T-SQL Job Trends

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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 292 221
Rank change year-on-year -141 -71 +10
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 228 546 758
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.95% 1.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.96% 2.81% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 192 344 670
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -3.51%
75th Percentile £68,813 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -2.91%

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 11,620 19,457 20,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.84% 33.93% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,557 11,686 16,403
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £106,281
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 18 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 16 December 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
England -115 201 £50,000 -4.76% 86
UK excluding London -62 164 £48,500 +2.11% 81
Work from Home -64 90 £50,000 - 70
London -87 56 £80,000 +28.00% 34
Midlands +4 48 £48,500 +5.77% 8
South East -4 37 £41,250 -17.07% 31
North of England -13 37 £40,000 -20.00% 14
Yorkshire -6 30 £40,000 -16.23% 2
West Midlands +11 29 £44,500 +3.49% 6
East Midlands -9 19 £48,500 +2.11% 2
South West +10 18 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Scotland +2 17 £37,500 -17.58% 13
North East +4 4 £51,750 -31.00% 3
North West -16 3 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
East of England -30 2 £52,338 +7.36% 7
Wales 0 1 £35,000 -18.13%
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 17 (7.46%) IIS
2 10 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.88%) Confluence
4 2 (0.88%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (11.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.32%) Magento
2 3 (1.32%) Shopify
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 117 (51.32%) Azure
2 53 (23.25%) Power Platform
3 46 (20.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 39 (17.11%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (10.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 20 (8.77%) Snowflake
7 17 (7.46%) GitHub
8 14 (6.14%) AWS
8 14 (6.14%) Entra ID
9 12 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (5.26%) GCP
10 11 (4.82%) SaaS
11 10 (4.39%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (3.95%) Google Workspace
12 9 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.19%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.19%) dbt
14 5 (2.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.95%) Broadband
2 3 (1.32%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) DHCP
3 2 (0.88%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) SSL
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
3 2 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (54.39%) SQL Server
2 54 (23.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 52 (22.81%) Power BI
4 50 (21.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (14.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (13.60%) Data Lake
7 23 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (9.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (6.14%) Metadata
10 10 (4.39%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.95%) MySQL
12 7 (3.07%) OLAP
12 7 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.63%) Data Mining
13 6 (2.63%) NoSQL
14 5 (2.19%) BigQuery
14 5 (2.19%) RDBMS
15 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
16 3 (1.32%) GIS
16 3 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.02%) Git
2 13 (5.70%) JIRA
3 8 (3.51%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.63%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.63%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
General
1 84 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.68%) Finance
3 44 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.14%) Games
5 12 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.95%) Law
8 7 (3.07%) Back Office
8 7 (3.07%) Legal
8 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.63%) Retail
10 4 (1.75%) Billing
11 3 (1.32%) Front Office
11 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.88%) Advertising
12 2 (0.88%) Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 65 (28.51%) Developer
2 51 (22.37%) Senior
3 42 (18.42%) Analyst
3 42 (18.42%) Data Engineer
4 27 (11.84%) Applications Support
4 27 (11.84%) DBA
5 26 (11.40%) Support Analyst
6 24 (10.53%) Applications Support Analyst
6 24 (10.53%) SQL DBA
6 24 (10.53%) SQL Developer
7 20 (8.77%) Senior Data Engineer
8 18 (7.89%) Software Engineer
9 17 (7.46%) Senior Developer
10 15 (6.58%) Administrator
11 13 (5.70%) IT Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) IT Support
11 13 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.26%) Software Support Engineer
13 10 (4.39%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (19.30%) .NET
2 26 (11.40%) REST
3 19 (8.33%) .NET Framework
4 18 (7.89%) SOAP
5 15 (6.58%) ASP.NET
5 15 (6.58%) Entity Framework
6 13 (5.70%) CSS
6 13 (5.70%) HTML
7 12 (5.26%) PySpark
7 12 (5.26%) WinForms
8 11 (4.82%) JSON
9 10 (4.39%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.39%) OAuth
9 10 (4.39%) OpenID
9 10 (4.39%) XML
10 9 (3.95%) GraphQL
10 9 (3.95%) LDAP
10 9 (3.95%) SAML
11 7 (3.07%) Web Services
12 6 (2.63%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.58%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.14%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.82%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.95%) Cyberattack
5 8 (3.51%) Clustering
6 6 (2.63%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.75%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.32%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.88%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.65%) Windows
2 8 (3.51%) Linux
3 6 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.19%) VMS
5 2 (0.88%) Android
5 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (27.63%) ETL
4 59 (25.88%) DevOps
5 49 (21.49%) Analytics
6 47 (20.61%) Data Pipeline
7 38 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 37 (16.23%) Agile
9 34 (14.91%) Software Engineering
10 31 (13.60%) CI/CD
11 30 (13.16%) Data Engineering
12 29 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (11.84%) Decision-Making
14 24 (10.53%) Mentoring
15 19 (8.33%) AI
16 18 (7.89%) Computer Science
16 18 (7.89%) Data Integration
16 18 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (7.46%) Roadmaps
18 16 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 218 (95.61%) SQL
2 50 (21.93%) Python
3 47 (20.61%) C#
4 28 (12.28%) PowerShell
5 19 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.14%) PL/SQL
7 11 (4.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (3.95%) Bash
9 4 (1.75%) Bicep
10 3 (1.32%) PHP
10 3 (1.32%) Scala
10 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.88%) C++
11 2 (0.88%) Java
11 2 (0.88%) VBA
12 1 (0.44%) Dart
12 1 (0.44%) R
12 1 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (14.91%) Degree
2 15 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.75%) ACCA
4 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.75%) CIMA
4 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.88%) MCSE
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) MCITP
7 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.47%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.82%) GDPR
2 11 (4.82%) QA
3 9 (3.95%) NCSC
3 9 (3.95%) NIST
4 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.19%) Docker
3 2 (0.88%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.63%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 88 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.42%) Databricks
3 18 (7.89%) Oracle
4 13 (5.70%) Sage
5 12 (5.26%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.51%) RedGate
7 5 (2.19%) Google
7 5 (2.19%) Zoho
8 4 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.75%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.75%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.75%) Informatica
8 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.75%) Talend
9 3 (1.32%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.32%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.88%) Aderant
10 2 (0.88%) iManage
10 2 (0.88%) Intapp