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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 367 268
Rank change year-on-year -157 -99 -14
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 232 346 1,091
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.75% 1.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.34% 2.46% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 168 275 868
10th Percentile £39,881 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% -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 17,279 14,059 33,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.28% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,288 9,309 25,217
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,329 £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 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 30 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 30 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 -162 204 £52,500 -8.70% 60
UK excluding London -112 164 £48,500 -5.83% 49
Work from Home -21 127 £52,500 -4.55% 36
London -78 60 £70,000 - 22
South East -22 45 £48,500 +7.78% 19
North of England -91 35 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Midlands -67 25 £45,000 -7.22% 3
Scotland +29 23 - - 1
North West -1 22 £53,750 - 10
South West -57 21 £48,750 -2.50% 5
West Midlands -30 17 £44,000 -23.48% 2
East of England -33 13 £62,500 +48.81% 3
Yorkshire -63 11 £45,000 -25.00% 8
East Midlands -51 8 £59,000 +22.92% 1
North East -52 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 (8.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.03%) IIS
3 7 (3.02%) 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 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.59%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.16%) Magento
4 5 (2.16%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.86%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 147 (63.36%) Azure
2 69 (29.74%) Power Platform
3 52 (22.41%) Entra ID
4 41 (17.67%) Google Workspace
5 25 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.48%) AWS
6 22 (9.48%) SaaS
7 21 (9.05%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (7.76%) Power Automate
9 17 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (6.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (6.03%) PowerApps
11 13 (5.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (3.88%) GitHub
13 8 (3.45%) Serverless
14 7 (3.02%) Snowflake
15 5 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
16 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.38%) 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
1 121 (52.16%) SQL Server
2 57 (24.57%) Power BI
3 49 (21.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (6.47%) Power Query
7 14 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (4.74%) MySQL
9 11 (4.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.45%) Relational Database
11 5 (2.16%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.16%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.86%) Db2
13 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.86%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 22 (9.48%) Git
2 14 (6.03%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.17%) JIRA
4 10 (4.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.86%) Postman
5 2 (0.86%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 78 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (19.40%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (12.93%) Finance
5 20 (8.62%) Games
5 20 (8.62%) Law
6 10 (4.31%) Legal
7 6 (2.59%) Back Office
7 6 (2.59%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.59%) Retail
8 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.72%) Marketing
9 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.29%) Billing
10 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.86%) Automotive
11 2 (0.86%) Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Advertising
12 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (36.21%) Developer
2 48 (20.69%) Senior
3 43 (18.53%) Analyst
4 20 (8.62%) Applications Support
5 17 (7.33%) Data Analyst
5 17 (7.33%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.33%) Software Developer
5 17 (7.33%) SQL Developer
6 16 (6.90%) Applications Support Analyst
6 16 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 15 (6.47%) IAM Developer
7 15 (6.47%) Support Analyst
8 14 (6.03%) .NET Developer
8 14 (6.03%) Data Engineer
8 14 (6.03%) DBA
8 14 (6.03%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.17%) SQL Analyst
9 12 (5.17%) SQL DBA
10 11 (4.74%) Database Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (24.14%) .NET
2 53 (22.84%) REST
3 47 (20.26%) SOAP
4 41 (17.67%) GraphQL
4 41 (17.67%) LDAP
4 41 (17.67%) OAuth
4 41 (17.67%) OpenID
4 41 (17.67%) SAML
5 17 (7.33%) HTML
5 17 (7.33%) JSON
6 16 (6.90%) ASP.NET
6 16 (6.90%) CSS
7 14 (6.03%) XML
8 13 (5.60%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.31%) React
10 9 (3.88%) Blazor
10 9 (3.88%) Kafka
11 8 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (3.02%) .NET Framework
12 7 (3.02%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.38%) Cyber Threat
1 38 (16.38%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.76%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.03%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.17%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.74%) Replication
6 9 (3.88%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.16%) 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%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.47%) Windows
2 9 (3.88%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.16%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (22.84%) Mentoring
4 52 (22.41%) Roadmaps
5 49 (21.12%) Performance Tuning
6 42 (18.10%) Data Modelling
7 41 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (17.67%) Identity Access Management
8 38 (16.38%) Programme Delivery
8 38 (16.38%) Regulatory Compliance
9 37 (15.95%) DevOps
9 37 (15.95%) ETL
10 36 (15.52%) Agile
11 35 (15.09%) CI/CD
12 31 (13.36%) Analytics
13 30 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (10.34%) Validation
15 22 (9.48%) Change Control
16 18 (7.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 212 (91.38%) SQL
2 75 (32.33%) PowerShell
3 59 (25.43%) C#
4 41 (17.67%) Bash
4 41 (17.67%) Python
5 22 (9.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (7.33%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.74%) PL/SQL
8 9 (3.88%) VBScript
9 7 (3.02%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.02%) VBA
10 4 (1.72%) Java
10 4 (1.72%) R
11 3 (1.29%) Delphi
12 2 (0.86%) VB
12 2 (0.86%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (8.19%) Degree
2 4 (1.72%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.29%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (0.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.67%) NIST
2 38 (16.38%) NCSC
3 37 (15.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (15.09%) Data Quality
5 17 (7.33%) QA
6 4 (1.72%) GDPR
6 4 (1.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) HL7
8 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (25.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.72%) Docker
3 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.16%) Terraform
2 4 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.43%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 80 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.45%) iManage
2 8 (3.45%) Oracle
3 7 (3.02%) SAP
3 7 (3.02%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.59%) Databricks
4 6 (2.59%) IFS
4 6 (2.59%) Infor
5 5 (2.16%) JD Edwards
5 5 (2.16%) WooCommerce
6 4 (1.72%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.72%) Epicor
6 4 (1.72%) RedGate
6 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.29%) Google
7 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Veeam
7 3 (1.29%) VMware
8 2 (0.86%) Remedy