Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 October 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Transact-SQL
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 161 138 174
Rank change year-on-year -23 +36 -41
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 585 136 127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.08% 2.06% 1.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.65% 3.24% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 534 133 114
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,240 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +3.26%

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,018 4,203 4,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.98% 63.76% 58.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,763 3,830 4,073
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

T-SQL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

T-SQL trend for jobs with a WFH option

T-SQL
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing T-SQL.

T-SQL salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

T-SQL
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 27 October 2021.

T-SQL salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 October 2021, T-SQL job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for T-SQL.

1 533 (91.11%) SQL
2 364 (62.22%) C#
3 353 (60.34%) .NET
4 318 (54.36%) SQL Server
5 235 (40.17%) Azure
6 234 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 203 (34.70%) Agile Software Development
8 163 (27.86%) .NET Core
9 160 (27.35%) Finance
10 159 (27.18%) Business Intelligence
10 159 (27.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 154 (26.32%) AWS
12 135 (23.08%) Software Engineering
13 124 (21.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 121 (20.68%) JavaScript
15 106 (18.12%) MVC
15 106 (18.12%) Docker
16 104 (17.78%) ETL
17 101 (17.26%) DevOps
17 101 (17.26%) Power BI
17 101 (17.26%) Power Platform
18 96 (16.41%) Data Warehouse
19 93 (15.90%) ASP.NET
20 85 (14.53%) AngularJS
21 76 (12.99%) API Development
22 75 (12.82%) Kubernetes
23 71 (12.14%) HTML
24 70 (11.97%) Fintech
25 68 (11.62%) Social Skills
26 66 (11.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services

