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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 379 305
Rank change year-on-year -200 -74 -104
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 189 275 553
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.63% 0.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.15% 2.40% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 164 224 334
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,625 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,275 £84,625 £85,875
UK median annual salary £60,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.76% -7.08%

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 16,472 11,481 20,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.88% 26.46% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,995 7,531 12,358
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,264
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.21% -2.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 64 £70,000 -12.50% 90
South East -56 53 £55,000 +22.22% 32
North of England -99 30 £60,000 +4.35% 27
North West -21 17 £60,000 -5.88% 13
East of England -44 13 £55,000 +30.95% 14
Midlands -72 13 £50,000 +3.09% 17
Yorkshire -58 12 £62,500 +8.70% 12
South West -87 12 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands -53 10 £50,000 -13.04% 13
East Midlands -49 3 £65,000 +35.42% 4
North East -70 1 £47,500 -9.52% 2
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 (5.82%) IIS
1 11 (5.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) MTS
Applications
1 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (2.12%) Elite 3E
3 4 (2.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.59%) Infor M3
4 3 (1.59%) JDE OneWorld
4 3 (1.59%) JDE World
4 3 (1.59%) SAP Business One
5 2 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (1.06%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.53%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.53%) FastStats
6 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 107 (56.61%) Azure
2 56 (29.63%) Power Platform
3 41 (21.69%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (9.52%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.99%) SaaS
6 15 (7.94%) AWS
6 15 (7.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (7.41%) PowerApps
8 11 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (5.82%) Serverless
9 10 (5.29%) Snowflake
10 8 (4.23%) GitHub
11 7 (3.70%) Azure Functions
11 7 (3.70%) dbt
12 6 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (2.12%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (2.12%) Entra ID
13 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.59%) DNS
1 3 (1.59%) Firewall
1 3 (1.59%) VLAN
2 2 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (65.61%) SQL Server
2 44 (23.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 43 (22.75%) Power BI
4 34 (17.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (5.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (5.82%) Power Query
7 7 (3.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 7 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (3.17%) Metadata
8 6 (3.17%) Star Schema
9 5 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.65%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.12%) Data Lake
10 4 (2.12%) Db2
10 4 (2.12%) OLTP
10 4 (2.12%) WhereScape RED
11 3 (1.59%) Big Data
11 3 (1.59%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.59%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 26 (13.76%) Git
2 12 (6.35%) Visual Studio
3 8 (4.23%) JIRA
3 8 (4.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.06%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.06%) Postman
5 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 54 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 49 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.76%) Finance
4 20 (10.58%) Law
5 18 (9.52%) Legal
6 6 (3.17%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.17%) Retail
7 4 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.59%) Back Office
8 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.06%) Automotive
9 2 (1.06%) Banking
9 2 (1.06%) Billing
9 2 (1.06%) Local Government
9 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (50.26%) Developer
2 42 (22.22%) Senior
3 24 (12.70%) .NET Developer
4 21 (11.11%) SQL Developer
5 19 (10.05%) Analyst
5 19 (10.05%) Senior Developer
5 19 (10.05%) Software Developer
6 18 (9.52%) Data Engineer
7 14 (7.41%) DBA
7 14 (7.41%) SQL DBA
8 12 (6.35%) SQL Server DBA
9 11 (5.82%) Applications Support
9 11 (5.82%) Lead
10 10 (5.29%) Applications Developer
10 10 (5.29%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.76%) Business Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Database Engineer
12 8 (4.23%) Software Support Engineer
13 7 (3.70%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (34.92%) .NET
2 13 (6.88%) .NET Core
2 13 (6.88%) REST
3 12 (6.35%) HTML
4 11 (5.82%) ASP.NET
4 11 (5.82%) CSS
5 10 (5.29%) .NET Framework
5 10 (5.29%) JSON
5 10 (5.29%) React
6 8 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (4.23%) Blazor
6 8 (4.23%) WinForms
7 7 (3.70%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.70%) XML
8 6 (3.17%) Entity Framework
8 6 (3.17%) jQuery
8 6 (3.17%) Kafka
8 6 (3.17%) PySpark
8 6 (3.17%) SOAP
9 5 (2.65%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.64%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (5.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.70%) Replication
6 6 (3.17%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.12%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.06%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.06%) LIMS
9 2 (1.06%) NHS
9 2 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.06%) SystemC
10 1 (0.53%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.52%) Windows
2 10 (5.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.15%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (29.63%) DevOps
3 46 (24.34%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (23.28%) CI/CD
5 40 (21.16%) Performance Tuning
6 38 (20.11%) ETL
7 33 (17.46%) Agile
8 32 (16.93%) Data Modelling
9 26 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (13.23%) Analytics
11 23 (12.17%) Software Engineering
12 20 (10.58%) AI
12 20 (10.58%) Data Integration
12 20 (10.58%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (9.52%) Mentoring
14 17 (8.99%) SDLC
15 15 (7.94%) Clean Code
15 15 (7.94%) Data Pipeline
15 15 (7.94%) Secure Coding
16 14 (7.41%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (100.00%) SQL
2 70 (37.04%) C#
3 31 (16.40%) Python
4 30 (15.87%) PowerShell
5 17 (8.99%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (4.23%) PL/SQL
7 8 (4.23%) VBA
7 8 (4.23%) VBScript
8 7 (3.70%) Delphi
8 7 (3.70%) VB.NET
9 4 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.59%) XPath
11 2 (1.06%) Bash
11 2 (1.06%) Bicep
12 1 (0.53%) Tcl
12 1 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (6.35%) Degree
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (2.12%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.12%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.59%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.35%) QA
3 7 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.70%) SLA
4 2 (1.06%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (5.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.65%) Docker
3 3 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.65%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.12%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 80 (42.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.35%) Oracle
3 8 (4.23%) iManage
3 8 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.70%) RedGate
5 6 (3.17%) Databricks
5 6 (3.17%) Intapp
5 6 (3.17%) SAP
6 5 (2.65%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.65%) Remedy
6 5 (2.65%) Teradata
7 4 (2.12%) IFS
8 3 (1.59%) Epicor
8 3 (1.59%) Infor
8 3 (1.59%) Veeam
8 3 (1.59%) VMware
9 2 (1.06%) Google
9 2 (1.06%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (1.06%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.06%) SolarWinds