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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 328 238
Rank change year-on-year -161 -90 +40
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 236 362 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.86% 1.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.52% 2.59% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 149 296 974
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,288 £37,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +5.77%

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 15,499 13,980 32,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 33.33% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 10,533 10,268 24,961
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £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 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -172 189 £48,500 -15.65% 85
UK excluding London -104 179 £47,500 -5.00% 67
Work from Home -36 132 £47,500 -15.18% 57
London -82 53 £70,000 +5.46% 29
Midlands -57 44 £46,750 -3.61% 10
Scotland +18 40 - - 5
North of England -91 34 £50,000 -16.67% 22
West Midlands -18 27 £42,500 -26.09% 3
South East -38 27 £42,500 -15.00% 22
Yorkshire -85 20 £44,000 -26.67% 6
South West -55 17 £42,500 +6.25% 2
East Midlands -64 17 £59,732 +24.44% 7
East of England -47 12 £62,500 +31.58% 5
North West -40 11 £61,250 +16.67% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 - 2
North East -44 3 £51,000 -11.30%
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 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.66%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.39%) IIS
4 3 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.85%) WordPress
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.24%) Magento
1 10 (4.24%) Shopify
2 9 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.81%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.69%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.85%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.85%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.85%) JDE World
4 2 (0.85%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 138 (58.47%) Azure
2 67 (28.39%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.73%) Google Workspace
4 53 (22.46%) Power Platform
5 27 (11.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (6.78%) AWS
8 16 (6.78%) SaaS
9 14 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (5.93%) Power Automate
10 13 (5.51%) GitHub
10 13 (5.51%) PowerApps
11 8 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (3.39%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.12%) Serverless
14 4 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.73%) Broadband
2 3 (1.27%) DNS
2 3 (1.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.85%) DHCP
3 2 (0.85%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.85%) SSL
3 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.85%) VLAN
3 2 (0.85%) Wireless
4 1 (0.42%) LAN
4 1 (0.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.42%) WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (47.88%) SQL Server
2 51 (21.61%) Power BI
3 40 (16.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 37 (15.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (11.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (6.36%) Data Lake
6 15 (6.36%) Power Query
7 13 (5.51%) MySQL
8 11 (4.66%) Metadata
8 11 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (3.81%) Relational Database
9 9 (3.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.69%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.85%) Tableau
13 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 19 (8.05%) JIRA
2 11 (4.66%) Git
3 5 (2.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.69%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 92 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.42%) Organisational Skills
3 45 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.10%) Games
5 37 (15.68%) Finance
6 16 (6.78%) Law
7 11 (4.66%) Back Office
8 8 (3.39%) Legal
9 6 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.12%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.12%) Retail
11 3 (1.27%) Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Marketing
12 2 (0.85%) Automotive
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Front Office
12 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 64 (27.12%) Developer
2 55 (23.31%) Senior
3 54 (22.88%) Analyst
4 28 (11.86%) Support Analyst
5 26 (11.02%) Applications Support
6 25 (10.59%) Applications Support Analyst
7 23 (9.75%) Senior Developer
8 21 (8.90%) IAM Developer
9 20 (8.47%) DBA
10 18 (7.63%) SQL DBA
11 16 (6.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 16 (6.78%) Systems Engineer
12 14 (5.93%) Data Analyst
12 14 (5.93%) Data Engineer
13 13 (5.51%) C# Developer
14 12 (5.08%) SQL Analyst
15 10 (4.24%) Architect
15 10 (4.24%) Lead
15 10 (4.24%) SQL Developer
16 9 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (30.51%) REST
2 68 (28.81%) SOAP
3 57 (24.15%) OAuth
3 57 (24.15%) OpenID
4 56 (23.73%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.73%) LDAP
4 56 (23.73%) SAML
5 41 (17.37%) .NET
6 13 (5.51%) ASP.NET
7 11 (4.66%) .NET Core
7 11 (4.66%) CSS
7 11 (4.66%) HTML
8 10 (4.24%) JSON
8 10 (4.24%) XML
9 9 (3.81%) Middleware
9 9 (3.81%) PySpark
10 7 (2.97%) .NET Framework
11 6 (2.54%) DirectX
11 6 (2.54%) Kafka
11 6 (2.54%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.73%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.73%) Cyberattack
2 15 (6.36%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.66%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.81%) Clustering
5 9 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.39%) Replication
7 6 (2.54%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.54%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.27%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Derivative
11 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.78%) Windows
2 9 (3.81%) Linux
2 9 (3.81%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.97%) VMS
4 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.85%) Android
5 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.66%) Mentoring
2 66 (27.97%) Roadmaps
3 58 (24.58%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (23.73%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (23.73%) Identity Access Management
4 56 (23.73%) Programme Delivery
4 56 (23.73%) Regulatory Compliance
5 48 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (18.64%) Data Modelling
7 42 (17.80%) Analytics
8 36 (15.25%) Performance Tuning
9 35 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (13.98%) ETL
11 32 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (13.14%) DevOps
13 28 (11.86%) Change Control
14 27 (11.44%) Agile
14 27 (11.44%) CI/CD
14 27 (11.44%) Decision-Making
15 21 (8.90%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 203 (86.02%) SQL
2 85 (36.02%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.73%) Bash
4 44 (18.64%) Python
5 42 (17.80%) C#
6 22 (9.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.97%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.54%) VBA
9 4 (1.69%) Java
9 4 (1.69%) R
9 4 (1.69%) VBScript
10 2 (0.85%) Bicep
10 2 (0.85%) Scala
11 1 (0.42%) Delphi
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) VB
11 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (9.32%) Degree
2 6 (2.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.85%) MCSE
4 2 (0.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.42%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.73%) NCSC
1 56 (23.73%) NIST
2 40 (16.95%) Data Quality
3 38 (16.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.66%) QA
5 6 (2.54%) GDPR
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.85%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.54%) Docker
3 2 (0.85%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.97%) Terraform
2 6 (2.54%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 71 (30.08%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.63%) Databricks
3 10 (4.24%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.81%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.81%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.39%) Oracle
6 6 (2.54%) RedGate
7 5 (2.12%) iManage
8 4 (1.69%) IFS
8 4 (1.69%) Infor
8 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.27%) SAP
10 2 (0.85%) Citrix
10 2 (0.85%) Informatica
10 2 (0.85%) Intapp
10 2 (0.85%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.85%) Talend
10 2 (0.85%) Xamarin