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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 352 282
Rank change year-on-year -170 -70 -56
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 195 331 786
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.76% 0.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 2.53% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 164 271 627
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,281 £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 £75,000 £83,750 £78,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 16,117 13,060 24,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.15% 30.15% 30.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,817 8,814 19,154
10th Percentile £37,650 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,700 £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 £101,250
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 22 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 22 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 -77 53 £70,000 - 23
South East -26 46 £52,500 +16.67% 13
North of England -71 34 £47,500 -20.83% 11
Midlands -59 22 £44,500 -8.25% 11
North West -7 21 £47,500 -17.39% 7
South West -67 18 £49,375 +1.28% 6
East of England -18 16 £62,500 +48.81% 5
West Midlands -25 15 £44,000 -23.48% 10
Yorkshire -74 11 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -51 7 £59,366 +24.98% 1
North East -56 2 £45,500 -13.33% 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 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.15%) IIS
3 7 (3.59%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.54%) 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 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (3.08%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.56%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (2.05%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (2.05%) JDE World
4 4 (2.05%) Magento
4 4 (2.05%) Shopify
5 2 (1.03%) Elite 3E
5 2 (1.03%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.51%) FastStats
6 1 (0.51%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 112 (57.44%) Azure
2 66 (33.85%) Power Platform
3 26 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (12.31%) Entra ID
5 21 (10.77%) SaaS
6 19 (9.74%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (8.21%) Power Automate
9 15 (7.69%) AWS
10 14 (7.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (6.67%) Google Workspace
12 12 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (5.64%) PowerApps
14 8 (4.10%) Snowflake
15 7 (3.59%) Serverless
16 6 (3.08%) GitHub
17 4 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
17 4 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (2.05%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.64%) Broadband
2 4 (2.05%) Firewall
3 3 (1.54%) DNS
3 3 (1.54%) VLAN
4 1 (0.51%) 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
1 120 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 55 (28.21%) Power BI
3 46 (23.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 45 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (8.21%) Power Query
6 15 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (5.64%) MySQL
10 8 (4.10%) Relational Database
10 8 (4.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (3.08%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.56%) Data Lake
13 4 (2.05%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.54%) Db2
14 3 (1.54%) WhereScape RED
15 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (9.74%) Git
2 12 (6.15%) Visual Studio
3 10 (5.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (4.62%) JIRA
5 2 (1.03%) Postman
5 2 (1.03%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.51%) Yeoman
General
1 56 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.33%) Finance
4 19 (9.74%) Law
5 17 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.13%) Legal
7 7 (3.59%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.08%) Retail
9 5 (2.56%) Back Office
10 3 (1.54%) Billing
10 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.54%) Marketing
10 3 (1.54%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.03%) Automotive
11 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (38.97%) Developer
2 40 (20.51%) Analyst
3 32 (16.41%) Senior
4 17 (8.72%) Data Analyst
4 17 (8.72%) SQL Developer
5 16 (8.21%) Applications Support
5 16 (8.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 15 (7.69%) .NET Developer
6 15 (7.69%) DBA
6 15 (7.69%) Software Developer
7 14 (7.18%) Data Engineer
8 13 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
8 13 (6.67%) SQL DBA
9 12 (6.15%) SQL Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Support Analyst
10 11 (5.64%) Senior Developer
11 10 (5.13%) SQL Server DBA
11 10 (5.13%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
12 9 (4.62%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (27.18%) .NET
2 24 (12.31%) REST
3 18 (9.23%) SOAP
4 17 (8.72%) JSON
5 16 (8.21%) HTML
6 15 (7.69%) CSS
7 14 (7.18%) ASP.NET
7 14 (7.18%) XML
8 13 (6.67%) .NET Core
8 13 (6.67%) GraphQL
8 13 (6.67%) LDAP
8 13 (6.67%) OAuth
8 13 (6.67%) OpenID
8 13 (6.67%) SAML
9 9 (4.62%) Kafka
10 8 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (4.10%) Blazor
10 8 (4.10%) WinForms
11 7 (3.59%) .NET Framework
11 7 (3.59%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.23%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (7.18%) Data Structures
3 12 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.64%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (5.64%) Cyberattack
4 11 (5.64%) Replication
5 10 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.62%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.56%) Legacy Code
9 4 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.05%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.54%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.54%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.54%) LIMS
10 3 (1.54%) NHS
10 3 (1.54%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.21%) Windows
2 9 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (30.26%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (24.62%) Performance Tuning
4 40 (20.51%) Data Modelling
5 36 (18.46%) DevOps
6 35 (17.95%) ETL
7 32 (16.41%) Agile
7 32 (16.41%) CI/CD
8 29 (14.87%) Analytics
9 28 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (13.85%) Roadmaps
11 24 (12.31%) Validation
12 23 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (11.28%) Mentoring
14 16 (8.21%) Decision-Making
14 16 (8.21%) Root Cause Analysis
15 15 (7.69%) AI
15 15 (7.69%) Migration
16 14 (7.18%) Collaborative Working
16 14 (7.18%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 194 (99.49%) SQL
2 55 (28.21%) C#
3 47 (24.10%) PowerShell
4 35 (17.95%) Python
5 23 (11.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (7.69%) JavaScript
7 13 (6.67%) Bash
8 9 (4.62%) VBScript
9 8 (4.10%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.59%) VBA
11 4 (2.05%) Delphi
11 4 (2.05%) R
11 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.54%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.03%) VB
14 1 (0.51%) Bicep
14 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (7.18%) Degree
2 5 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.54%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.03%) 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 32 (16.41%) Data Quality
2 27 (13.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.69%) QA
4 13 (6.67%) NIST
5 11 (5.64%) NCSC
6 7 (3.59%) SLA
7 3 (1.54%) GDPR
8 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) HL7
9 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (16.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.05%) Docker
3 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.56%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.05%) 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 71 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.62%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.10%) iManage
3 8 (4.10%) Oracle
4 7 (3.59%) SAP
5 6 (3.08%) IFS
5 6 (3.08%) Infor
6 5 (2.56%) Databricks
6 5 (2.56%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.56%) Remedy
7 4 (2.05%) Epicor
7 4 (2.05%) RedGate
7 4 (2.05%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.05%) WooCommerce
8 3 (1.54%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.54%) Veeam
8 3 (1.54%) VMware
9 2 (1.03%) Google
9 2 (1.03%) Intapp