T-SQL Job Trends

Transact-SQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring T-SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 335 222
Rank change year-on-year -39 -113 +20
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 334 621 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.80% 1.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.55% 2.57% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 264 383 843
10th Percentile £38,825 £36,830 £40,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,403
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,375 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.75% -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 13,110 24,157 24,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.51% 30.93% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,456 15,118 20,186
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,557
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,025 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for T-SQL 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 18 September 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 18 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
England -43 310 £55,000 +0.39% 154
UK excluding London +25 239 £51,375 +2.75% 152
Work from Home -34 120 £52,500 -4.55% 132
London -77 82 £80,000 +23.08% 25
North of England -3 71 £60,000 +26.32% 34
Midlands +16 53 £53,688 +7.38% 27
South East +41 51 £50,000 - 42
Yorkshire +30 46 £60,000 +32.68% 13
West Midlands +1 28 £57,500 +7.19% 14
South West +69 25 £50,000 -16.67% 18
East Midlands +41 25 £48,500 +4.86% 12
East of England -18 25 £40,500 -19.00% 17
North West -24 17 £57,500 +21.05% 16
Scotland +18 11 £47,500 -10.80% 6
North East +26 8 £52,500 -6.25% 5
Wales +16 1 £35,000 -18.13% 8
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

T-SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (6.89%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.69%) IIS
4 5 (1.50%) Apache
4 5 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.20%) Sage 1000
4 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 204 (61.08%) Azure
2 122 (36.53%) Power Platform
3 50 (14.97%) Azure Data Factory
4 34 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (8.98%) AWS
6 24 (7.19%) Power Automate
7 22 (6.59%) SaaS
8 21 (6.29%) Azure Logic Apps
8 21 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (5.99%) Snowflake
10 18 (5.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 18 (5.39%) PowerApps
11 15 (4.49%) GCP
12 13 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.69%) Azure Functions
13 9 (2.69%) Serverless
14 7 (2.10%) Fivetran
14 7 (2.10%) GitHub
15 6 (1.80%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.10%) FTP
2 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (58.98%) SQL Server
2 115 (34.43%) Power BI
3 100 (29.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 70 (20.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 59 (17.66%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (11.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 35 (10.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 31 (9.28%) Data Lake
9 17 (5.09%) Relational Database
10 16 (4.79%) Metadata
11 15 (4.49%) MySQL
12 13 (3.89%) Data Hub
12 13 (3.89%) NoSQL
12 13 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (3.89%) SQL CLR
13 8 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (2.40%) BigQuery
14 7 (2.10%) OLAP
14 7 (2.10%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.80%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (8.38%) Git
2 12 (3.59%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (1.80%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.80%) JIRA
5 5 (1.50%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.60%) MSTest
7 2 (0.60%) NUnit
7 2 (0.60%) Selenium
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.30%) Grunt
8 1 (0.30%) gulp
8 1 (0.30%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.30%) Postman
8 1 (0.30%) Subversion
8 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 107 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.35%) Finance
3 46 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (4.49%) Law
6 13 (3.89%) Back Office
6 13 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.89%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.29%) Legal
7 11 (3.29%) Retail
8 8 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.10%) Local Government
10 5 (1.50%) Automotive
11 4 (1.20%) Advertising
11 4 (1.20%) Billing
11 4 (1.20%) Marketing
11 4 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.20%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 166 (49.70%) Developer
2 95 (28.44%) SQL Developer
3 62 (18.56%) Senior
4 39 (11.68%) Database Developer
4 39 (11.68%) SQL Database Developer
5 38 (11.38%) Data Engineer
6 34 (10.18%) Analyst
6 34 (10.18%) DBA
7 32 (9.58%) SQL DBA
8 27 (8.08%) Senior Developer
9 21 (6.29%) Administrator
10 18 (5.39%) Senior Data Engineer
11 17 (5.09%) Applications Support
12 15 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 15 (4.49%) Support Analyst
13 13 (3.89%) Analyst Developer
13 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Developer
13 13 (3.89%) SaaS Developer
13 13 (3.89%) Senior Microsoft Developer
13 13 (3.89%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.87%) .NET
2 32 (9.58%) HTML
3 30 (8.98%) CSS
4 25 (7.49%) ASP.NET
5 17 (5.09%) .NET Framework
6 16 (4.79%) REST
6 16 (4.79%) Web Services
7 15 (4.49%) PySpark
7 15 (4.49%) XML
8 13 (3.89%) React
9 12 (3.59%) SOAP
10 11 (3.29%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.99%) .NET Core
12 8 (2.40%) Entity Framework
12 8 (2.40%) JSON
13 7 (2.10%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (1.80%) ASP.NET Core
14 6 (1.80%) HTML5
15 5 (1.50%) Blazor
15 5 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.99%) Data Structures
2 13 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.89%) Private Cloud
3 10 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.69%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.69%) Clustering
5 6 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.20%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.20%) Social Media
8 3 (0.90%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.60%) Replication
10 1 (0.30%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.79%) Windows
2 7 (2.10%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.90%) Linux
5 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (46.71%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (28.14%) ETL
3 85 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (20.66%) Analytics
5 54 (16.17%) DevOps
6 47 (14.07%) Agile
7 43 (12.87%) Data Engineering
8 40 (11.98%) Data Modelling
9 39 (11.68%) Performance Tuning
10 36 (10.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 34 (10.18%) CI/CD
12 33 (9.88%) Decision-Making
13 32 (9.58%) Data Pipeline
13 32 (9.58%) High Availability
13 32 (9.58%) Visualisation
14 30 (8.98%) Artificial Intelligence
15 29 (8.68%) Migration
16 26 (7.78%) Data Visualisation
16 26 (7.78%) Database Optimisation
17 21 (6.29%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 327 (97.90%) SQL
2 66 (19.76%) Python
3 53 (15.87%) C#
4 32 (9.58%) JavaScript
5 27 (8.08%) PowerShell
6 20 (5.99%) PL/SQL
7 14 (4.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.10%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.50%) Java
9 5 (1.50%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.20%) VBA
11 2 (0.60%) Bicep
11 2 (0.60%) C++
11 2 (0.60%) PHP
11 2 (0.60%) X++
12 1 (0.30%) Bash
12 1 (0.30%) Dart
12 1 (0.30%) R
12 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (14.97%) DBS Check
2 41 (12.28%) Degree
3 12 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.40%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.80%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.50%) ACCA
7 4 (1.20%) CIMA
8 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) MCSD
9 1 (0.30%) MCSE
9 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.78%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.89%) GDPR
3 8 (2.40%) QA
4 4 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.30%) NCSC
5 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.10%) Docker
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (3.89%) Failover Clustering
2 8 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.80%) Terraform
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.30%) Ansible
5 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 156 (46.71%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.57%) Databricks
3 24 (7.19%) Oracle
4 14 (4.19%) VMware
5 13 (3.89%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.40%) Google
6 8 (2.40%) RedGate
7 5 (1.50%) Informatica
7 5 (1.50%) Sage
7 5 (1.50%) Talend
7 5 (1.50%) Xero
8 4 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.60%) Aderant
9 2 (0.60%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.60%) iManage
9 2 (0.60%) Intapp
9 2 (0.60%) Lotus
10 1 (0.30%) LogicMonitor