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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 325 219
Rank change year-on-year -154 -106 +58
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 187 308 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.84% 1.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.49% 2.44% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 149 253 931
10th Percentile £30,000 £39,800 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,438 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -1.57%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -1.79%

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 12,538 12,609 26,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.03% 34.22% 33.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,042 9,409 22,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,625
25th Percentile £46,276 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 30 March 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 30 March 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
Midlands -23 47 £45,000 -5.26% 19
London -92 46 £60,000 -7.69% 23
North of England -51 33 £51,000 -2.86% 16
South East -25 32 £40,000 -19.58% 23
West Midlands +8 31 £42,500 -21.79% 8
Yorkshire -51 19 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West -40 16 £42,500 +10.39% 14
East Midlands -53 16 £50,000 +9.89% 11
North West -25 11 £60,000 +37.14% 9
East of England -45 11 £62,500 +31.58% 10
North East -17 3 £51,000 -32.00% 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 11 (5.88%) IIS
2 9 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.60%) CMS
5 2 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.07%) Confluence
5 2 (1.07%) WordPress
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.53%) JBoss
6 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.35%) Magento
1 10 (5.35%) Shopify
2 9 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (50.27%) Azure
2 42 (22.46%) Power Platform
3 36 (19.25%) Entra ID
4 25 (13.37%) Google Workspace
5 21 (11.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (10.70%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (9.63%) SaaS
8 16 (8.56%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (5.88%) PowerApps
11 9 (4.81%) Power Automate
12 8 (4.28%) AWS
12 8 (4.28%) GitHub
13 7 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (3.21%) GCP
15 5 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 4 (2.14%) Smartsheet
17 3 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.37%) Broadband
2 3 (1.60%) DNS
2 3 (1.60%) Firewall
3 2 (1.07%) DHCP
3 2 (1.07%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.07%) SSL
3 2 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.07%) VLAN
3 2 (1.07%) Wireless
4 1 (0.53%) LAN
4 1 (0.53%) Network Security
4 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
4 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (56.15%) SQL Server
2 40 (21.39%) Power BI
3 37 (19.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 33 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (12.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (6.42%) MySQL
7 11 (5.88%) Data Lake
7 11 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (4.28%) Power Query
9 8 (4.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (3.21%) Metadata
11 5 (2.67%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (1.60%) Tableau
13 2 (1.07%) Data Mining
13 2 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (1.07%) MongoDB
13 2 (1.07%) RDBMS
13 2 (1.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (7.49%) JIRA
2 8 (4.28%) Git
3 4 (2.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.07%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.07%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.07%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.53%) Yeoman
General
1 50 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.90%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (12.30%) Finance
5 13 (6.95%) Back Office
6 10 (5.35%) Law
7 7 (3.74%) Games
8 6 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.67%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.60%) Banking
10 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Legal
10 3 (1.60%) Marketing
11 2 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.07%) Front Office
11 2 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.07%) Retail
12 1 (0.53%) Automotive
12 1 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 47 (25.13%) Analyst
2 44 (23.53%) Developer
3 41 (21.93%) Senior
4 28 (14.97%) Support Analyst
5 25 (13.37%) Applications Support
6 24 (12.83%) Applications Support Analyst
7 20 (10.70%) Data Engineer
7 20 (10.70%) DBA
8 18 (9.63%) SQL DBA
9 14 (7.49%) Senior Developer
9 14 (7.49%) SQL Developer
10 13 (6.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 13 (6.95%) C# Developer
10 13 (6.95%) Data Analyst
11 11 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (5.88%) Senior Support Analyst
12 10 (5.35%) Software Engineer
12 10 (5.35%) SQL Analyst
13 9 (4.81%) IAM Developer
13 9 (4.81%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (22.99%) REST
2 37 (19.79%) SOAP
3 35 (18.72%) .NET
4 26 (13.90%) OAuth
4 26 (13.90%) OpenID
5 25 (13.37%) GraphQL
5 25 (13.37%) LDAP
5 25 (13.37%) SAML
6 16 (8.56%) ASP.NET
7 15 (8.02%) XML
8 13 (6.95%) .NET Framework
8 13 (6.95%) JSON
9 11 (5.88%) .NET Core
9 11 (5.88%) Entity Framework
10 9 (4.81%) Middleware
10 9 (4.81%) WinForms
11 7 (3.74%) PySpark
12 6 (3.21%) CSS
12 6 (3.21%) DirectX
12 6 (3.21%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.37%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (13.37%) Cyberattack
2 14 (7.49%) Data Structures
3 10 (5.35%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.81%) Clustering
5 7 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.74%) Replication
6 6 (3.21%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (3.21%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.14%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.14%) Legacy Code
8 4 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.07%) Derivative
10 2 (1.07%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.07%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.16%) Windows
2 9 (4.81%) Linux
3 7 (3.74%) VMS
4 6 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.07%) Android
5 2 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.07%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.06%) Business Intelligence
1 45 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (19.25%) Roadmaps
3 35 (18.72%) Mentoring
4 34 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 33 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (17.11%) Analytics
6 32 (17.11%) ETL
7 29 (15.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (14.97%) Change Control
8 28 (14.97%) Performance Tuning
9 25 (13.37%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (13.37%) Identity Access Management
9 25 (13.37%) Programme Delivery
9 25 (13.37%) Regulatory Compliance
10 22 (11.76%) Decision-Making
10 22 (11.76%) DevOps
11 19 (10.16%) Data Pipeline
11 19 (10.16%) Software Engineering
12 18 (9.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 186 (99.47%) SQL
2 51 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 40 (21.39%) C#
4 35 (18.72%) Python
5 25 (13.37%) Bash
6 16 (8.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (3.21%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.21%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.14%) R
9 2 (1.07%) Bicep
9 2 (1.07%) Scala
9 2 (1.07%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.07%) VBA
10 1 (0.53%) Delphi
10 1 (0.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (12.83%) Degree
2 11 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.21%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.60%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.07%) MCSE
5 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.53%) MCITP
6 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (16.58%) Data Quality
3 25 (13.37%) NCSC
3 25 (13.37%) NIST
4 5 (2.67%) GDPR
4 5 (2.67%) QA
5 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (19.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.60%) Docker
3 2 (1.07%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.14%) Terraform
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 70 (37.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.49%) Databricks
3 10 (5.35%) WooCommerce
4 9 (4.81%) ConnectWise
4 9 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.28%) Oracle
5 8 (4.28%) Sage
5 8 (4.28%) Xamarin
6 4 (2.14%) RedGate
6 4 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.60%) Google
7 3 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.60%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.60%) Zoho
8 2 (1.07%) Citrix
8 2 (1.07%) Informatica
8 2 (1.07%) Rollbar
8 2 (1.07%) Talend
8 2 (1.07%) VMware
9 1 (0.53%) Workday