T-SQL Job Trends in the South East

Transact-SQL
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring T-SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 273 187
Rank change year-on-year +35 -86 +8
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 53 61 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.59% 0.47% 1.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.00% 1.60% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 34 44 121
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -11.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £59,250 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,784 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% -4.72% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,769 3,819 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.76% 29.43% 40.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 2,494 2,722
10th Percentile £31,100 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,617 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.19% -3.85% +1.63%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for T-SQL in the South East

T-SQL
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing T-SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing T-SQL

T-SQL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing T-SQL in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the South East

T-SQL
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Thames Valley +4 30 £51,500 +17.71% 15
Buckinghamshire +5 27 £47,000 -8.74% 8
Surrey +44 9 £50,000 -9.09%
Hampshire +69 6 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Sussex +21 4 £42,500 +6.25%
Kent -10 4 £42,500 -39.29%
Oxfordshire +26 2 £52,500 -8.70%
Berkshire -13 1 £60,000 +60.00% 7
T-SQL
England

T-SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.77%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Sage 1000
2 2 (3.77%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (39.62%) Azure
2 19 (35.85%) Power Platform
3 11 (20.75%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (16.98%) PowerApps
5 5 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (9.43%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (9.43%) Power Automate
6 4 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.66%) AWS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.89%) GCP
8 1 (1.89%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (66.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 23 (43.40%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (39.62%) SQL Server
4 19 (35.85%) Power BI
5 18 (33.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (13.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (5.66%) Relational Database
8 2 (3.77%) MySQL
8 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (49.06%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.55%) Billing
4 4 (7.55%) Social Housing
4 4 (7.55%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Developer
2 9 (16.98%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) DBA
3 6 (11.32%) IT Support
4 5 (9.43%) Accountant
4 5 (9.43%) Systems Accountant
5 4 (7.55%) Administrator
5 4 (7.55%) Analyst Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 4 (7.55%) IT Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) SQL DBA
5 4 (7.55%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Data Scientist
6 3 (5.66%) Junior
6 3 (5.66%) Junior Data Scientist
6 3 (5.66%) Report Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) SQL Developer
6 3 (5.66%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.98%) XML
2 7 (13.21%) .NET
3 6 (11.32%) ASP.NET
4 5 (9.43%) JSON
5 4 (7.55%) CSS
5 4 (7.55%) HTML
6 2 (3.77%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.77%) Entity Framework
6 2 (3.77%) Middleware
6 2 (3.77%) Mongoose
6 2 (3.77%) REST
6 2 (3.77%) SOAP
6 2 (3.77%) WinForms
7 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (5.66%) Clustering
2 3 (5.66%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.66%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (77.36%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (41.51%) ETL
3 17 (32.08%) Data Engineering
3 17 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (20.75%) ERP
5 10 (18.87%) Data Integration
6 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (13.21%) Analytics
7 7 (13.21%) Data Science
7 7 (13.21%) Decision-Making
7 7 (13.21%) Process Improvement
8 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
8 6 (11.32%) CRM
9 5 (9.43%) Data Analysis
9 5 (9.43%) DevOps
9 5 (9.43%) SDLC
10 4 (7.55%) Business Transformation
10 4 (7.55%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (7.55%) Visualisation
10 4 (7.55%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (100.00%) SQL
2 21 (39.62%) Python
3 7 (13.21%) C#
4 4 (7.55%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.55%) VB.NET
4 4 (7.55%) VBA
5 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (9.43%) ACCA
4 4 (7.55%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.55%) CIMA
4 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Sage
2 6 (11.32%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.77%) Xamarin
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) Zoho