.69%) Architect
20 39 (3.35%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (33.82%) .NET
2 244 (20.94%) ASP.NET
3 201 (17.25%) HTML
4 185 (15.88%) CSS
5 143 (12.27%) Web Services
6 142 (12.19%) XML
7 135 (11.59%) .NET Framework
8 134 (11.50%) AngularJS
9 133 (11.42%) JSON
10 116 (9.96%) SOAP
11 115 (9.87%) RESTful
12 106 (9.10%) jQuery
13 105 (9.01%) REST
14 103 (8.84%) Entity Framework
15 98 (8.41%) ASP.NET MVC
16 86 (7.38%) React
17 83 (7.12%) .NET Core
18 62 (5.32%) 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 (9.96%) 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
1 409 (35.11%) Business Intelligence
2 295 (25.32%) ETL
3 276 (23.69%) Agile
4 214 (18.37%) Performance Tuning
5 211 (18.11%) DevOps
6 199 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (13.30%) MVC
8 138 (11.85%) Analytics
9 132 (11.33%) Software Engineering
10 131 (11.24%) Full Stack Development
11 128 (10.99%) Visualisation
12 126 (10.82%) Collaborative Working
13 115 (9.87%) Disaster Recovery
14 109 (9.36%) High Availability
15 108 (9.27%) Data Modelling
16 103 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
17 101 (8.67%) Computer Science
18 98 (8.41%) Mentoring
19 87 (7.47%) ITIL
20 86 (7.38%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,093 (93.82%) SQL
2 369 (31.67%) C#
3 281 (24.12%) JavaScript
4 105 (9.01%) PowerShell
5 104 (8.93%) Python
6 85 (7.30%) VB.NET
7 76 (6.52%) TypeScript
8 74 (6.35%) PL/SQL
9 64 (5.49%) Java
10 48 (4.12%) VB
11 47 (4.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 40 (3.43%) XPath
13 33 (2.83%) VBA
14 28 (2.40%) 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 (18.45%) 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%) MCITP
13 2 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.35%) 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 (8.41%) Virtual Machines
2 47 (4.03%) 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 (3.86%) 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
1 577 (49.53%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.52%) 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%) Cognizant
7 14 (1.20%) SAP
8 13 (1.12%) Alteryx
8 13 (1.12%) F5
8 13 (1.12%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.12%) 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