T-SQL
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (5.64%) IIS
2 10 (1.71%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (0.85%) Apache
4 4 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.68%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.34%) Confluence
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.71%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.51%) nopCommerce
4 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.17%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.17%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 235 (40.17%) Azure
2 154 (26.32%) AWS
3 101 (17.26%) Power Platform
4 40 (6.84%) Azure Data Factory
5 37 (6.32%) SaaS
6 25 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 23 (3.93%) Serverless
8 22 (3.76%) Azure Functions
9 18 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (2.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (1.88%) Azure Storage
13 10 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.54%) NuGet
14 9 (1.54%) PaaS
15 7 (1.20%) GCP
16 6 (1.03%) GitHub
16 6 (1.03%) Snowflake
17 4 (0.68%) Azure App Service
17 4 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.05%) Intranet
2 11 (1.88%) Internet
3 4 (0.68%) Firewall
3 4 (0.68%) FTP
3 4 (0.68%) HTTP
4 2 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 318 (54.36%) SQL Server
2 159 (27.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 124 (21.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 101 (17.26%) Power BI
5 96 (16.41%) Data Warehouse
6 66 (11.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 42 (7.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (6.67%) Relational Database
9 37 (6.32%) Data Lake
10 32 (5.47%) SQL Server 2019
11 27 (4.62%) MySQL
12 25 (4.27%) SQL Server 2012
13 22 (3.76%) Tableau
14 20 (3.42%) SQL Server 2016
15 17 (2.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 16 (2.74%) NoSQL
16 16 (2.74%) SQL Server 2017
17 13 (2.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
18 12 (2.05%) MongoDB
19 11 (1.88%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 27 (4.62%) Git (software)
2 24 (4.10%) Visual Studio
3 21 (3.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 18 (3.08%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.71%) NUnit
6 9 (1.54%) MSBuild
6 9 (1.54%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.03%) JIRA
7 6 (1.03%) Moq
7 6 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.85%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.85%) Visual Studio Team System
9 4 (0.68%) MSTest
10 3 (0.51%) Jasmine
10 3 (0.51%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.34%) Protractor
11 2 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 160 (27.35%) Finance
2 68 (11.62%) Social Skills
3 51 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.01%) Retail
5 32 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.44%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.91%) Marketing
8 13 (2.22%) Law
9 12 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.88%) Banking
10 11 (1.88%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.71%) Back Office
11 10 (1.71%) Electronics
12 8 (1.37%) French Language
12 8 (1.37%) Legal
13 6 (1.03%) Advertising
14 5 (0.85%) Games
15 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 394 (67.35%) Developer
2 182 (31.11%) C# Developer
3 123 (21.03%) .NET Developer
4 71 (12.14%) C# .NET Developer
4 71 (12.14%) SQL Developer
5 70 (11.97%) Software Developer
6 58 (9.91%) Analyst
7 56 (9.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 48 (8.21%) Senior Developer
9 39 (6.67%) DBA
10 33 (5.64%) Data Engineer
11 32 (5.47%) .NET Software Developer
11 32 (5.47%) C# Software Developer
12 31 (5.30%) SQL DBA
13 26 (4.44%) Data Analyst
14 23 (3.93%) Azure Developer
15 22 (3.76%) Junior
15 22 (3.76%) Junior Developer
16 20 (3.42%) ASP.NET MVC Developer
16 20 (3.42%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 353 (60.34%) .NET
2 163 (27.86%) .NET Core
3 93 (15.90%) ASP.NET
4 85 (14.53%) AngularJS
5 71 (12.14%) HTML
6 61 (10.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 59 (10.09%) CSS
8 56 (9.57%) WCF
9 49 (8.38%) XML
10 45 (7.69%) jQuery
11 43 (7.35%) React
12 42 (7.18%) Web Services
13 36 (6.15%) REST
14 31 (5.30%) .NET Framework
15 28 (4.79%) Ajax
15 28 (4.79%) JSON
16 26 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web API
16 26 (4.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 25 (4.27%) SOAP
18 23 (3.93%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.91%) Legacy Systems
2 36 (6.15%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (2.22%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.22%) Replication
7 7 (1.20%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.20%) Clustering
8 6 (1.03%) Blog
8 6 (1.03%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.03%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.03%) NHS
9 5 (0.85%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.68%) Wiki
11 3 (0.51%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.51%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.51%) Online Games
12 2 (0.34%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.09%) Windows
2 38 (6.50%) Linux
3 10 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.68%) AIX
5 4 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.68%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.34%) Android
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (34.70%) Agile Software Development
2 159 (27.18%) Business Intelligence
3 135 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 106 (18.12%) MVC
5 104 (17.78%) ETL
6 101 (17.26%) DevOps
7 76 (12.99%) API Development
8 70 (11.97%) Fintech
9 65 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 65 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (9.91%) Analytics
11 57 (9.74%) Full Stack Development
11 57 (9.74%) Performance Tuning
12 45 (7.69%) Scrum
13 41 (7.01%) Data Modelling
14 40 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
14 40 (6.84%) SOLID
15 38 (6.50%) TDD
16 36 (6.15%) Unit Testing
17 34 (5.81%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 533 (91.11%) SQL
2 364 (62.22%) C#
3 121 (20.68%) JavaScript
4 59 (10.09%) VB.NET
5 55 (9.40%) PowerShell
6 50 (8.55%) Python
7 32 (5.47%) TypeScript
8 26 (4.44%) VBA
9 23 (3.93%) C++
10 19 (3.25%) PL/SQL
11 16 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
12 15 (2.56%) Bash Shell
12 15 (2.56%) Java
13 8 (1.37%) VB
13 8 (1.37%) XAML
14 7 (1.20%) R
15 6 (1.03%) Scala
15 6 (1.03%) X++
16 4 (0.68%) Java 8
16 4 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (6.15%) Degree
2 13 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (0.68%) SC Cleared
3 4 (0.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.17%) ISEB
5 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.17%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.76%) QA
2 20 (3.42%) GRC
3 16 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.37%) GDPR
6 3 (0.51%) HL7
6 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.34%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 106 (18.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.68%) Data Guard
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.34%) Control-M
3 2 (0.34%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Foglight
4 1 (0.17%) WMI
Vendors
1 234 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.13%) Databricks
3 23 (3.93%) Oracle
4 15 (2.56%) SAP
5 9 (1.54%) JD Edwards
6 8 (1.37%) Cognos
6 8 (1.37%) Google
7 6 (1.03%) Sybase
8 5 (0.85%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (0.68%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.68%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.68%) iManage
9 4 (0.68%) MarketAxess
9 4 (0.68%) Talend
9 4 (0.68%) Telerik
9 4 (0.68%) Tradeweb
9 4 (0.68%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.51%) New Relic
10 3 (0.51%) Xero