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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 246 171
Rank change year-on-year +23 -75 +27
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 49 73 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.65% 1.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.05% 2.04% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 102
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,739 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -9.57% +4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £66,615
90th Percentile £56,623 £70,000 £76,125
England median annual salary £50,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.98% -7.27% -

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 1,605 3,571 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.46% 31.95% 39.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 2,121 2,321
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,125 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing T-SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

T-SQL job vacancy trend 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 18 November 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 18 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
Thames Valley +24 35 £40,000 -22.33% 3
Buckinghamshire +26 30 £35,000 -32.04% 1
Hampshire +48 5 £50,000 +2.56% 2
Oxfordshire - 4 £54,562 - 1
Sussex +12 3 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Surrey +4 3 £55,000 - 1
Kent -8 3 £42,500 -10.53%
Berkshire -1 1 £60,000 +71.43% 1
T-SQL
England

T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (24.49%) IIS
2 6 (12.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.08%) CMS
3 2 (4.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Sage 1000
2 2 (4.08%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.94%) Azure
2 14 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (26.53%) Power Platform
4 8 (16.33%) PowerApps
5 5 (10.20%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (10.20%) GCP
6 3 (6.12%) AWS
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) DHCP
1 2 (4.08%) DNS
1 2 (4.08%) Ethernet
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
1 2 (4.08%) SSL
1 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.08%) VLAN
1 2 (4.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (51.02%) SQL Server
2 22 (44.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (34.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (26.53%) Power BI
5 11 (22.45%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (4.08%) MySQL
7 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (4.08%) Relational Database
7 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Git
1 2 (4.08%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Finance
3 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.16%) Billing
6 3 (6.12%) Social Housing
6 3 (6.12%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) IT Support
2 13 (26.53%) Software Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) IT Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) IT Support Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Software Support Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Support Engineer
4 9 (18.37%) Developer
5 8 (16.33%) Analyst
6 6 (12.24%) DBA
6 6 (12.24%) SQL Developer
7 5 (10.20%) Accountant
7 5 (10.20%) Systems Accountant
8 4 (8.16%) Data Engineer
8 4 (8.16%) Data Integration Developer
8 4 (8.16%) Data Integration Engineer
8 4 (8.16%) Integration Developer
8 4 (8.16%) Integration Engineer
8 4 (8.16%) SQL DBA
9 3 (6.12%) Analyst Developer
9 3 (6.12%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (32.65%) .NET
2 12 (24.49%) .NET Framework
2 12 (24.49%) Entity Framework
2 12 (24.49%) WinForms
3 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET
4 7 (14.29%) JSON
4 7 (14.29%) XML
5 6 (12.24%) REST
6 3 (6.12%) CSS
6 3 (6.12%) HTML
7 2 (4.08%) Middleware
7 2 (4.08%) Mongoose
7 2 (4.08%) SOAP
7 2 (4.08%) Web Services
8 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.12%) Clustering
2 3 (6.12%) Credit Risk
2 3 (6.12%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.12%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.08%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.69%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Android
3 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.08%) Linux
3 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (44.90%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (28.57%) DevOps
4 13 (26.53%) ETL
4 13 (26.53%) Software Engineering
5 12 (24.49%) Computer Science
6 10 (20.41%) ERP
7 9 (18.37%) Data Integration
8 8 (16.33%) SDLC
9 6 (12.24%) Analytics
9 6 (12.24%) Data Engineering
9 6 (12.24%) Process Improvement
10 5 (10.20%) Agile
10 5 (10.20%) CAD
10 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.20%) CRM
10 5 (10.20%) Data Analysis
10 5 (10.20%) Data Management
10 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (100.00%) SQL
2 16 (32.65%) C#
3 11 (22.45%) Python
4 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.12%) VB.NET
5 3 (6.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (40.82%) Degree
2 12 (24.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.16%) ACCA
3 4 (8.16%) CIMA
4 1 (2.04%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 15 (30.61%) Sage
3 12 (24.49%) Xamarin
4 5 (10.20%) Google
4 5 (10.20%) Salesforce
4 5 (10.20%) Zoho
5 2 (4.08%) VMware