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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 336 213
Rank change year-on-year -128 -123 +61
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 243 348 1,206
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.81% 1.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.79% 2.39% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 158 258 1,027
10th Percentile £29,750 £39,625 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,219 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +10.00%

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 13,540 14,554 30,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.10% 34.02% 35.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,499 10,215 24,198
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -1.82%

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 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 17 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 March 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
UK excluding London -28 192 £42,500 -10.53% 109
England -127 192 £46,250 -19.57% 112
Work from Home -44 132 £42,500 -24.11% 50
Midlands -15 48 £45,000 +3.45% 20
London -101 48 £70,000 +7.69% 36
Scotland +20 43 - - 17
South East -13 36 £35,000 -30.00% 23
North of England -46 36 £50,500 -3.81% 17
West Midlands +15 30 £42,500 -10.53% 10
Yorkshire -39 22 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East Midlands -47 18 £49,250 +14.53% 10
South West -25 16 £42,500 +14.86% 24
North West -24 11 £57,500 +17.95% 10
East of England -42 7 £49,000 +3.16% 9
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North East -19 3 £51,000 -32.00% 3
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 15 (6.17%) IIS
2 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.65%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.65%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.23%) CMS
4 3 (1.23%) Confluence
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.82%) WordPress
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) JBoss
6 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.12%) Magento
1 10 (4.12%) Shopify
2 9 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 146 (60.08%) Azure
2 67 (27.57%) Entra ID
3 57 (23.46%) Google Workspace
4 46 (18.93%) Power Platform
5 30 (12.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 29 (11.93%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.82%) SaaS
8 17 (7.00%) GitHub
9 16 (6.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 16 (6.58%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (6.17%) AWS
10 15 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (4.53%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.70%) Power Automate
12 9 (3.70%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.88%) GCP
13 7 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (1.65%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 57 (23.46%) Broadband
2 3 (1.23%) DNS
3 2 (0.82%) DHCP
3 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.82%) Firewall
3 2 (0.82%) SSL
3 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.82%) VLAN
3 2 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (47.33%) SQL Server
2 47 (19.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 44 (18.11%) Power BI
4 38 (15.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (7.82%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (5.35%) Metadata
7 13 (5.35%) MySQL
8 11 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (2.88%) Power Query
10 5 (2.06%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.23%) GIS
11 3 (1.23%) Tableau
12 2 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (7.82%) JIRA
2 12 (4.94%) Git
3 3 (1.23%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.82%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (40.33%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.46%) Organisational Skills
3 46 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (16.05%) Games
5 34 (13.99%) Finance
6 13 (5.35%) Back Office
7 12 (4.94%) Law
8 6 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.06%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.23%) Banking
10 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Legal
10 3 (1.23%) Marketing
11 2 (0.82%) Front Office
11 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Automotive
12 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 59 (24.28%) Senior
2 57 (23.46%) Developer
3 51 (20.99%) Analyst
4 34 (13.99%) Support Analyst
5 31 (12.76%) Applications Support
6 30 (12.35%) Applications Support Analyst
7 26 (10.70%) Data Engineer
8 22 (9.05%) DBA
8 22 (9.05%) IAM Developer
8 22 (9.05%) Senior Developer
9 19 (7.82%) SQL DBA
10 18 (7.41%) Software Engineer
11 16 (6.58%) SQL Developer
11 16 (6.58%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (5.35%) C# Developer
12 13 (5.35%) IT Support
13 12 (4.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 12 (4.94%) IT Engineer
13 12 (4.94%) Software Support Engineer
13 12 (4.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (31.69%) REST
2 70 (28.81%) SOAP
3 58 (23.87%) OAuth
3 58 (23.87%) OpenID
4 57 (23.46%) GraphQL
4 57 (23.46%) LDAP
4 57 (23.46%) SAML
5 41 (16.87%) .NET
6 16 (6.58%) .NET Framework
6 16 (6.58%) ASP.NET
6 16 (6.58%) XML
7 15 (6.17%) JSON
8 14 (5.76%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.94%) WinForms
10 9 (3.70%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.70%) Middleware
11 7 (2.88%) CSS
11 7 (2.88%) HTML
11 7 (2.88%) PySpark
12 6 (2.47%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.46%) Cyber Threat
1 57 (23.46%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.70%) Clustering
5 7 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.47%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.47%) Low-Code
6 6 (2.47%) Replication
7 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.23%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.82%) Derivative
9 2 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.05%) Windows
2 9 (3.70%) Linux
3 6 (2.47%) VMS
3 6 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.82%) Android
4 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.57%) Mentoring
2 66 (27.16%) Roadmaps
3 57 (23.46%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (23.46%) Identity Access Management
3 57 (23.46%) Programme Delivery
3 57 (23.46%) Regulatory Compliance
4 53 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (19.75%) Business Intelligence
6 43 (17.70%) Analytics
7 42 (17.28%) DevOps
8 41 (16.87%) Data Modelling
9 36 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (14.81%) ETL
10 34 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (11.93%) CI/CD
11 29 (11.93%) Data Pipeline
12 28 (11.52%) Agile
12 28 (11.52%) Change Control
12 28 (11.52%) Decision-Making
12 28 (11.52%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 210 (86.42%) SQL
2 86 (35.39%) PowerShell
3 57 (23.46%) Bash
4 49 (20.16%) Python
5 44 (18.11%) C#
6 15 (6.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.88%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.47%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.06%) Java
9 5 (2.06%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.65%) R
11 2 (0.82%) Bicep
11 2 (0.82%) Scala
11 2 (0.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) PHP
12 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (13.58%) Degree
2 14 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.23%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.82%) MCSE
6 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) MCITP
6 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (23.46%) NCSC
1 57 (23.46%) NIST
2 40 (16.46%) Data Quality
3 35 (14.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.12%) QA
5 7 (2.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (27.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.23%) Docker
3 2 (0.82%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.29%) Terraform
2 6 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 78 (32.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.47%) Databricks
3 12 (4.94%) Sage
3 12 (4.94%) Xamarin
4 10 (4.12%) WooCommerce
5 9 (3.70%) ConnectWise
5 9 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.29%) Oracle
7 5 (2.06%) Google
7 5 (2.06%) Zoho
8 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.23%) RedGate
9 3 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.82%) Citrix
10 2 (0.82%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.82%) Informatica
10 2 (0.82%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.82%) Talend
10 2 (0.82%) VMware
11 1 (0.41%) Siemens