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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 301 213
Rank change year-on-year -106 -88 +36
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 250 505 984
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.96% 1.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.09% 2.84% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 176 295 858
10th Percentile £28,000 £40,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £65,188
90th Percentile £84,250 £83,500 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year +2.11% -6.40% +1.50%

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 11,989 17,754 25,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.95% 33.86% 38.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,657 10,325 21,232
10th Percentile £32,838 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -128 203 £50,000 -5.66% 153
UK excluding London -48 186 £48,500 +2.11% 165
Work from Home -52 126 £48,500 -3.96% 162
London -81 60 £80,000 +28.00% 60
Midlands -13 44 £50,000 +8.11% 20
South East -2 41 £40,000 -20.00% 48
Scotland +16 38 £37,500 -18.48% 26
North of England -14 33 £40,000 -15.79% 28
West Midlands +23 28 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Yorkshire -10 26 £25,000 -46.20% 7
South West -3 20 £50,000 +5.26% 22
East Midlands -25 16 £50,000 +11.11% 12
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North West -7 4 £57,500 +21.05% 20
East of England -24 4 £42,175 -11.21% 17
North East -2 3 £51,000 -32.00% 1
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 16 (6.40%) IIS
2 9 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.20%) CMS
3 3 (1.20%) Confluence
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.20%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.20%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.80%) WordPress
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.40%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.40%) Magento
2 6 (2.40%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 142 (56.80%) Azure
2 52 (20.80%) Entra ID
3 46 (18.40%) Google Workspace
4 43 (17.20%) Power Platform
5 39 (15.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 31 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 18 (7.20%) GitHub
8 16 (6.40%) SaaS
9 14 (5.60%) AWS
9 14 (5.60%) PowerApps
10 13 (5.20%) Snowflake
11 12 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.20%) GCP
13 8 (3.20%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (2.00%) dbt
15 5 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (18.40%) Broadband
2 3 (1.20%) DNS
3 2 (0.80%) DHCP
3 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.80%) Firewall
3 2 (0.80%) SSL
3 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.80%) VLAN
3 2 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (49.60%) SQL Server
2 50 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 49 (19.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 42 (16.80%) Power BI
5 25 (10.00%) Data Lake
6 24 (9.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (6.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (5.60%) Metadata
10 11 (4.40%) MySQL
11 9 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.40%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.60%) Data Mining
13 4 (1.60%) OLAP
14 3 (1.20%) GIS
14 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
14 3 (1.20%) Power Query
14 3 (1.20%) Tableau
15 2 (0.80%) Amazon QuickSight
15 2 (0.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (6.00%) Git
1 15 (6.00%) JIRA
2 8 (3.20%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 106 (42.40%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.60%) Finance
3 46 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (18.40%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (13.20%) Games
5 10 (4.00%) Back Office
6 9 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.80%) Law
7 7 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.60%) Billing
9 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.60%) Legal
10 3 (1.20%) Banking
11 2 (0.80%) Front Office
11 2 (0.80%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Advertising
12 1 (0.40%) Automotive
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 69 (27.60%) Senior
2 64 (25.60%) Developer
3 41 (16.40%) Analyst
4 37 (14.80%) Data Engineer
5 33 (13.20%) Support Analyst
6 31 (12.40%) Applications Support
7 28 (11.20%) Applications Support Analyst
8 22 (8.80%) DBA
8 22 (8.80%) Senior Developer
9 20 (8.00%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (8.00%) Software Engineer
10 19 (7.60%) IAM Developer
10 19 (7.60%) SQL DBA
11 15 (6.00%) SQL Developer
12 14 (5.60%) IT Support
13 13 (5.20%) IT Engineer
13 13 (5.20%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (5.20%) Support Engineer
14 12 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (4.80%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (26.00%) REST
2 58 (23.20%) SOAP
3 47 (18.80%) OAuth
3 47 (18.80%) OpenID
4 46 (18.40%) GraphQL
4 46 (18.40%) LDAP
4 46 (18.40%) SAML
5 39 (15.60%) .NET
6 16 (6.40%) .NET Framework
7 15 (6.00%) ASP.NET
8 14 (5.60%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.80%) CSS
9 12 (4.80%) HTML
9 12 (4.80%) JSON
9 12 (4.80%) WinForms
9 12 (4.80%) XML
10 10 (4.00%) .NET Core
11 8 (3.20%) Middleware
12 6 (2.40%) DirectX
12 6 (2.40%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.40%) Cyber Threat
1 46 (18.40%) Cyberattack
2 12 (4.80%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.20%) Clustering
4 8 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.40%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (2.40%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.20%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.80%) Derivative
8 2 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.80%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.80%) Windows
2 10 (4.00%) Linux
3 6 (2.40%) VMS
3 6 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.80%) Android
4 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.80%) Mentoring
2 58 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (22.40%) ETL
4 54 (21.60%) Roadmaps
5 50 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (18.40%) DevOps
7 46 (18.40%) Identity Access Management
7 46 (18.40%) Programme Delivery
7 46 (18.40%) Regulatory Compliance
8 43 (17.20%) Analytics
9 40 (16.00%) Data Modelling
9 40 (16.00%) Data Pipeline
10 39 (15.60%) Agile
11 36 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (14.00%) Software Engineering
13 33 (13.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (12.80%) CI/CD
15 31 (12.40%) Data Engineering
16 25 (10.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 222 (88.80%) SQL
2 71 (28.40%) PowerShell
3 51 (20.40%) Python
4 46 (18.40%) Bash
5 45 (18.00%) C#
6 17 (6.80%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.60%) PL/SQL
8 9 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.20%) Bicep
10 3 (1.20%) Java
10 3 (1.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.80%) Scala
11 2 (0.80%) VBA
12 1 (0.40%) C++
12 1 (0.40%) R
12 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (13.60%) Degree
2 15 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.20%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.60%) ACCA
4 4 (1.60%) CIMA
4 4 (1.60%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.80%) MCSE
6 2 (0.80%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.40%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (18.40%) NCSC
1 46 (18.40%) NIST
2 33 (13.20%) Data Quality
3 24 (9.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.40%) QA
5 8 (3.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
System Software
1 53 (21.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.40%) Docker
3 2 (0.80%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.00%) Databricks
3 19 (7.60%) Oracle
4 13 (5.20%) Sage
5 12 (4.80%) Xamarin
6 6 (2.40%) ConnectWise
6 6 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.40%) WooCommerce
7 5 (2.00%) Google
7 5 (2.00%) Zoho
8 4 (1.60%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.60%) RedGate
8 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.20%) Informatica
9 3 (1.20%) Talend
10 2 (0.80%) Citrix
10 2 (0.80%) VMware
11 1 (0.40%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.40%) Foundry