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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 302 203
Rank change year-on-year -111 -99 +23
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 234 543 822
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.89% 1.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.14% 2.79% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 194 342 749
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,125 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -

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 10,946 19,484 19,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.13% 31.97% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7,581 11,632 16,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,150 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.17%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025. 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 -63 69 £80,000 +26.98% 27
South East +24 57 £42,500 -14.10% 28
Midlands 0 42 £45,000 -2.55% 14
North of England -22 32 £50,000 +5.26% 21
West Midlands +7 25 £42,500 -11.92% 10
South West +31 21 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Yorkshire +8 20 £40,000 -14.83% 7
East Midlands +20 17 £47,500 +5.56% 4
East of England -13 10 £50,000 +2.56% 7
North East +14 7 £52,500 +25.00% 4
North West -30 5 £57,500 +17.95% 10
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 (6.84%) IIS
2 11 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.43%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.71%) Sage 1000
3 2 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (51.28%) Azure
2 72 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 46 (19.66%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (19.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 19 (8.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (8.12%) GCP
6 17 (7.26%) Snowflake
7 14 (5.98%) GitHub
7 14 (5.98%) PowerApps
8 13 (5.56%) AWS
8 13 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (5.13%) SaaS
10 10 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.85%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.56%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.56%) Serverless
13 5 (2.14%) dbt
13 5 (2.14%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.71%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.43%) DHCP
1 1 (0.43%) DNS
1 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.43%) Firewall
1 1 (0.43%) SSL
1 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.43%) VLAN
1 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (49.57%) SQL Server
2 79 (33.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 70 (29.91%) Power BI
4 60 (25.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 46 (19.66%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (12.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (12.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 26 (11.11%) Data Lake
8 13 (5.56%) Relational Database
9 12 (5.13%) MySQL
9 12 (5.13%) NoSQL
10 10 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (3.85%) Metadata
12 8 (3.42%) BigQuery
12 8 (3.42%) OLAP
13 7 (2.99%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.99%) RDBMS
14 6 (2.56%) Data Mining
14 6 (2.56%) Tableau
15 4 (1.71%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (8.12%) Git
2 8 (3.42%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.56%) JIRA
4 6 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (2.14%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.43%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.43%) Postman
General
1 94 (40.17%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.79%) Finance
3 40 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 11 (4.70%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.27%) Retail
7 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.42%) Law
9 7 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.99%) Legal
10 6 (2.56%) Back Office
11 5 (2.14%) Automotive
12 4 (1.71%) Advertising
12 4 (1.71%) Billing
12 4 (1.71%) Social Housing
12 4 (1.71%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.28%) Front Office
14 2 (0.85%) Banking
14 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (32.05%) Developer
2 44 (18.80%) Senior
3 42 (17.95%) Data Engineer
4 37 (15.81%) Analyst
5 32 (13.68%) SQL Developer
6 25 (10.68%) DBA
7 22 (9.40%) SQL DBA
8 20 (8.55%) Senior Data Engineer
9 18 (7.69%) Software Engineer
9 18 (7.69%) Support Analyst
10 17 (7.26%) Applications Support
11 16 (6.84%) IT Support
12 14 (5.98%) Administrator
12 14 (5.98%) Applications Support Analyst
13 13 (5.56%) Support Engineer
14 12 (5.13%) IT Engineer
14 12 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (5.13%) Senior Developer
14 12 (5.13%) Software Support Engineer
15 10 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.80%) .NET
2 24 (10.26%) ASP.NET
2 24 (10.26%) CSS
3 23 (9.83%) .NET Framework
3 23 (9.83%) HTML
4 19 (8.12%) Entity Framework
5 14 (5.98%) PySpark
6 13 (5.56%) REST
7 12 (5.13%) WinForms
8 11 (4.70%) JSON
8 11 (4.70%) Web Services
9 10 (4.27%) XML
10 7 (2.99%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.99%) AngularJS
11 6 (2.56%) React
12 5 (2.14%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (2.14%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (2.14%) SOAP
13 4 (1.71%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.13%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.70%) Clustering
2 11 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (1.71%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.71%) Private Cloud
4 4 (1.71%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.28%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.85%) Derivative
6 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.43%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.43%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.43%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.40%) Windows
2 8 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) VMS
4 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (43.59%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (28.63%) ETL
2 67 (28.63%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (26.92%) DevOps
4 47 (20.09%) Data Engineering
5 40 (17.09%) Data Pipeline
6 38 (16.24%) Analytics
7 36 (15.38%) Agile
8 32 (13.68%) Data Modelling
9 27 (11.54%) CI/CD
9 27 (11.54%) Software Engineering
10 21 (8.97%) Decision-Making
11 20 (8.55%) Dimensional Modelling
12 19 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (7.69%) Computer Science
13 18 (7.69%) High Availability
13 18 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
14 17 (7.26%) Data Integration
14 17 (7.26%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (6.84%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 230 (98.29%) SQL
2 67 (28.63%) Python
3 47 (20.09%) C#
4 27 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.41%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (4.70%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.56%) VB.NET
9 4 (1.71%) VBA
10 2 (0.85%) Bicep
10 2 (0.85%) C++
10 2 (0.85%) PHP
10 2 (0.85%) X++
11 1 (0.43%) R
11 1 (0.43%) Scala
11 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (13.68%) Degree
2 16 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.42%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.56%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.71%) ACCA
5 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.71%) CIMA
6 2 (0.85%) MCSE
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.40%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.85%) GDPR
2 9 (3.85%) QA
3 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (3.42%) Active Directory
1 8 (3.42%) Docker
2 5 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.71%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.28%) Terraform
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 88 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.67%) Databricks
3 17 (7.26%) Sage
4 14 (5.98%) Oracle
5 12 (5.13%) Xamarin
6 10 (4.27%) RedGate
7 8 (3.42%) Google
7 8 (3.42%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.99%) Informatica
8 7 (2.99%) Talend
9 5 (2.14%) VMware
9 5 (2.14%) Zoho
10 4 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.71%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.71%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.85%) Aderant
11 2 (0.85%) iManage
11 2 (0.85%) Intapp
11 2 (0.85%) Lotus