Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DTS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DTS over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 834 943
Rank change year-on-year +145 +109 +112
Permanent jobs citing DTS 22 27 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.031% 0.062%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.26% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 61
10th Percentile - £37,825 £35,750
25th Percentile - £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,900 £44,343 £46,975
Median % change year-on-year +44.11% -5.60% -14.59%
75th Percentile - £68,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,477 £89,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,900 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +68.16% +1.33% -25.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

DTS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,526 16,805 24,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.69% 19.22% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,310 12,210 14,919
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,484
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

DTS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DTS in the UK

DTS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DTS.

Salary trend for DTS in the UK

DTS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DTS over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

Salary histogram for DTS in the UK

DTS
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DTS within the UK over the 6 months to 15 March 2025. 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 +130 22 £63,900 +44.11% 22
UK excluding London +162 19 £63,900 +68.16% 12
North of England - 12 £63,900 - 1
North West - 12 £63,900 - 1
South East +85 7 £65,769 +75.38% 7
London +63 3 £43,500 -1.90% 11
Work from Home +120 1 £65,769 +48.32% 17

DTS
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 12 (54.55%) Manufacturing
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Capability Manager
1 12 (54.55%) Delivery Manager
1 12 (54.55%) Digital Delivery Manager
1 12 (54.55%) Digital Programme Manager
1 12 (54.55%) Programme Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Account Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Digital Transformation
3 2 (9.09%) Head of Digital
3 2 (9.09%) Head of Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Risk Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Services Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Technology Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 7 (31.82%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Reference Data
3 1 (4.55%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Portfolio Management
1 14 (63.64%) Project Management
2 13 (59.09%) Business Strategy
3 12 (54.55%) Computer Science
3 12 (54.55%) Digital Engineering
3 12 (54.55%) People Management
3 12 (54.55%) PRINCE2
3 12 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Acquisition
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (27.27%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (27.27%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (9.09%) Budget Management
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.55%) Service Catalogue
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
2 12 (54.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (54.55%) HNC
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow