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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 357 329
Rank change year-on-year -197 -28 -115
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 194 310 563
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.72% 0.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.15% 2.62% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 168 253 347
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,010 £36,738
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.39% -4.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,150 £82,500 £85,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -5.26%

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 16,837 11,828 21,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.56% 27.37% 30.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12,285 7,816 13,580
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,617 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +0.19% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,125 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -82 58 £70,000 -12.50% 82
South East -42 52 £55,000 +10.00% 28
North of England -105 31 £60,000 - 32
East of England -36 18 £62,500 +54.32% 11
North West -14 17 £60,000 +4.35% 24
South West -95 16 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Midlands -82 14 £59,366 +10.58% 22
Yorkshire -78 13 £60,500 +0.83% 8
West Midlands -62 10 £50,000 -13.04% 19
East Midlands -62 4 £59,732 +23.16% 3
North East -75 1 £47,500 -9.52%
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 12 (6.19%) IIS
1 12 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) MTS
Applications
1 12 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (3.09%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.58%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.58%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (2.06%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (2.06%) JDE World
4 3 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (1.03%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (1.03%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.52%) FastStats
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 111 (57.22%) Azure
2 59 (30.41%) Power Platform
3 40 (20.62%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (9.28%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 14 (7.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.70%) AWS
7 13 (6.70%) SaaS
8 12 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.67%) PowerApps
10 9 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (4.64%) Serverless
11 8 (4.12%) Snowflake
12 7 (3.61%) GitHub
13 6 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.58%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.58%) Entra ID
15 4 (2.06%) dbt
15 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (1.55%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.06%) Firewall
2 3 (1.55%) DNS
2 3 (1.55%) VLAN
3 2 (1.03%) HTTP
4 1 (0.52%) LAN
4 1 (0.52%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.52%) WAN
4 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (65.46%) SQL Server
2 48 (24.74%) Power BI
2 48 (24.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 37 (19.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (11.86%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (8.25%) Power Query
6 15 (7.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (5.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (4.12%) Relational Database
8 8 (4.12%) Star Schema
9 7 (3.61%) Data Lake
10 6 (3.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 5 (2.58%) Metadata
12 4 (2.06%) Db2
12 4 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (2.06%) WhereScape RED
13 3 (1.55%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.55%) Big Data
13 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.55%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 21 (10.82%) Git
2 13 (6.70%) Visual Studio
3 10 (5.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (3.09%) JIRA
5 2 (1.03%) Postman
6 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.52%) Yeoman
General
1 61 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 49 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.46%) Finance
4 17 (8.76%) Law
5 15 (7.73%) Legal
6 7 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.06%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.06%) Retail
9 3 (1.55%) Back Office
9 3 (1.55%) Billing
9 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.03%) Automotive
10 2 (1.03%) Banking
10 2 (1.03%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Police
11 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (46.39%) Developer
2 37 (19.07%) Senior
3 25 (12.89%) Analyst
4 24 (12.37%) .NET Developer
5 19 (9.79%) SQL Developer
6 18 (9.28%) Software Developer
7 17 (8.76%) Data Engineer
8 16 (8.25%) DBA
8 16 (8.25%) SQL DBA
9 14 (7.22%) Senior Developer
9 14 (7.22%) SQL Server DBA
10 12 (6.19%) Applications Support
11 10 (5.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (5.15%) Lead
11 10 (5.15%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.64%) Applications Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Business Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Data Analyst
13 8 (4.12%) Database Engineer
13 8 (4.12%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (32.99%) .NET
2 14 (7.22%) .NET Core
2 14 (7.22%) HTML
3 13 (6.70%) CSS
4 12 (6.19%) REST
5 11 (5.67%) ASP.NET
5 11 (5.67%) JSON
6 10 (5.15%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.64%) React
7 9 (4.64%) WinForms
8 8 (4.12%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (4.12%) Blazor
8 8 (4.12%) XML
9 7 (3.61%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.61%) Entity Framework
9 7 (3.61%) jQuery
9 7 (3.61%) Kafka
9 7 (3.61%) PySpark
10 6 (3.09%) SOAP
10 6 (3.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.37%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (7.73%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.64%) Replication
4 9 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.09%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.58%) Legacy Code
8 4 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.06%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.55%) LIMS
9 3 (1.55%) NHS
9 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.03%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.31%) Windows
2 11 (5.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.03%) Linux
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (41.24%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (27.32%) DevOps
3 51 (26.29%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (22.68%) Performance Tuning
5 42 (21.65%) ETL
6 40 (20.62%) CI/CD
7 34 (17.53%) Data Modelling
8 33 (17.01%) Agile
9 29 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (12.89%) Analytics
11 20 (10.31%) AI
11 20 (10.31%) Software Engineering
12 19 (9.79%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (9.79%) SDLC
13 17 (8.76%) Secure Coding
14 16 (8.25%) Data Integration
14 16 (8.25%) Mentoring
15 15 (7.73%) Clean Code
15 15 (7.73%) Migration
15 15 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 193 (99.48%) SQL
2 65 (33.51%) C#
3 32 (16.49%) PowerShell
4 30 (15.46%) Python
5 19 (9.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (8.76%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.64%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.64%) VBScript
8 8 (4.12%) Delphi
8 8 (4.12%) VBA
9 6 (3.09%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.06%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.55%) XPath
12 2 (1.03%) Bash
12 2 (1.03%) Bicep
12 2 (1.03%) VB
13 1 (0.52%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 13 (6.70%) Degree
2 5 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.58%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.06%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.46%) Data Quality
2 16 (8.25%) QA
3 8 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.09%) SLA
5 2 (1.03%) GDPR
5 2 (1.03%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.52%) HL7
6 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.58%) Docker
3 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.58%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.52%) SCCM
3 1 (0.52%) SCOM
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 81 (41.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.70%) Oracle
3 9 (4.64%) iManage
4 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.61%) SAP
6 6 (3.09%) Infor
6 6 (3.09%) JD Edwards
6 6 (3.09%) RedGate
7 5 (2.58%) IFS
7 5 (2.58%) Intapp
7 5 (2.58%) Remedy
8 4 (2.06%) Databricks
8 4 (2.06%) Epicor
8 4 (2.06%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.06%) Teradata
9 3 (1.55%) Veeam
9 3 (1.55%) VMware
10 2 (1.03%) Google
10 2 (1.03%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (1.03%) OpenAI