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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 369 262
Rank change year-on-year -159 -107 -12
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 233 349 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.77% 1.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.37% 2.49% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 163 275 884
10th Percentile £39,470 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.80% -6.36% +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 17,050 14,031 34,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.96% 31.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,090 9,275 25,736
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £111,250 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -160 204 £52,500 -8.70% 55
UK excluding London -119 164 £48,000 -6.80% 46
Work from Home -16 130 £51,250 -6.82% 35
London -91 61 £70,000 - 19
South East -29 42 £48,500 +10.86% 17
North of England -74 35 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Midlands -52 26 £45,000 -7.22% 2
Scotland +23 24 - - 2
North West -3 22 £53,750 - 11
South West -53 21 £48,750 -2.50% 4
West Midlands -24 17 £44,000 -23.48% 1
East of England -27 14 £62,500 +48.81% 3
Yorkshire -63 11 £45,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands -56 9 £59,000 +24.21% 1
North East -50 2 £45,500 -17.27% 1
Northern Ireland - 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 20 (8.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.01%) IIS
3 7 (3.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.86%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) JBoss
5 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.58%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.15%) Magento
4 5 (2.15%) Shopify
5 4 (1.72%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.72%) JDE World
5 4 (1.72%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.86%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.86%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 150 (64.38%) Azure
2 67 (28.76%) Power Platform
3 58 (24.89%) Entra ID
4 47 (20.17%) Google Workspace
5 23 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.44%) AWS
6 22 (9.44%) SaaS
7 21 (9.01%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (7.73%) Power Automate
9 17 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (5.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (5.58%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.86%) GitHub
13 8 (3.43%) Serverless
14 7 (3.00%) Snowflake
15 5 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
16 4 (1.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 44 (18.88%) Broadband
2 4 (1.72%) Firewall
3 3 (1.29%) DNS
3 3 (1.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (50.21%) SQL Server
2 56 (24.03%) Power BI
3 48 (20.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (19.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (6.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (6.44%) Power Query
7 13 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (4.72%) MySQL
10 10 (4.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (3.43%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.15%) Data Lake
12 5 (2.15%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.86%) Metadata
14 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 1 (0.43%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.44%) Git
2 14 (6.01%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.15%) JIRA
4 10 (4.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.86%) Postman
5 2 (0.86%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 78 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.89%) Organisational Skills
3 48 (20.60%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (12.88%) Finance
5 21 (9.01%) Games
6 19 (8.15%) Law
7 10 (4.29%) Legal
8 6 (2.58%) Back Office
8 6 (2.58%) Retail
9 5 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.72%) Marketing
10 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.29%) Billing
11 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.86%) Automotive
12 2 (0.86%) Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (36.48%) Developer
2 50 (21.46%) Senior
3 44 (18.88%) Analyst
4 21 (9.01%) Applications Support
5 19 (8.15%) Senior Developer
6 18 (7.73%) IAM Developer
7 17 (7.30%) Applications Support Analyst
7 17 (7.30%) Data Analyst
7 17 (7.30%) Software Developer
8 16 (6.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 16 (6.87%) SQL Developer
8 16 (6.87%) Support Analyst
9 15 (6.44%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (6.01%) .NET Developer
11 13 (5.58%) Data Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) DBA
12 12 (5.15%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (4.72%) Database Engineer
14 10 (4.29%) SQL DBA
14 10 (4.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (25.32%) REST
2 55 (23.61%) .NET
3 53 (22.75%) SOAP
4 47 (20.17%) GraphQL
4 47 (20.17%) LDAP
4 47 (20.17%) OAuth
4 47 (20.17%) OpenID
4 47 (20.17%) SAML
5 17 (7.30%) HTML
5 17 (7.30%) JSON
6 16 (6.87%) ASP.NET
6 16 (6.87%) CSS
7 14 (6.01%) XML
8 13 (5.58%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.29%) React
10 9 (3.86%) Blazor
10 9 (3.86%) Kafka
11 8 (3.43%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (3.00%) .NET Framework
12 7 (3.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.88%) Cyber Threat
1 44 (18.88%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.73%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.58%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.15%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.72%) Replication
6 9 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.15%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.15%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.72%) Clustering
8 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.29%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.29%) LIMS
9 3 (1.29%) NHS
9 3 (1.29%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.87%) Windows
2 9 (3.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (26.61%) Business Intelligence
2 60 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (25.32%) Mentoring
4 57 (24.46%) Roadmaps
5 47 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (20.17%) Identity Access Management
5 47 (20.17%) Performance Tuning
6 44 (18.88%) Programme Delivery
6 44 (18.88%) Regulatory Compliance
7 39 (16.74%) Data Modelling
8 36 (15.45%) Agile
9 35 (15.02%) CI/CD
9 35 (15.02%) DevOps
9 35 (15.02%) ETL
10 34 (14.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (13.30%) Analytics
12 30 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (11.59%) Change Control
14 23 (9.87%) Validation
15 18 (7.73%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 212 (90.99%) SQL
2 79 (33.91%) PowerShell
3 56 (24.03%) C#
4 47 (20.17%) Bash
5 40 (17.17%) Python
6 22 (9.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (7.30%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.72%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.86%) VBScript
10 7 (3.00%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.00%) VBA
11 4 (1.72%) Java
11 4 (1.72%) R
12 3 (1.29%) Delphi
13 2 (0.86%) VB
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
14 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (8.58%) Degree
2 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
2 4 (1.72%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.17%) NIST
2 44 (18.88%) NCSC
3 42 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (14.59%) Data Quality
5 17 (7.30%) QA
6 4 (1.72%) GDPR
7 3 (1.29%) SLA
8 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) HL7
9 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (28.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.72%) Docker
3 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.15%) Terraform
2 4 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.43%) SCCM
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (33.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.43%) iManage
2 8 (3.43%) Oracle
3 7 (3.00%) SAP
4 6 (2.58%) Databricks
4 6 (2.58%) IFS
4 6 (2.58%) Infor
4 6 (2.58%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.15%) WooCommerce
6 4 (1.72%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.72%) Epicor
6 4 (1.72%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.29%) Google
7 3 (1.29%) RedGate
7 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Veeam
7 3 (1.29%) VMware
8 2 (0.86%) Intapp