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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 358 304
Rank change year-on-year -180 -54 -78
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 201 334 674
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.77% 0.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.22% 2.58% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 173 271 529
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,499 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.96% - -

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 16,459 12,949 22,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.03% 29.76% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,018 8,704 17,120
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 31 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 31 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 -86 55 £70,000 - 20
South East -35 46 £52,500 +16.67% 12
North of England -69 35 £47,500 -20.83% 16
Midlands -77 23 £46,250 -4.64% 11
North West +2 21 £47,500 -17.39% 9
East of England -28 18 £62,500 +51.52% 2
South West -64 18 £50,000 +2.56% 6
West Midlands -30 16 £44,000 -23.48% 11
Yorkshire -69 12 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -50 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -54 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 16 (7.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.97%) IIS
3 7 (3.48%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) JBoss
6 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.99%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (2.49%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.99%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.99%) JDE World
5 3 (1.49%) Elite 3E
5 3 (1.49%) Magento
5 3 (1.49%) Shopify
6 2 (1.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (1.00%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.50%) FastStats
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 111 (55.22%) Azure
2 67 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 33 (16.42%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (8.46%) AWS
5 17 (8.46%) Power Automate
6 16 (7.96%) SaaS
7 15 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (7.46%) Entra ID
8 13 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.47%) PowerApps
9 12 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (4.48%) Serverless
11 8 (3.98%) Google Workspace
11 8 (3.98%) Snowflake
12 7 (3.48%) GitHub
13 5 (2.49%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.99%) GCP
14 4 (1.99%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.99%) Broadband
2 4 (1.99%) Firewall
3 3 (1.49%) DNS
3 3 (1.49%) VLAN
4 2 (1.00%) HTTP
5 1 (0.50%) LAN
5 1 (0.50%) Network Security
5 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.50%) WAN
5 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (64.68%) SQL Server
2 55 (27.36%) Power BI
3 51 (25.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 43 (21.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (7.96%) Power Query
6 15 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (4.48%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (3.48%) MySQL
11 6 (2.99%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.99%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.99%) Db2
13 4 (1.99%) WhereScape RED
14 3 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
15 2 (1.00%) Big Data
15 2 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 22 (10.95%) Git
2 13 (6.47%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (4.48%) JIRA
5 2 (1.00%) Postman
5 2 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.50%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.50%) Yeoman
General
1 62 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.88%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (13.93%) Finance
4 20 (9.95%) Law
5 12 (5.97%) Legal
5 12 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.99%) Retail
8 4 (1.99%) Back Office
8 4 (1.99%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.49%) Billing
9 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.00%) Automotive
10 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Local Government
10 2 (1.00%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Advertising
11 1 (0.50%) Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (41.29%) Developer
2 34 (16.92%) Analyst
3 31 (15.42%) Senior
4 20 (9.95%) .NET Developer
5 19 (9.45%) DBA
5 19 (9.45%) SQL Developer
6 17 (8.46%) SQL DBA
7 16 (7.96%) Applications Support
7 16 (7.96%) Data Engineer
7 16 (7.96%) Software Developer
8 14 (6.97%) SQL Server DBA
9 13 (6.47%) Data Analyst
10 12 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 12 (5.97%) Senior Developer
11 11 (5.47%) Applications Support Analyst
12 10 (4.98%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.48%) Support Analyst
14 8 (3.98%) Lead
14 8 (3.98%) Software Support Engineer
15 7 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (29.85%) .NET
2 21 (10.45%) REST
3 15 (7.46%) HTML
3 15 (7.46%) SOAP
4 14 (6.97%) .NET Core
4 14 (6.97%) ASP.NET
4 14 (6.97%) CSS
4 14 (6.97%) JSON
5 11 (5.47%) XML
6 10 (4.98%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.48%) Kafka
7 9 (4.48%) WinForms
8 8 (3.98%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (3.98%) Blazor
8 8 (3.98%) Entity Framework
8 8 (3.98%) GraphQL
8 8 (3.98%) LDAP
8 8 (3.98%) OAuth
8 8 (3.98%) OpenID
8 8 (3.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.45%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.97%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.97%) Replication
4 11 (5.47%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.98%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.99%) Cyberattack
8 6 (2.99%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.49%) LIMS
10 3 (1.49%) NHS
10 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.45%) Windows
2 10 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (33.83%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (29.35%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (25.37%) Performance Tuning
4 43 (21.39%) DevOps
5 40 (19.90%) Data Modelling
6 37 (18.41%) ETL
7 35 (17.41%) CI/CD
8 33 (16.42%) Agile
9 31 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.43%) Analytics
11 22 (10.95%) Roadmaps
12 21 (10.45%) Validation
13 20 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (9.45%) Mentoring
15 18 (8.96%) AI
15 18 (8.96%) Decision-Making
16 17 (8.46%) Migration
16 17 (8.46%) Root Cause Analysis
17 16 (7.96%) Secure Coding
17 16 (7.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 200 (99.50%) SQL
2 63 (31.34%) C#
3 41 (20.40%) PowerShell
4 34 (16.92%) Python
5 23 (11.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (7.46%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.48%) VBScript
8 8 (3.98%) Bash
8 8 (3.98%) PL/SQL
9 7 (3.48%) VBA
10 5 (2.49%) Delphi
11 4 (1.99%) R
11 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.99%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.00%) VB
13 1 (0.50%) Bicep
13 1 (0.50%) Java
13 1 (0.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (6.97%) Degree
2 5 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.49%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.92%) Data Quality
2 18 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.96%) QA
4 8 (3.98%) NIST
5 7 (3.48%) SLA
6 6 (2.99%) NCSC
7 3 (1.49%) GDPR
8 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.50%) HL7
9 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (11.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.49%) Docker
3 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.49%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.99%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.50%) SCCM
3 1 (0.50%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.98%) Oracle
3 9 (4.48%) iManage
3 9 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.48%) SAP
5 6 (2.99%) Databricks
5 6 (2.99%) IFS
5 6 (2.99%) Infor
5 6 (2.99%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.49%) RedGate
6 5 (2.49%) Remedy
7 4 (1.99%) Epicor
7 4 (1.99%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.49%) Intapp
8 3 (1.49%) Veeam
8 3 (1.49%) VMware
8 3 (1.49%) WooCommerce
9 2 (1.00%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.00%) Google
9 2 (1.00%) Rollbar