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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 379 327
Rank change year-on-year -207 -52 -102
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 203 333 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.67% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.09% 2.54% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 173 263 422
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,825 £36,269
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,400 £82,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 18,639 13,133 24,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.69% 26.53% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,286 8,495 15,919
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,975
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 6 September 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 15 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 6 September 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 -201 193 £59,866 +8.85% 125
UK excluding London -179 139 £52,500 - 75
Work from Home -75 88 £62,500 +19.05% 47
London -95 55 £70,000 -12.50% 62
South East -38 50 £55,000 +10.00% 21
North of England -101 31 £47,500 -20.83% 16
East of England -34 20 £62,500 +54.32% 10
North West -21 17 £47,500 -17.39% 12
Midlands -73 16 £50,000 - 14
South West -81 16 £52,500 +5.00% 8
Yorkshire -76 13 £60,500 +0.83% 4
West Midlands -49 11 £50,000 -13.04% 11
Scotland +2 6 £85,000 +78.95% 4
East Midlands -53 5 £59,732 +23.16% 3
North East -73 1 £47,500 -9.52%

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 14 (6.90%) IIS
2 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) MTS
Applications
1 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.96%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.46%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.46%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.97%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (1.97%) JDE World
4 3 (1.48%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.99%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.99%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.49%) FastStats
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 116 (57.14%) Azure
2 65 (32.02%) Power Platform
3 39 (19.21%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (8.37%) Azure Logic Apps
4 17 (8.37%) Power Automate
5 16 (7.88%) AWS
6 14 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (6.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (6.40%) SaaS
8 12 (5.91%) PowerApps
9 9 (4.43%) GitHub
9 9 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.43%) Serverless
10 8 (3.94%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.94%) Snowflake
11 5 (2.46%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.97%) GCP
12 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.97%) Firewall
2 3 (1.48%) DNS
2 3 (1.48%) VLAN
3 2 (0.99%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) Network Security
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (65.52%) SQL Server
2 53 (26.11%) Power BI
3 51 (25.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 39 (19.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (11.82%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (7.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.39%) Power Query
7 11 (5.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (3.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.94%) Relational Database
8 8 (3.94%) Star Schema
9 6 (2.96%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.97%) Db2
10 4 (1.97%) Metadata
10 4 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.97%) WhereScape RED
11 3 (1.48%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.48%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.48%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 25 (12.32%) Git
2 15 (7.39%) Visual Studio
3 9 (4.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (3.45%) JIRA
5 2 (0.99%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.49%) Yeoman
General
1 64 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (16.26%) Finance
4 20 (9.85%) Law
5 15 (7.39%) Legal
6 8 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.96%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.97%) Retail
10 3 (1.48%) Back Office
10 3 (1.48%) Billing
10 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.99%) Automotive
11 2 (0.99%) Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Police
12 1 (0.49%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 96 (47.29%) Developer
2 39 (19.21%) Senior
3 25 (12.32%) Analyst
4 23 (11.33%) .NET Developer
5 20 (9.85%) SQL Developer
6 19 (9.36%) Software Developer
7 18 (8.87%) Data Engineer
8 17 (8.37%) DBA
8 17 (8.37%) Senior Developer
9 16 (7.88%) SQL DBA
10 14 (6.90%) SQL Server DBA
11 13 (6.40%) Applications Support
12 12 (5.91%) Lead
13 10 (4.93%) Data Analyst
13 10 (4.93%) Support Engineer
14 9 (4.43%) Applications Developer
14 9 (4.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 8 (3.94%) Software Support Engineer
16 7 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 7 (3.45%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (33.00%) .NET
2 15 (7.39%) REST
3 14 (6.90%) HTML
4 13 (6.40%) .NET Core
4 13 (6.40%) ASP.NET
4 13 (6.40%) CSS
5 11 (5.42%) .NET Framework
5 11 (5.42%) JSON
6 9 (4.43%) SOAP
6 9 (4.43%) WinForms
6 9 (4.43%) XML
7 8 (3.94%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (3.94%) Blazor
7 8 (3.94%) Entity Framework
7 8 (3.94%) Kafka
7 8 (3.94%) PySpark
8 7 (3.45%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.45%) jQuery
8 7 (3.45%) React
8 7 (3.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.32%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (8.37%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.42%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.93%) Replication
4 10 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.96%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.96%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.97%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.97%) NHS
9 3 (1.48%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.48%) LIMS
9 3 (1.48%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.99%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.36%) Windows
2 10 (4.93%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.96%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.99%) Linux
5 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (25.12%) DevOps
4 50 (24.63%) Performance Tuning
5 41 (20.20%) ETL
6 39 (19.21%) CI/CD
7 36 (17.73%) Data Modelling
8 34 (16.75%) Agile
8 34 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.81%) Analytics
10 22 (10.84%) SDLC
11 19 (9.36%) AI
11 19 (9.36%) Secure Coding
12 18 (8.87%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (8.87%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (8.37%) Mentoring
13 17 (8.37%) Software Engineering
13 17 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (7.88%) Data Engineering
14 16 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 202 (99.51%) SQL
2 68 (33.50%) C#
3 37 (18.23%) PowerShell
4 33 (16.26%) Python
5 21 (10.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (7.88%) JavaScript
7 13 (6.40%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.43%) VBScript
9 8 (3.94%) Delphi
9 8 (3.94%) VBA
10 6 (2.96%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.97%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.48%) Bash
12 3 (1.48%) XPath
13 2 (0.99%) Bicep
13 2 (0.99%) Java
13 2 (0.99%) R
13 2 (0.99%) VB
14 1 (0.49%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 14 (6.90%) Degree
2 5 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (1.97%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.48%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.88%) QA
3 11 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.96%) SLA
5 5 (2.46%) NIST
6 3 (1.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) HL7
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.46%) Docker
3 3 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.46%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.49%) SCCM
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 83 (40.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.90%) Oracle
3 9 (4.43%) iManage
4 8 (3.94%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.45%) SAP
6 6 (2.96%) Infor
6 6 (2.96%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.46%) Databricks
7 5 (2.46%) IFS
7 5 (2.46%) RedGate
7 5 (2.46%) Remedy
8 4 (1.97%) Epicor
8 4 (1.97%) Intapp
8 4 (1.97%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.48%) Google
9 3 (1.48%) Teradata
9 3 (1.48%) Veeam
9 3 (1.48%) VMware
10 2 (0.99%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.99%) OpenAI