Transact-SQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring T-SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 408 311
Rank change year-on-year -202 -97 -100
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 202 284 594
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.58% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 2.27% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 173 222 356
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,053 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,379 12,501 22,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.58% 25.43% 31.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,019 8,080 13,499
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,611 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,112
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.97% -2.90%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

T-SQL job vacancy trend in the UK

T-SQL
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL

T-SQL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England -197 190 £60,000 +9.09% 174
UK excluding London -197 132 £55,000 +10.00% 92
Work from Home -66 86 £62,500 +20.48% 80
London -81 61 £70,000 -12.50% 82
South East -53 54 £55,000 +22.22% 30
North of England -72 33 £60,000 +14.29% 23
North West -25 17 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire -55 15 £60,250 +20.50% 11
East of England -40 13 £55,000 +30.95% 13
Midlands -71 13 £60,000 +23.71% 17
South West -83 12 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands -54 9 £50,000 -13.04% 13
Scotland +2 7 £85,000 +78.95% 5
East Midlands -43 4 £65,000 +36.84% 4
North East -72 1 £47,500 -9.52% 1

T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (6.44%) IIS
2 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.46%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.49%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.50%) MTS
Applications
1 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.98%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.49%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.49%) Infor M3
4 3 (1.49%) JDE OneWorld
4 3 (1.49%) JDE World
4 3 (1.49%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.99%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.50%) FastStats
6 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.50%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 116 (57.43%) Azure
2 63 (31.19%) Power Platform
3 44 (21.78%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (9.41%) Power Automate
4 19 (9.41%) SaaS
5 17 (8.42%) AWS
6 15 (7.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 15 (7.43%) PowerApps
7 14 (6.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.45%) Serverless
10 10 (4.95%) GitHub
10 10 (4.95%) Snowflake
11 8 (3.96%) Azure Functions
11 8 (3.96%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (3.47%) dbt
13 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.48%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) DNS
1 3 (1.49%) Firewall
1 3 (1.49%) VLAN
2 2 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (65.35%) SQL Server
2 50 (24.75%) Power BI
3 45 (22.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 34 (16.83%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (16.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (6.93%) Power Query
6 11 (5.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (4.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (3.96%) Star Schema
9 6 (2.97%) Metadata
10 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.98%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.98%) Db2
11 4 (1.98%) MS Access
11 4 (1.98%) OLTP
11 4 (1.98%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.98%) WhereScape RED
12 3 (1.49%) Big Data
12 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (14.85%) Git
2 14 (6.93%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.96%) JIRA
4 7 (3.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.99%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.99%) Postman
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 52 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (13.86%) Finance
4 20 (9.90%) Law
5 18 (8.91%) Legal
6 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.48%) Retail
8 4 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Back Office
9 3 (1.49%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.99%) Automotive
10 2 (0.99%) Banking
10 2 (0.99%) Local Government
10 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Publishing
11 1 (0.50%) Billing
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 108 (53.47%) Developer
2 50 (24.75%) Senior
3 27 (13.37%) Senior Developer
4 25 (12.38%) .NET Developer
5 22 (10.89%) Software Developer
6 21 (10.40%) SQL Developer
7 19 (9.41%) Data Engineer
8 17 (8.42%) Analyst
9 13 (6.44%) DBA
9 13 (6.44%) SQL DBA
10 11 (5.45%) Applications Support
10 11 (5.45%) Lead
10 11 (5.45%) SQL Server DBA
11 10 (4.95%) Applications Developer
11 10 (4.95%) Business Developer
11 10 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (4.95%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.96%) Database Engineer
12 8 (3.96%) Senior Software Developer
12 8 (3.96%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (34.65%) .NET
2 19 (9.41%) REST
3 14 (6.93%) .NET Core
4 13 (6.44%) HTML
5 12 (5.94%) ASP.NET
5 12 (5.94%) CSS
6 10 (4.95%) .NET Framework
6 10 (4.95%) JSON
6 10 (4.95%) React
6 10 (4.95%) SOAP
7 8 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (3.96%) Blazor
7 8 (3.96%) WinForms
7 8 (3.96%) XML
8 7 (3.47%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.47%) jQuery
9 6 (2.97%) Entity Framework
9 6 (2.97%) OAuth
9 6 (2.97%) OpenID
9 6 (2.97%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.39%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.93%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.47%) Replication
6 6 (2.97%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.98%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.98%) NHS
8 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.99%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.99%) LIMS
9 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.99%) SystemC
10 1 (0.50%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.91%) Windows
2 10 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (39.11%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (28.71%) DevOps
3 52 (25.74%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (23.27%) CI/CD
5 42 (20.79%) Performance Tuning
6 40 (19.80%) ETL
7 35 (17.33%) Agile
7 35 (17.33%) Data Modelling
8 31 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.36%) Analytics
10 24 (11.88%) Software Engineering
11 21 (10.40%) AI
11 21 (10.40%) Data Integration
11 21 (10.40%) SDLC
12 19 (9.41%) Mentoring
12 19 (9.41%) Visualisation
13 18 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (8.42%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (8.42%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 202 (100.00%) SQL
2 74 (36.63%) C#
3 36 (17.82%) PowerShell
4 35 (17.33%) Python
5 19 (9.41%) JavaScript
6 16 (7.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (5.94%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.46%) VBA
9 8 (3.96%) VBScript
10 7 (3.47%) Delphi
10 7 (3.47%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.98%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.49%) Bash
12 3 (1.49%) XPath
13 2 (0.99%) Bicep
14 1 (0.50%) Java
14 1 (0.50%) Tcl
14 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (6.93%) Degree
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (1.98%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.98%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.83%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.44%) QA
3 11 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.97%) NIST
4 6 (2.97%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.98%) Docker
3 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.48%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.98%) SQL Sentry
3 3 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 88 (43.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.93%) Oracle
3 8 (3.96%) iManage
3 8 (3.96%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.47%) Databricks
5 6 (2.97%) Intapp
5 6 (2.97%) RedGate
5 6 (2.97%) SAP
6 5 (2.48%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.48%) Remedy
6 5 (2.48%) Teradata
7 3 (1.49%) Epicor
7 3 (1.49%) Google
7 3 (1.49%) IFS
7 3 (1.49%) Infor
7 3 (1.49%) Veeam
7 3 (1.49%) VMware
8 2 (0.99%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.50%) New Relic