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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 346 257
Rank change year-on-year -160 -89 -5
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 204 330 991
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.82% 1.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.31% 2.59% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 160 265 804
10th Percentile £39,069 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £67,813 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,075 £85,000 £78,750
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 15,533 12,725 29,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.39% 31.69% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,240 8,572 23,126
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 June 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 June 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 -91 61 £70,000 - 19
South East -29 42 £48,500 +10.86% 16
North of England -74 35 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Midlands -52 26 £45,000 -7.22% 1
North West -3 22 £53,750 - 11
South West -53 21 £48,750 -2.50% 4
West Midlands -24 17 £44,000 -23.48%
East of England -27 14 £62,500 +48.81% 3
Yorkshire -63 11 £45,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands -56 9 £59,000 +24.21% 1
North East -50 2 £45,500 -17.27% 1
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 20 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.88%) IIS
3 7 (3.43%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.94%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.45%) Magento
4 5 (2.45%) Shopify
5 4 (1.96%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.96%) JDE World
5 4 (1.96%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.98%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.98%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.49%) FastStats
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 124 (60.78%) Azure
2 66 (32.35%) Power Platform
3 37 (18.14%) Entra ID
4 26 (12.75%) Google Workspace
5 23 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (10.29%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (10.29%) SaaS
7 18 (8.82%) Power Automate
8 17 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (7.84%) AWS
10 14 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (6.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (6.37%) PowerApps
12 8 (3.92%) Serverless
13 7 (3.43%) GitHub
13 7 (3.43%) Snowflake
14 5 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.96%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (1.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.76%) Broadband
2 4 (1.96%) Firewall
3 3 (1.47%) DNS
3 3 (1.47%) VLAN
4 1 (0.49%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) Network Security
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (55.39%) SQL Server
2 55 (26.96%) Power BI
3 48 (23.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (22.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (7.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.35%) Power Query
7 13 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (5.39%) MySQL
10 10 (4.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (3.92%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.45%) Data Lake
12 5 (2.45%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.98%) Metadata
14 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (8.82%) Git
2 12 (5.88%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.90%) JIRA
3 10 (4.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.98%) Postman
4 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.49%) Yeoman
General
1 53 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (13.24%) Finance
5 19 (9.31%) Law
6 10 (4.90%) Legal
7 6 (2.94%) Back Office
7 6 (2.94%) Retail
8 5 (2.45%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.96%) Marketing
10 3 (1.47%) Billing
10 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.47%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.98%) Automotive
11 2 (0.98%) Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.49%) Games
12 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (36.76%) Developer
2 42 (20.59%) Analyst
3 38 (18.63%) Senior
4 18 (8.82%) Applications Support
5 17 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 16 (7.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 16 (7.84%) SQL Developer
7 15 (7.35%) Applications Support Analyst
7 15 (7.35%) Software Developer
8 14 (6.86%) .NET Developer
8 14 (6.86%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.86%) Support Analyst
9 13 (6.37%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.88%) DBA
10 12 (5.88%) SQL Analyst
11 11 (5.39%) Database Engineer
12 10 (4.90%) IAM Developer
12 10 (4.90%) SQL DBA
12 10 (4.90%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (24.51%) .NET
2 38 (18.63%) REST
3 32 (15.69%) SOAP
4 26 (12.75%) GraphQL
4 26 (12.75%) LDAP
4 26 (12.75%) OAuth
4 26 (12.75%) OpenID
4 26 (12.75%) SAML
5 17 (8.33%) HTML
5 17 (8.33%) JSON
6 16 (7.84%) ASP.NET
6 16 (7.84%) CSS
7 14 (6.86%) XML
8 13 (6.37%) .NET Core
9 9 (4.41%) Blazor
9 9 (4.41%) Kafka
10 8 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (3.92%) React
11 7 (3.43%) .NET Framework
11 7 (3.43%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
1 24 (11.76%) Cyberattack
2 17 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (6.37%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (5.39%) Replication
6 9 (4.41%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.45%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.96%) Clustering
8 4 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.96%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.47%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.47%) LIMS
9 3 (1.47%) NHS
9 3 (1.47%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.84%) Windows
2 9 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
4 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.90%) Business Intelligence
2 58 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (23.04%) Performance Tuning
4 38 (18.63%) Data Modelling
5 37 (18.14%) Mentoring
6 36 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 34 (16.67%) ETL
8 33 (16.18%) Agile
8 33 (16.18%) CI/CD
8 33 (16.18%) DevOps
9 32 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (14.71%) Analytics
11 29 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
12 26 (12.75%) Identity Access Management
13 25 (12.25%) Change Control
14 24 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
14 24 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
15 23 (11.27%) Validation
16 17 (8.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 203 (99.51%) SQL
2 58 (28.43%) PowerShell
3 53 (25.98%) C#
4 36 (17.65%) Python
5 26 (12.75%) Bash
6 22 (10.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (7.84%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.41%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.41%) VBScript
9 7 (3.43%) VBA
10 5 (2.45%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.96%) R
12 3 (1.47%) Delphi
13 2 (0.98%) VB
14 1 (0.49%) Bicep
14 1 (0.49%) Java
14 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (7.84%) Degree
2 4 (1.96%) DBS Check
2 4 (1.96%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.98%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (20.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (15.69%) Data Quality
3 26 (12.75%) NIST
4 24 (11.76%) NCSC
5 15 (7.35%) QA
6 4 (1.96%) GDPR
7 3 (1.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.49%) HL7
9 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (22.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.96%) Docker
3 3 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.49%) SCCM
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (37.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.92%) iManage
2 8 (3.92%) Oracle
3 7 (3.43%) SAP
4 6 (2.94%) Databricks
4 6 (2.94%) IFS
4 6 (2.94%) Infor
4 6 (2.94%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.45%) WooCommerce
6 4 (1.96%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.96%) Epicor
6 4 (1.96%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.96%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.47%) RedGate
7 3 (1.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.47%) Veeam
7 3 (1.47%) VMware
8 2 (0.98%) Intapp
8 2 (0.98%) Rollbar