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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 362 329
Rank change year-on-year -243 -33 -112
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 206 337 609
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.68% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.09% 2.59% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 175 267 362
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,229
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% -7.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £82,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,625 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.64% +1.25% -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 18,839 13,029 23,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.10% 26.45% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 13,310 8,426 14,516
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,644 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,886 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 24 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 24 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 -212 195 £60,000 +9.09% 187
UK excluding London -206 138 £55,000 +8.64% 116
Work from Home -77 87 £62,500 +19.05% 85
London -77 59 £70,000 -12.50% 81
South East -56 52 £55,000 +10.00% 29
North of England -101 31 £60,000 - 31
East of England -40 18 £62,500 +54.32% 16
North West -25 17 £60,000 +4.35% 24
South West -87 16 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Midlands -87 15 £59,000 +9.89% 22
Yorkshire -73 13 £60,500 +0.83% 7
West Midlands -63 11 £50,000 -13.04% 19
Scotland -2 6 £85,000 +78.95% 9
East Midlands -47 4 £59,732 +23.16% 3
North East -72 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 (6.80%) IIS
2 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.49%) MTS
Applications
1 12 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.91%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.43%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.43%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.94%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (1.94%) JDE World
4 3 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.97%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.97%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.49%) FastStats
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 117 (56.80%) Azure
2 64 (31.07%) Power Platform
3 42 (20.39%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.74%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.25%) Azure Logic Apps
6 15 (7.28%) Azure Data Factory
6 15 (7.28%) SaaS
7 14 (6.80%) AWS
8 12 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.34%) PowerApps
10 9 (4.37%) GitHub
10 9 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (4.37%) Serverless
11 8 (3.88%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.88%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (2.43%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.94%) dbt
14 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.94%) Firewall
2 3 (1.46%) DNS
2 3 (1.46%) VLAN
3 2 (0.97%) 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
1 132 (64.08%) SQL Server
2 53 (25.73%) Power BI
3 49 (23.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (17.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (12.62%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (7.77%) Power Query
7 14 (6.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (5.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 9 (4.37%) Star Schema
10 8 (3.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 8 (3.88%) Relational Database
11 7 (3.40%) Data Lake
12 5 (2.43%) Metadata
13 4 (1.94%) Db2
13 4 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (1.94%) WhereScape RED
14 3 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.46%) Big Data
14 3 (1.46%) MongoDB
14 3 (1.46%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (11.65%) Git
2 15 (7.28%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.91%) JIRA
5 2 (0.97%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 52 (25.24%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (15.05%) Finance
4 17 (8.25%) Law
5 15 (7.28%) Legal
6 8 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.91%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.43%) Retail
9 3 (1.46%) Back Office
9 3 (1.46%) Billing
9 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.97%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.97%) Automotive
10 2 (0.97%) Banking
10 2 (0.97%) Local Government
11 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.49%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 100 (48.54%) Developer
2 45 (21.84%) Senior
3 26 (12.62%) .NET Developer
4 24 (11.65%) Analyst
5 22 (10.68%) Senior Developer
6 21 (10.19%) Software Developer
7 20 (9.71%) SQL Developer
8 19 (9.22%) Data Engineer
9 15 (7.28%) DBA
9 15 (7.28%) SQL DBA
10 13 (6.31%) Applications Support
10 13 (6.31%) SQL Server DBA
11 11 (5.34%) Lead
12 10 (4.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 10 (4.85%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.37%) Applications Developer
14 8 (3.88%) Business Developer
14 8 (3.88%) Database Engineer
14 8 (3.88%) Software Support Engineer
15 7 (3.40%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (33.50%) .NET
2 16 (7.77%) .NET Core
2 16 (7.77%) REST
3 14 (6.80%) HTML
4 13 (6.31%) CSS
5 12 (5.83%) ASP.NET
6 11 (5.34%) JSON
7 10 (4.85%) .NET Framework
7 10 (4.85%) React
8 9 (4.37%) SOAP
8 9 (4.37%) WinForms
9 8 (3.88%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.88%) Blazor
9 8 (3.88%) PySpark
10 7 (3.40%) AngularJS
10 7 (3.40%) Entity Framework
10 7 (3.40%) jQuery
10 7 (3.40%) Kafka
10 7 (3.40%) XML
11 6 (2.91%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.14%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.80%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.37%) Replication
4 9 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.91%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.43%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.94%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.46%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.46%) NHS
9 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.97%) LIMS
10 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.97%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.71%) Windows
2 11 (5.34%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.97%) Linux
5 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (40.29%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (27.18%) Business Intelligence
3 55 (26.70%) DevOps
4 46 (22.33%) Performance Tuning
5 45 (21.84%) CI/CD
6 44 (21.36%) ETL
7 36 (17.48%) Agile
8 35 (16.99%) Data Modelling
9 32 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (14.56%) Analytics
11 23 (11.17%) Software Engineering
12 21 (10.19%) AI
12 21 (10.19%) SDLC
13 20 (9.71%) Mentoring
14 19 (9.22%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (9.22%) Secure Coding
15 18 (8.74%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (8.25%) Data Integration
17 16 (7.77%) Clean Code
17 16 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 205 (99.51%) SQL
2 70 (33.98%) C#
3 37 (17.96%) PowerShell
4 32 (15.53%) Python
5 20 (9.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (9.22%) JavaScript
7 14 (6.80%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.37%) VBScript
9 8 (3.88%) Delphi
9 8 (3.88%) VBA
10 6 (2.91%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.94%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.46%) Bash
12 3 (1.46%) XPath
13 2 (0.97%) Bicep
13 2 (0.97%) VB
14 1 (0.49%) Java
14 1 (0.49%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 16 (7.77%) Degree
2 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (2.43%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.02%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.28%) QA
3 11 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.91%) SLA
5 5 (2.43%) NIST
6 2 (0.97%) GDPR
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) HL7
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.43%) Docker
3 3 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.43%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.49%) SCCM
3 1 (0.49%) SCOM
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 85 (41.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.77%) Oracle
3 9 (4.37%) iManage
4 8 (3.88%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.40%) SAP
6 6 (2.91%) Infor
6 6 (2.91%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.43%) IFS
7 5 (2.43%) Intapp
7 5 (2.43%) RedGate
7 5 (2.43%) Remedy
8 4 (1.94%) Databricks
8 4 (1.94%) Epicor
8 4 (1.94%) Teradata
9 3 (1.46%) Google
9 3 (1.46%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.46%) Veeam
9 3 (1.46%) VMware
10 2 (0.97%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.97%) OpenAI