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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 289 218
Rank change year-on-year -141 -71 +13
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 230 544 767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.96% 1.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.97% 2.84% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 192 338 679
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -4.35%
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% -

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 11,650 19,168 19,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.75% 33.94% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,566 11,436 16,276
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
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 £105,000 £110,000 £106,289
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 20 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 20 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 -127 202 £50,000 -2.91% 73
UK excluding London -59 167 £48,500 +2.11% 77
Work from Home -83 93 £50,000 - 66
London -76 56 £80,000 +28.00% 27
Midlands 0 48 £48,500 +6.76% 10
South East +4 37 £41,250 -17.50% 26
North of England -9 37 £40,000 -18.37% 13
West Midlands +20 30 £45,000 +4.65% 6
Yorkshire +5 30 £40,000 -16.23% 1
Scotland +6 19 £37,500 -17.58% 15
South West -6 18 £50,000 -16.67% 8
East Midlands -12 18 £49,250 +3.68% 4
North East +9 4 £51,750 -31.00% 5
North West -1 3 £57,500 +15.00% 7
East of England -26 3 £42,175 -11.21% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 2
Wales -2 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 (7.39%) IIS
2 10 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.30%) CMS
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.87%) Confluence
4 2 (0.87%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.87%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.87%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.87%) WordPress
5 1 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (11.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.74%) Magento
2 4 (1.74%) Shopify
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 118 (51.30%) Azure
2 52 (22.61%) Power Platform
3 47 (20.43%) Azure Data Factory
4 39 (16.96%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (9.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 20 (8.70%) Snowflake
7 18 (7.83%) GitHub
8 15 (6.52%) Entra ID
9 14 (6.09%) AWS
10 12 (5.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (4.78%) GCP
11 11 (4.78%) SaaS
12 10 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (4.35%) Google Workspace
12 10 (4.35%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (3.04%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (2.17%) Azure Functions
15 5 (2.17%) Power Automate
15 5 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.35%) Broadband
2 3 (1.30%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) DHCP
3 2 (0.87%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.87%) Firewall
3 2 (0.87%) SSL
3 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.87%) VLAN
3 2 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (54.78%) SQL Server
2 55 (23.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 51 (22.17%) Power BI
4 50 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (13.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (13.04%) Data Lake
7 23 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
8 22 (9.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (6.52%) Metadata
10 10 (4.35%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.91%) MySQL
12 7 (3.04%) OLAP
12 7 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.61%) Data Mining
14 5 (2.17%) NoSQL
14 5 (2.17%) RDBMS
15 4 (1.74%) BigQuery
15 4 (1.74%) MongoDB
16 3 (1.30%) GIS
16 3 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.96%) Git
2 14 (6.09%) JIRA
3 8 (3.48%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.61%) Bitbucket
4 6 (2.61%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.43%) Mercurial
General
1 86 (37.39%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.91%) Finance
3 45 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.52%) Games
5 12 (5.22%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.91%) Law
8 8 (3.48%) Back Office
8 8 (3.48%) Legal
9 7 (3.04%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.74%) Billing
10 4 (1.74%) Retail
11 3 (1.30%) Front Office
11 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.87%) Advertising
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 65 (28.26%) Developer
2 53 (23.04%) Senior
3 43 (18.70%) Analyst
4 41 (17.83%) Data Engineer
5 28 (12.17%) DBA
6 27 (11.74%) Applications Support
6 27 (11.74%) Support Analyst
7 25 (10.87%) SQL DBA
8 24 (10.43%) Applications Support Analyst
9 23 (10.00%) SQL Developer
10 20 (8.70%) Senior Data Engineer
11 18 (7.83%) Senior Developer
11 18 (7.83%) Software Engineer
12 15 (6.52%) Administrator
13 13 (5.65%) IT Engineer
13 13 (5.65%) IT Support
13 13 (5.65%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (5.65%) Support Engineer
14 12 (5.22%) Software Support Engineer
15 11 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (19.13%) .NET
2 28 (12.17%) REST
3 20 (8.70%) SOAP
4 19 (8.26%) .NET Framework
5 15 (6.52%) ASP.NET
5 15 (6.52%) Entity Framework
6 13 (5.65%) CSS
6 13 (5.65%) HTML
7 12 (5.22%) WinForms
8 11 (4.78%) JSON
8 11 (4.78%) OAuth
8 11 (4.78%) OpenID
8 11 (4.78%) PySpark
9 10 (4.35%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.35%) GraphQL
9 10 (4.35%) LDAP
9 10 (4.35%) SAML
9 10 (4.35%) XML
10 7 (3.04%) Web Services
11 6 (2.61%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.09%) Data Structures
3 12 (5.22%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (4.35%) Cyberattack
5 9 (3.91%) Clustering
6 6 (2.61%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.87%) Derivative
10 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.87%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.00%) Windows
2 9 (3.91%) Linux
3 6 (2.61%) VMS
3 6 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.87%) Android
4 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (27.39%) Business Intelligence
3 62 (26.96%) ETL
4 59 (25.65%) DevOps
5 49 (21.30%) Analytics
6 46 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
7 39 (16.96%) Data Modelling
8 38 (16.52%) Agile
9 34 (14.78%) Software Engineering
10 32 (13.91%) CI/CD
11 31 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (13.04%) Data Engineering
13 28 (12.17%) Decision-Making
14 25 (10.87%) Mentoring
15 20 (8.70%) AI
16 19 (8.26%) Data Integration
17 18 (7.83%) Computer Science
17 18 (7.83%) Roadmaps
17 18 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
18 17 (7.39%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 219 (95.22%) SQL
2 51 (22.17%) Python
3 46 (20.00%) C#
4 28 (12.17%) PowerShell
5 19 (8.26%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.09%) PL/SQL
7 11 (4.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (4.35%) Bash
9 4 (1.74%) Bicep
10 3 (1.30%) PHP
10 3 (1.30%) Scala
10 3 (1.30%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.87%) C++
11 2 (0.87%) Java
11 2 (0.87%) VBA
12 1 (0.43%) Dart
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (15.22%) Degree
2 15 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.74%) ACCA
4 4 (1.74%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.74%) CIMA
4 4 (1.74%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.87%) MCSE
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.43%) MCITP
6 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.78%) GDPR
2 11 (4.78%) QA
3 10 (4.35%) NCSC
3 10 (4.35%) NIST
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.17%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.61%) Terraform
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 88 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.26%) Databricks
3 19 (8.26%) Oracle
4 13 (5.65%) Sage
5 12 (5.22%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.48%) RedGate
7 5 (2.17%) Google
7 5 (2.17%) Zoho
8 4 (1.74%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.74%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.74%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.74%) Informatica
8 4 (1.74%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.74%) Talend
8 4 (1.74%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.87%) Aderant
9 2 (0.87%) iManage
9 2 (0.87%) Intapp