T-SQL Job Trends in England

Transact-SQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring T-SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 348 291
Rank change year-on-year -177 -57 -63
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 196 335 731
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.77% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 2.57% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 167 273 582
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,188 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -

All Programming Languages
England

T-SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,251 13,034 23,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.19% 30.10% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,846 8,790 18,112
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,713 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing T-SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

T-SQL job vacancy trend in England

T-SQL
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL

T-SQL
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing T-SQL in England over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in England

T-SQL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the England region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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
London -87 52 £70,000 - 17
South East -40 44 £52,500 +16.67% 10
North of England -69 37 £47,500 -20.83% 16
North West -9 23 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Midlands -73 23 £45,000 -7.22% 7
East of England -21 17 £62,500 +51.52% 5
South West -66 17 £49,375 +1.28% 9
West Midlands -32 16 £44,000 -23.48% 7
Yorkshire -73 12 £45,000 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -58 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -54 2 £45,500 -13.33% 3
T-SQL
UK

T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.12%) IIS
3 7 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) JBoss
5 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.06%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (3.06%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.55%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (2.04%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (2.04%) JDE World
4 4 (2.04%) Magento
4 4 (2.04%) Shopify
5 3 (1.53%) Elite 3E
6 2 (1.02%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.51%) FastStats
7 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 110 (56.12%) Azure
2 65 (33.16%) Power Platform
3 29 (14.80%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (9.69%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (9.69%) Entra ID
4 19 (9.69%) SaaS
5 17 (8.67%) Power Automate
6 15 (7.65%) AWS
6 15 (7.65%) Azure Logic Apps
6 15 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (6.12%) PowerApps
8 10 (5.10%) Google Workspace
9 8 (4.08%) Serverless
9 8 (4.08%) Snowflake
10 7 (3.57%) GitHub
11 4 (2.04%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (2.04%) GCP
11 4 (2.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.08%) Broadband
2 4 (2.04%) Firewall
3 3 (1.53%) DNS
3 3 (1.53%) VLAN
4 2 (1.02%) HTTP
5 1 (0.51%) LAN
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (63.27%) SQL Server
2 54 (27.55%) Power BI
3 46 (23.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (22.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (8.16%) Power Query
6 15 (7.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (4.59%) MySQL
10 8 (4.08%) Relational Database
10 8 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (3.06%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.55%) Data Lake
13 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.53%) Db2
14 3 (1.53%) WhereScape RED
15 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
15 2 (1.02%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (10.20%) Git
2 13 (6.63%) Visual Studio
3 11 (5.61%) JIRA
4 10 (5.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.02%) Postman
5 2 (1.02%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.51%) Yeoman
General
1 58 (29.59%) Social Skills
2 50 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (14.29%) Finance
4 20 (10.20%) Law
5 14 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.61%) Legal
7 7 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.06%) Retail
9 5 (2.55%) Back Office
10 3 (1.53%) Billing
10 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.53%) Marketing
10 3 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.02%) Automotive
11 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Local Government
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (40.31%) Developer
2 38 (19.39%) Analyst
3 32 (16.33%) Senior
4 18 (9.18%) .NET Developer
4 18 (9.18%) Applications Support
4 18 (9.18%) SQL Developer
5 15 (7.65%) Data Analyst
5 15 (7.65%) DBA
5 15 (7.65%) Software Developer
6 14 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 14 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 13 (6.63%) Applications Support Analyst
7 13 (6.63%) SQL DBA
8 12 (6.12%) Senior Developer
9 11 (5.61%) Support Analyst
10 10 (5.10%) SQL Analyst
10 10 (5.10%) SQL Server DBA
10 10 (5.10%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (28.57%) .NET
2 23 (11.73%) REST
3 17 (8.67%) SOAP
4 16 (8.16%) HTML
5 15 (7.65%) CSS
5 15 (7.65%) JSON
6 14 (7.14%) .NET Core
6 14 (7.14%) ASP.NET
7 13 (6.63%) XML
8 10 (5.10%) GraphQL
8 10 (5.10%) LDAP
8 10 (5.10%) OAuth
8 10 (5.10%) OpenID
8 10 (5.10%) SAML
9 9 (4.59%) .NET Framework
9 9 (4.59%) Kafka
9 9 (4.59%) WinForms
10 8 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (4.08%) Blazor
11 7 (3.57%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.18%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (6.63%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.12%) Data Structures
4 11 (5.61%) Replication
5 10 (5.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.10%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.59%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (4.08%) Cyberattack
7 8 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.06%) Legacy Code
9 4 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.04%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.53%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.53%) LIMS
10 3 (1.53%) NHS
10 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.18%) Windows
2 9 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (29.59%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (24.49%) Performance Tuning
4 39 (19.90%) DevOps
5 38 (19.39%) Data Modelling
6 35 (17.86%) ETL
7 33 (16.84%) Agile
7 33 (16.84%) CI/CD
8 30 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.80%) Analytics
10 24 (12.24%) Roadmaps
11 22 (11.22%) Validation
12 20 (10.20%) Mentoring
12 20 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (9.18%) Decision-Making
14 17 (8.67%) AI
15 16 (8.16%) Migration
15 16 (8.16%) Root Cause Analysis
16 15 (7.65%) Secure Coding
16 15 (7.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 195 (99.49%) SQL
2 57 (29.08%) C#
3 42 (21.43%) PowerShell
4 33 (16.84%) Python
5 23 (11.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (7.65%) JavaScript
7 10 (5.10%) Bash
8 9 (4.59%) VBScript
9 8 (4.08%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.57%) VBA
11 4 (2.04%) Delphi
11 4 (2.04%) R
11 4 (2.04%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.04%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.02%) VB
13 1 (0.51%) Bicep
13 1 (0.51%) Java
13 1 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (7.14%) Degree
2 5 (2.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.53%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.02%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.31%) Data Quality
2 22 (11.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.65%) QA
4 10 (5.10%) NIST
5 8 (4.08%) NCSC
6 7 (3.57%) SLA
7 3 (1.53%) GDPR
8 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) HL7
9 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (13.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.04%) Docker
3 3 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.55%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.04%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.51%) SCCM
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 73 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.59%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.08%) iManage
3 8 (4.08%) Oracle
4 7 (3.57%) SAP
5 6 (3.06%) IFS
5 6 (3.06%) Infor
6 5 (2.55%) Databricks
6 5 (2.55%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.55%) Remedy
7 4 (2.04%) Epicor
7 4 (2.04%) RedGate
7 4 (2.04%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.04%) WooCommerce
8 3 (1.53%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.53%) Veeam
8 3 (1.53%) VMware
9 2 (1.02%) Google
9 2 (1.02%) Rollbar