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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 343 216
Rank change year-on-year -113 -127 +57
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 245 354 1,203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.82% 1.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.81% 2.40% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 160 259 1,027
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,063 £43,750 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £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 13,570 14,767 29,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.18% 34.25% 35.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,532 10,351 24,184
10th Percentile £34,050 £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 £56,284 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.28% +4.23% -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 16 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 16 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
England -127 194 £46,250 -17.41% 100
UK excluding London -30 193 £42,500 -10.53% 100
Work from Home -40 132 £42,500 -24.11% 44
London -96 49 £70,000 +7.69% 34
Midlands -14 48 £45,000 +3.45% 15
Scotland +22 43 - - 16
South East -14 36 £35,000 -30.00% 23
North of England -45 36 £50,000 -4.76% 15
West Midlands +12 30 £42,500 -10.53% 9
Yorkshire -39 23 £40,000 -33.33% 5
East Midlands -49 18 £49,250 +14.53% 6
South West -32 17 £42,500 +14.86% 22
North West -24 10 £57,500 +17.95% 10
East of England -34 7 £49,000 +3.16% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North East -23 3 £51,000 -32.00%
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 (6.12%) IIS
2 8 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.63%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.63%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.22%) CMS
5 3 (1.22%) Confluence
6 2 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.82%) WordPress
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.08%) Magento
1 10 (4.08%) Shopify
2 9 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.67%) 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 (59.59%) Azure
2 67 (27.35%) Entra ID
3 57 (23.27%) Google Workspace
4 46 (18.78%) Power Platform
5 31 (12.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 29 (11.84%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.76%) SaaS
8 17 (6.94%) GitHub
9 16 (6.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 16 (6.53%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (5.71%) AWS
12 11 (4.49%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.67%) Power Automate
13 9 (3.67%) Snowflake
14 7 (2.86%) GitHub Copilot
15 6 (2.45%) GCP
16 5 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (1.63%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 57 (23.27%) Broadband
2 3 (1.22%) 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
1 116 (47.35%) SQL Server
2 46 (18.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 44 (17.96%) Power BI
4 38 (15.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (11.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (8.16%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (5.31%) Metadata
7 13 (5.31%) MySQL
8 11 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (2.86%) Power Query
10 5 (2.04%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.22%) GIS
11 3 (1.22%) 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 (7.76%) JIRA
2 12 (4.90%) Git
3 4 (1.63%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.22%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.82%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (40.41%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.27%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (19.18%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.92%) Games
5 34 (13.88%) Finance
6 13 (5.31%) Back Office
7 12 (4.90%) Law
8 6 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.45%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.04%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Banking
11 3 (1.22%) Legal
11 3 (1.22%) Marketing
12 2 (0.82%) Front Office
12 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.82%) Retail
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Automotive
13 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 60 (24.49%) Senior
2 57 (23.27%) Developer
3 52 (21.22%) Analyst
4 35 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 32 (13.06%) Applications Support
6 31 (12.65%) Applications Support Analyst
7 27 (11.02%) Data Engineer
8 22 (8.98%) DBA
8 22 (8.98%) IAM Developer
8 22 (8.98%) Senior Developer
9 19 (7.76%) Software Engineer
9 19 (7.76%) SQL DBA
10 16 (6.53%) SQL Developer
10 16 (6.53%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.31%) C# Developer
11 13 (5.31%) IT Support
12 12 (4.90%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.90%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (4.90%) Software Support Engineer
12 12 (4.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (31.43%) REST
2 70 (28.57%) SOAP
3 58 (23.67%) OAuth
3 58 (23.67%) OpenID
4 57 (23.27%) GraphQL
4 57 (23.27%) LDAP
4 57 (23.27%) SAML
5 40 (16.33%) .NET
6 16 (6.53%) .NET Framework
7 15 (6.12%) ASP.NET
7 15 (6.12%) JSON
7 15 (6.12%) XML
8 14 (5.71%) Entity Framework
9 12 (4.90%) WinForms
10 9 (3.67%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.67%) Middleware
11 8 (3.27%) CSS
11 8 (3.27%) HTML
12 7 (2.86%) PySpark
13 6 (2.45%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.27%) Cyber Threat
1 57 (23.27%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.67%) Clustering
5 8 (3.27%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.45%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.45%) Low-Code
6 6 (2.45%) Replication
7 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.22%) 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 (8.98%) Windows
2 9 (3.67%) Linux
3 6 (2.45%) VMS
3 6 (2.45%) 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 (27.35%) Mentoring
2 65 (26.53%) Roadmaps
3 57 (23.27%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (23.27%) Identity Access Management
3 57 (23.27%) Programme Delivery
3 57 (23.27%) Regulatory Compliance
4 52 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (19.59%) Business Intelligence
6 43 (17.55%) Analytics
7 42 (17.14%) DevOps
8 41 (16.73%) Data Modelling
9 37 (15.10%) ETL
10 35 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (11.84%) Agile
13 29 (11.84%) CI/CD
13 29 (11.84%) Decision-Making
13 29 (11.84%) Software Engineering
14 28 (11.43%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 212 (86.53%) SQL
2 86 (35.10%) PowerShell
3 57 (23.27%) Bash
4 49 (20.00%) Python
5 43 (17.55%) C#
6 15 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.86%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.04%) Java
9 5 (2.04%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.63%) 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 34 (13.88%) Degree
2 14 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.22%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.22%) 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 (23.27%) NCSC
1 57 (23.27%) NIST
2 40 (16.33%) Data Quality
3 35 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.08%) QA
5 7 (2.86%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (27.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.22%) Docker
3 2 (0.82%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.27%) Terraform
2 6 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 78 (31.84%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.80%) Databricks
3 12 (4.90%) Sage
3 12 (4.90%) Xamarin
4 10 (4.08%) WooCommerce
5 9 (3.67%) ConnectWise
5 9 (3.67%) Oracle
5 9 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.04%) Google
6 5 (2.04%) Zoho
7 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.22%) RedGate
8 3 (1.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Citrix
9 2 (0.82%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.82%) Informatica
9 2 (0.82%) Rollbar
9 2 (0.82%) Talend
9 2 (0.82%) VMware
10 1 (0.41%) Siemens