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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 365 303
Rank change year-on-year -201 -62 -69
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 213 358 799
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.72% 0.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 2.49% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 174 284 621
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £68,438 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,375 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £54,784
% change year-on-year -2.91% -5.99% +4.35%

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 18,034 14,390 27,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.80% 29.11% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12,842 9,549 19,721
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -177 199 £52,500 -8.70% 63
UK excluding London -139 152 £50,000 -2.91% 48
Work from Home -61 104 £53,499 -2.73% 37
London -67 52 £70,000 - 18
South East -21 46 £52,500 +16.67% 10
North of England -68 37 £47,500 -20.83% 15
North West -5 23 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Midlands -66 23 £45,000 -7.22% 8
South West -61 18 £50,000 +2.56% 9
East of England -24 17 £62,500 +51.52% 4
West Midlands -34 16 £44,000 -23.48% 8
Yorkshire -69 12 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland +15 11 - - 1
East Midlands -54 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -55 2 £45,500 -13.33% 4

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 18 (8.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.57%) IIS
3 7 (3.29%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.82%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.35%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.88%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.88%) JDE World
4 4 (1.88%) Magento
4 4 (1.88%) Shopify
5 3 (1.41%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.94%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.94%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.47%) FastStats
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 124 (58.22%) Azure
2 68 (31.92%) Power Platform
3 32 (15.02%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.21%) Entra ID
5 20 (9.39%) SaaS
6 19 (8.92%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (8.45%) AWS
8 17 (7.98%) Google Workspace
8 17 (7.98%) Power Automate
9 15 (7.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (6.10%) PowerApps
11 12 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (4.23%) GitHub
13 8 (3.76%) Serverless
13 8 (3.76%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.88%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.88%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.57%) Broadband
2 4 (1.88%) Firewall
3 3 (1.41%) DNS
3 3 (1.41%) VLAN
4 2 (0.94%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (61.03%) SQL Server
2 56 (26.29%) Power BI
3 47 (22.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (20.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.51%) Power Query
6 15 (7.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (4.23%) MySQL
8 9 (4.23%) Relational Database
8 9 (4.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (2.82%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.35%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.41%) Db2
11 3 (1.41%) WhereScape RED
12 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.94%) MS Access
12 2 (0.94%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (11.27%) Git
2 15 (7.04%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.63%) JIRA
4 10 (4.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.94%) Postman
5 2 (0.94%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 67 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 52 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.55%) Finance
4 21 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (9.39%) Law
6 11 (5.16%) Legal
7 8 (3.76%) Games
8 7 (3.29%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.82%) Retail
10 5 (2.35%) Back Office
10 5 (2.35%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.41%) Billing
11 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.41%) Marketing
12 2 (0.94%) Automotive
12 2 (0.94%) Local Government
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (39.91%) Developer
2 39 (18.31%) Analyst
3 38 (17.84%) Senior
4 20 (9.39%) Applications Support
5 19 (8.92%) .NET Developer
5 19 (8.92%) SQL Developer
6 18 (8.45%) Software Developer
7 17 (7.98%) DBA
8 15 (7.04%) Data Analyst
8 15 (7.04%) Senior Developer
8 15 (7.04%) SQL DBA
9 14 (6.57%) Applications Support Analyst
9 14 (6.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 14 (6.57%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.63%) SQL Server DBA
10 12 (5.63%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.69%) Lead
11 10 (4.69%) SQL Analyst
11 10 (4.69%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (28.64%) .NET
2 30 (14.08%) REST
3 24 (11.27%) SOAP
4 17 (7.98%) GraphQL
4 17 (7.98%) LDAP
4 17 (7.98%) OAuth
4 17 (7.98%) OpenID
4 17 (7.98%) SAML
5 16 (7.51%) HTML
5 16 (7.51%) JSON
6 15 (7.04%) CSS
7 14 (6.57%) .NET Core
7 14 (6.57%) ASP.NET
8 13 (6.10%) XML
9 9 (4.23%) .NET Framework
9 9 (4.23%) Kafka
9 9 (4.23%) WinForms
10 8 (3.76%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (3.76%) Blazor
11 7 (3.29%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.92%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.57%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (6.57%) Cyberattack
3 13 (6.10%) Data Structures
3 13 (6.10%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (5.16%) Replication
5 10 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.82%) Legacy Code
8 5 (2.35%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.41%) LIMS
10 3 (1.41%) NHS
10 3 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.45%) Windows
2 9 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.17%) Business Intelligence
3 50 (23.47%) Performance Tuning
4 42 (19.72%) DevOps
5 40 (18.78%) Data Modelling
6 36 (16.90%) CI/CD
6 36 (16.90%) ETL
7 34 (15.96%) Agile
8 33 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (14.55%) Roadmaps
10 30 (14.08%) Analytics
11 29 (13.62%) Mentoring
12 22 (10.33%) Validation
13 21 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (8.45%) Decision-Making
14 18 (8.45%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (8.45%) Secure Coding
15 17 (7.98%) AI
15 17 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (7.98%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 205 (96.24%) SQL
2 62 (29.11%) C#
3 51 (23.94%) PowerShell
4 35 (16.43%) Python
5 23 (10.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (7.98%) Bash
7 16 (7.51%) JavaScript
8 11 (5.16%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.23%) VBScript
10 7 (3.29%) VBA
11 4 (1.88%) Delphi
11 4 (1.88%) R
11 4 (1.88%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.88%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.41%) Java
13 2 (0.94%) VB
14 1 (0.47%) Bicep
14 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (7.98%) Degree
2 5 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.41%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.41%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.02%) Data Quality
2 22 (10.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.98%) NIST
3 17 (7.98%) QA
4 14 (6.57%) NCSC
5 7 (3.29%) SLA
6 3 (1.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (15.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.88%) Docker
3 3 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.35%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.88%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.88%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 76 (35.68%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.16%) Oracle
3 10 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.76%) iManage
5 7 (3.29%) SAP
6 6 (2.82%) IFS
6 6 (2.82%) Infor
6 6 (2.82%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.35%) Databricks
7 5 (2.35%) RedGate
7 5 (2.35%) Remedy
8 4 (1.88%) Epicor
8 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.88%) WooCommerce
9 3 (1.41%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.41%) Google
9 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.41%) Veeam
9 3 (1.41%) VMware
10 2 (0.94%) Rollbar