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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 354 310
Rank change year-on-year -197 -44 -97
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 190 316 589
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.72% 0.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.14% 2.58% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 166 257 407
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,366 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,732 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.60% - -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 16,669 12,234 21,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.14% 28.04% 30.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,212 8,154 14,868
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -90 55 £70,000 -6.67% 78
South East -37 49 £53,750 +13.16% 24
North of England -92 29 £47,500 -20.83% 19
East of England -28 19 £62,500 +51.52% 12
North West -17 17 £47,500 -17.39% 14
South West -79 16 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Midlands -80 16 £50,000 +1.52% 13
West Midlands -42 11 £50,000 -13.04% 10
Yorkshire -77 11 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -52 5 £59,732 +23.16% 3
North East -63 1 £47,500 -9.52% 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 12 (6.32%) IIS
1 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.53%) JBoss
4 1 (0.53%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (3.16%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.63%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.63%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (2.11%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (2.11%) JDE World
4 3 (1.58%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (1.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (1.05%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.53%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.53%) FastStats
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 107 (56.32%) Azure
2 60 (31.58%) Power Platform
3 37 (19.47%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (8.95%) Azure Logic Apps
5 16 (8.42%) AWS
5 16 (8.42%) Power Automate
6 14 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (6.32%) PowerApps
7 12 (6.32%) SaaS
8 9 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (4.74%) Serverless
9 8 (4.21%) Snowflake
10 7 (3.68%) GitHub
11 5 (2.63%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (2.63%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.11%) GCP
12 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.58%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.11%) Firewall
2 3 (1.58%) DNS
2 3 (1.58%) VLAN
3 2 (1.05%) HTTP
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
1 127 (66.84%) SQL Server
2 49 (25.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 48 (25.26%) Power BI
4 39 (20.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (7.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.89%) Power Query
7 10 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (4.21%) Relational Database
9 7 (3.68%) Star Schema
10 6 (3.16%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (2.11%) Db2
12 4 (2.11%) Metadata
12 4 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (2.11%) WhereScape RED
13 3 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.58%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.58%) RDBMS
14 2 (1.05%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 23 (12.11%) Git
2 13 (6.84%) Visual Studio
3 9 (4.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (4.21%) JIRA
5 2 (1.05%) Postman
5 2 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.53%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.53%) Yeoman
General
1 58 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.79%) Finance
4 20 (10.53%) Law
5 15 (7.89%) Legal
6 7 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.63%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.11%) Retail
9 3 (1.58%) Back Office
9 3 (1.58%) Billing
9 3 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.05%) Automotive
10 2 (1.05%) Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.05%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 89 (46.84%) Developer
2 32 (16.84%) Senior
3 24 (12.63%) Analyst
4 23 (12.11%) .NET Developer
5 21 (11.05%) SQL Developer
6 18 (9.47%) DBA
7 17 (8.95%) Software Developer
7 17 (8.95%) SQL DBA
8 16 (8.42%) Data Engineer
9 15 (7.89%) SQL Server DBA
10 13 (6.84%) Senior Developer
11 12 (6.32%) Applications Support
12 10 (5.26%) Data Analyst
12 10 (5.26%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 9 (4.74%) Lead
14 8 (4.21%) Applications Developer
14 8 (4.21%) Software Support Engineer
15 7 (3.68%) 3rd Line Support
15 7 (3.68%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (33.68%) .NET
2 14 (7.37%) ASP.NET
2 14 (7.37%) HTML
3 13 (6.84%) .NET Core
3 13 (6.84%) CSS
4 12 (6.32%) .NET Framework
4 12 (6.32%) REST
5 11 (5.79%) JSON
6 9 (4.74%) Entity Framework
6 9 (4.74%) Kafka
6 9 (4.74%) WinForms
6 9 (4.74%) XML
7 8 (4.21%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (4.21%) Blazor
8 7 (3.68%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.68%) jQuery
8 7 (3.68%) PySpark
8 7 (3.68%) React
8 7 (3.68%) WPF
9 6 (3.16%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.11%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (8.42%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.26%) Replication
4 10 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.21%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.16%) Legacy Code
7 4 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.11%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.58%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.58%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.58%) LIMS
8 3 (1.58%) NHS
8 3 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.05%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.00%) Windows
2 10 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.05%) Linux
5 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (37.89%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (26.84%) Business Intelligence
3 49 (25.79%) DevOps
4 48 (25.26%) Performance Tuning
5 36 (18.95%) CI/CD
5 36 (18.95%) ETL
6 33 (17.37%) Agile
6 33 (17.37%) Data Modelling
7 30 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (12.11%) Analytics
9 19 (10.00%) AI
9 19 (10.00%) SDLC
10 18 (9.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (8.95%) Secure Coding
11 17 (8.95%) Software Engineering
12 16 (8.42%) Clean Code
13 15 (7.89%) Migration
13 15 (7.89%) Roadmaps
13 15 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (99.47%) SQL
2 65 (34.21%) C#
3 32 (16.84%) PowerShell
4 31 (16.32%) Python
5 20 (10.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (7.89%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.74%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.74%) VBScript
8 8 (4.21%) VBA
9 7 (3.68%) Delphi
10 6 (3.16%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.11%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.58%) XPath
13 2 (1.05%) Bash
13 2 (1.05%) Bicep
13 2 (1.05%) R
13 2 (1.05%) VB
14 1 (0.53%) Java
14 1 (0.53%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 13 (6.84%) Degree
2 5 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.58%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.58%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.74%) Data Quality
2 16 (8.42%) QA
3 8 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.16%) SLA
5 3 (1.58%) GDPR
6 2 (1.05%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.53%) HL7
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (6.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.63%) Docker
3 3 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.63%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.11%) 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 76 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.32%) Oracle
3 9 (4.74%) iManage
4 8 (4.21%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.68%) SAP
6 6 (3.16%) Infor
6 6 (3.16%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.63%) Databricks
7 5 (2.63%) IFS
7 5 (2.63%) RedGate
7 5 (2.63%) Remedy
8 4 (2.11%) Epicor
8 4 (2.11%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.58%) Intapp
9 3 (1.58%) Veeam
9 3 (1.58%) VMware
10 2 (1.05%) Google
10 2 (1.05%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (1.05%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.05%) Rollbar