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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 362 245
Rank change year-on-year -156 -117 +26
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 218 344 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.78% 1.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.35% 2.49% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 137 276 938
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +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 16,168 13,788 32,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 31.40% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,126 9,557 24,856
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 16 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 21 May 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 -165 177 £47,500 -17.39% 70
UK excluding London -90 162 £47,500 -9.52% 54
Work from Home +11 133 £47,500 -15.18% 41
London -101 50 £65,000 -3.70% 20
North of England -70 36 £47,500 -20.83% 18
Scotland +27 35 - - 2
South East -26 29 £44,000 -2.22% 17
Midlands -49 29 £48,500 -3.00% 5
North West +3 19 £60,000 +20.00% 8
West Midlands -41 18 £44,000 -23.48% 3
South West -54 18 £42,500 -2.86% 6
Yorkshire -68 16 £44,000 -26.67% 8
East of England -27 12 £62,500 +48.81% 7
East Midlands -43 11 £59,000 +21.65% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North East -44 1 £43,500 -24.35% 2

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 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.05%) IIS
3 8 (3.67%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.38%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.38%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.92%) Confluence
6 1 (0.46%) JBoss
6 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
Applications
1 16 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (4.59%) Magento
2 10 (4.59%) Shopify
3 9 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (2.75%) Infor M3
5 4 (1.83%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.83%) JDE World
5 4 (1.83%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.92%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 127 (58.26%) Azure
2 62 (28.44%) Entra ID
3 56 (25.69%) Power Platform
4 52 (23.85%) Google Workspace
5 20 (9.17%) AWS
5 20 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (9.17%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (6.42%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (5.96%) PowerApps
8 13 (5.96%) SaaS
9 12 (5.50%) GitHub
10 10 (4.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (4.59%) Snowflake
11 8 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.29%) Serverless
14 4 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 52 (23.85%) Broadband
2 3 (1.38%) DNS
2 3 (1.38%) Firewall
3 2 (0.92%) VLAN
4 1 (0.46%) HTTP
4 1 (0.46%) LAN
4 1 (0.46%) Network Security
4 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.46%) WAN
4 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (49.08%) SQL Server
2 54 (24.77%) Power BI
3 44 (20.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (16.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (10.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (6.42%) Power Query
7 12 (5.50%) Data Lake
8 10 (4.59%) MySQL
8 10 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (4.13%) Relational Database
9 9 (4.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (2.75%) Metadata
11 4 (1.83%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.92%) Big Data
13 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
14 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) JIRA
2 12 (5.50%) Git
3 6 (2.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) Yeoman
General
1 88 (40.37%) Social Skills
2 56 (25.69%) Organisational Skills
3 42 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (16.06%) Finance
5 31 (14.22%) Games
6 17 (7.80%) Law
7 11 (5.05%) Back Office
7 11 (5.05%) Legal
8 6 (2.75%) Retail
9 5 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.38%) Billing
10 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.38%) Marketing
10 3 (1.38%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
12 1 (0.46%) Advertising
12 1 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 65 (29.82%) Developer
2 52 (23.85%) Analyst
3 50 (22.94%) Senior
4 24 (11.01%) Support Analyst
5 23 (10.55%) Applications Support
6 21 (9.63%) Applications Support Analyst
7 18 (8.26%) IAM Developer
7 18 (8.26%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 16 (7.34%) Data Analyst
8 16 (7.34%) DBA
8 16 (7.34%) Systems Engineer
9 14 (6.42%) SQL DBA
10 12 (5.50%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.50%) Database Engineer
10 12 (5.50%) SQL Analyst
11 11 (5.05%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.59%) SQL Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Architect
13 9 (4.13%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (30.73%) REST
2 63 (28.90%) SOAP
3 53 (24.31%) OAuth
3 53 (24.31%) OpenID
4 52 (23.85%) GraphQL
4 52 (23.85%) LDAP
4 52 (23.85%) SAML
5 36 (16.51%) .NET
6 13 (5.96%) CSS
6 13 (5.96%) HTML
7 12 (5.50%) ASP.NET
8 11 (5.05%) JSON
9 10 (4.59%) XML
10 9 (4.13%) Middleware
11 8 (3.67%) .NET Core
11 8 (3.67%) Kafka
11 8 (3.67%) React
12 7 (3.21%) PySpark
13 5 (2.29%) .NET Framework
13 5 (2.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (23.85%) Cyber Threat
1 52 (23.85%) Cyberattack
2 12 (5.50%) Data Structures
3 11 (5.05%) Replication
4 10 (4.59%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.21%) Clustering
5 7 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.75%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.83%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.92%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.96%) Windows
2 8 (3.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (2.29%) Linux
4 5 (2.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.28%) Mentoring
2 61 (27.98%) Business Intelligence
2 61 (27.98%) Roadmaps
3 52 (23.85%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (23.85%) Identity Access Management
3 52 (23.85%) Programme Delivery
3 52 (23.85%) Regulatory Compliance
4 45 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (19.72%) Data Modelling
6 38 (17.43%) Performance Tuning
7 37 (16.97%) Analytics
8 32 (14.68%) ETL
9 29 (13.30%) Change Control
9 29 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (12.84%) CI/CD
10 28 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (11.47%) Agile
11 25 (11.47%) DevOps
12 23 (10.55%) Decision-Making
13 20 (9.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 189 (86.70%) SQL
2 76 (34.86%) PowerShell
3 52 (23.85%) Bash
4 45 (20.64%) Python
5 37 (16.97%) C#
6 22 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (4.13%) PL/SQL
8 8 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.67%) VBA
9 7 (3.21%) VBScript
10 6 (2.75%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.83%) Java
11 4 (1.83%) R
12 1 (0.46%) Bicep
12 1 (0.46%) Delphi
12 1 (0.46%) Scala
12 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (9.63%) Degree
2 6 (2.75%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.38%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (23.85%) NCSC
1 52 (23.85%) NIST
2 40 (18.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (16.97%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.13%) QA
5 5 (2.29%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.92%) SLA
7 1 (0.46%) HL7
7 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (32.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (2.75%) Terraform
2 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.46%) SCCM
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 69 (31.65%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.96%) Databricks
3 10 (4.59%) Oracle
3 10 (4.59%) WooCommerce
4 9 (4.13%) ConnectWise
4 9 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.67%) iManage
6 6 (2.75%) IFS
6 6 (2.75%) Infor
7 5 (2.29%) SAP
8 4 (1.83%) Epicor
8 4 (1.83%) JD Edwards
8 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.38%) RedGate
9 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.92%) Intapp
10 2 (0.92%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.92%) Veeam
10 2 (0.92%) VMware