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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 352 320
Rank change year-on-year -193 -32 -92
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 198 334 594
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.77% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 2.60% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 173 270 452
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,517
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 16,619 12,849 21,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.91% 29.50% 29.63%
Number of salaries quoted 12,123 8,581 16,126
10th Percentile £37,800 £34,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +5.79% -6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -99 53 £70,000 - 33
South East -37 45 £52,500 +16.67% 17
North of England -78 35 £47,500 -20.83% 17
Midlands -74 23 £47,500 -2.06% 10
North West -4 20 £53,750 -6.52% 10
East of England -34 18 £62,500 +51.52% 2
South West -62 18 £50,000 - 4
West Midlands -37 17 £44,000 -23.48% 9
Yorkshire -60 13 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -44 6 £59,366 +26.99% 1
North East -57 2 £45,500 -13.33% 4
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 14 (7.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.06%) IIS
3 7 (3.54%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) JBoss
5 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.03%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (2.53%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (2.02%) Elite 3E
4 4 (2.02%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (2.02%) JDE World
5 3 (1.52%) Magento
5 3 (1.52%) Shopify
6 2 (1.01%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (1.01%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.51%) FastStats
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 108 (54.55%) Azure
2 66 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 36 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 18 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.59%) AWS
6 16 (8.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (7.07%) PowerApps
7 14 (7.07%) SaaS
8 12 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (5.05%) Serverless
11 9 (4.55%) Entra ID
12 8 (4.04%) GitHub
12 8 (4.04%) Snowflake
13 6 (3.03%) Azure Functions
14 4 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (2.02%) GCP
14 4 (2.02%) Google Workspace
14 4 (2.02%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.02%) Firewall
2 3 (1.52%) DNS
2 3 (1.52%) VLAN
3 2 (1.01%) Broadband
3 2 (1.01%) HTTP
4 1 (0.51%) LAN
4 1 (0.51%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (65.66%) SQL Server
2 54 (27.27%) Power BI
3 51 (25.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 41 (20.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (8.59%) Power Query
6 16 (8.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (5.05%) Relational Database
7 10 (5.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (3.03%) Star Schema
9 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.02%) Db2
10 4 (2.02%) MySQL
10 4 (2.02%) WhereScape RED
11 3 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.52%) RDBMS
12 2 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 23 (11.62%) Git
2 13 (6.57%) Visual Studio
3 10 (5.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (4.55%) JIRA
5 2 (1.01%) Postman
5 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.51%) Yeoman
General
1 61 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 50 (25.25%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.65%) Finance
4 21 (10.61%) Law
5 13 (6.57%) Legal
6 8 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.53%) Retail
9 4 (2.02%) Back Office
10 3 (1.52%) Billing
10 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.01%) Automotive
11 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Local Government
11 2 (1.01%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (42.42%) Developer
2 32 (16.16%) Analyst
3 31 (15.66%) Senior
4 22 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 20 (10.10%) SQL Developer
6 18 (9.09%) DBA
7 17 (8.59%) SQL DBA
8 16 (8.08%) Applications Support
8 16 (8.08%) Software Developer
9 15 (7.58%) Data Engineer
10 14 (7.07%) SQL Server DBA
11 12 (6.06%) Senior Developer
12 11 (5.56%) Applications Support Analyst
12 11 (5.56%) Data Analyst
13 10 (5.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 10 (5.05%) Support Engineer
14 9 (4.55%) Lead
14 9 (4.55%) Support Analyst
15 8 (4.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 8 (4.04%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (31.31%) .NET
2 18 (9.09%) REST
3 15 (7.58%) HTML
4 14 (7.07%) .NET Core
4 14 (7.07%) ASP.NET
4 14 (7.07%) CSS
5 12 (6.06%) .NET Framework
5 12 (6.06%) JSON
5 12 (6.06%) SOAP
6 10 (5.05%) XML
7 9 (4.55%) Entity Framework
7 9 (4.55%) Kafka
7 9 (4.55%) WinForms
8 8 (4.04%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (4.04%) Blazor
9 7 (3.54%) jQuery
9 7 (3.54%) React
9 7 (3.54%) WPF
10 6 (3.03%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.61%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (7.07%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.56%) Replication
4 10 (5.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.55%) Data Structures
5 9 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.03%) Legacy Code
6 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.02%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.52%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.52%) LIMS
8 3 (1.52%) NHS
8 3 (1.52%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.01%) Clustering
9 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.01%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.60%) Windows
2 10 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.51%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (34.85%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
3 50 (25.25%) Performance Tuning
4 46 (23.23%) DevOps
5 39 (19.70%) Data Modelling
6 37 (18.69%) ETL
7 36 (18.18%) CI/CD
8 34 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (16.67%) Agile
10 28 (14.14%) Analytics
11 19 (9.60%) AI
11 19 (9.60%) Validation
12 18 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 18 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 18 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (9.09%) Software Engineering
13 17 (8.59%) SDLC
14 16 (8.08%) Mentoring
14 16 (8.08%) Secure Coding
14 16 (8.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 197 (99.49%) SQL
2 64 (32.32%) C#
3 36 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 32 (16.16%) Python
5 24 (12.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (7.58%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.55%) VBScript
8 8 (4.04%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.54%) VBA
10 5 (2.53%) Delphi
10 5 (2.53%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.02%) Bash
11 4 (2.02%) R
11 4 (2.02%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.01%) VB
12 2 (1.01%) XPath
13 1 (0.51%) Bicep
13 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (7.07%) Degree
2 5 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.52%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 16 (8.08%) QA
3 12 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.54%) SLA
5 4 (2.02%) NIST
6 3 (1.52%) GDPR
7 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.01%) NCSC
8 1 (0.51%) HL7
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (8.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.53%) Docker
3 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.53%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.02%) 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 78 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.56%) Oracle
3 10 (5.05%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.55%) iManage
5 7 (3.54%) SAP
6 6 (3.03%) Databricks
6 6 (3.03%) IFS
6 6 (3.03%) Infor
6 6 (3.03%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.53%) RedGate
7 5 (2.53%) Remedy
8 4 (2.02%) Epicor
8 4 (2.02%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.52%) Intapp
9 3 (1.52%) Veeam
9 3 (1.52%) VMware
9 3 (1.52%) WooCommerce
10 2 (1.01%) ConnectWise
10 2 (1.01%) Google
10 2 (1.01%) Rollbar