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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 325 238
Rank change year-on-year -162 -87 +42
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 237 357 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.85% 1.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.54% 2.55% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 149 292 980
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,750 £37,129
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,250 £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 15,390 13,977 32,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.64% 33.42% 34.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,499 10,258 25,063
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,250 £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 £85,252 £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 20 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 20 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 -180 188 £48,500 -15.65% 89
UK excluding London -106 183 £47,500 -5.00% 69
Work from Home -30 135 £47,500 -15.18% 56
London -87 50 £70,000 +5.46% 28
Midlands -44 45 £48,500 - 13
Scotland +17 42 - - 5
North of England -93 35 £50,500 -15.83% 24
West Midlands -24 27 £42,500 -26.09% 3
South East -35 27 £42,500 -15.00% 20
Yorkshire -83 20 £44,000 -26.67% 6
East Midlands -68 18 £59,366 +23.68% 10
South West -47 17 £42,500 +6.25% 3
North West -36 12 £60,000 +14.29% 18
East of England -54 12 £62,500 +31.58% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 -
North East -40 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 11 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.53%) IIS
4 4 (1.69%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.84%) CMS
6 2 (0.84%) WordPress
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Magento
1 10 (4.22%) Shopify
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.69%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.84%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.84%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.84%) JDE World
4 2 (0.84%) 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
1 140 (59.07%) Azure
2 67 (28.27%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.63%) Google Workspace
4 53 (22.36%) Power Platform
5 27 (11.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (7.17%) AWS
7 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (6.75%) SaaS
9 15 (6.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (5.91%) GitHub
10 14 (5.91%) Power Automate
11 13 (5.49%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.80%) Snowflake
13 8 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.95%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (2.11%) Serverless
16 4 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.63%) Broadband
2 3 (1.27%) DNS
2 3 (1.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) DHCP
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) SSL
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VLAN
3 2 (0.84%) 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 (47.68%) SQL Server
2 51 (21.52%) Power BI
3 40 (16.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 39 (16.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (11.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (7.17%) Data Lake
7 15 (6.33%) Power Query
8 13 (5.49%) MySQL
9 12 (5.06%) Metadata
10 11 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (4.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (3.80%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.69%) Star Schema
14 3 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
15 2 (0.84%) Tableau
16 1 (0.42%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 20 (8.44%) JIRA
2 12 (5.06%) Git
3 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.69%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 91 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.32%) Organisational Skills
3 46 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (16.88%) Finance
5 38 (16.03%) Games
6 16 (6.75%) Law
7 11 (4.64%) Back Office
8 7 (2.95%) Legal
9 6 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.11%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.11%) Retail
11 3 (1.27%) Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Marketing
12 2 (0.84%) Billing
12 2 (0.84%) Front Office
12 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Automotive
13 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (26.16%) Developer
2 55 (23.21%) Analyst
2 55 (23.21%) Senior
3 29 (12.24%) Support Analyst
4 27 (11.39%) Applications Support
5 26 (10.97%) Applications Support Analyst
6 23 (9.70%) Senior Developer
7 21 (8.86%) DBA
7 21 (8.86%) IAM Developer
8 19 (8.02%) SQL DBA
9 16 (6.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 16 (6.75%) Data Engineer
9 16 (6.75%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (5.91%) Data Analyst
11 13 (5.49%) C# Developer
12 12 (5.06%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (4.64%) SQL Developer
14 10 (4.22%) Architect
15 9 (3.80%) Administrator
15 9 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.80%) REST
2 68 (28.69%) SOAP
3 57 (24.05%) OAuth
3 57 (24.05%) OpenID
4 56 (23.63%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.63%) LDAP
4 56 (23.63%) SAML
5 41 (17.30%) .NET
6 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET
7 11 (4.64%) JSON
7 11 (4.64%) XML
8 10 (4.22%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.80%) CSS
9 9 (3.80%) HTML
9 9 (3.80%) Middleware
10 8 (3.38%) PySpark
11 7 (2.95%) .NET Framework
12 6 (2.53%) DirectX
12 6 (2.53%) Kafka
12 6 (2.53%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.63%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.63%) Cyberattack
2 16 (6.75%) Data Structures
3 12 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.80%) Clustering
6 8 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.38%) Replication
7 6 (2.53%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.53%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.11%) 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 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.91%) Windows
2 9 (3.80%) Linux
3 7 (2.95%) VMS
3 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.11%) Mentoring
2 66 (27.85%) Roadmaps
3 58 (24.47%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (23.63%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (23.63%) Identity Access Management
4 56 (23.63%) Programme Delivery
4 56 (23.63%) Regulatory Compliance
5 49 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (18.57%) Data Modelling
7 43 (18.14%) Analytics
8 36 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (14.77%) ETL
9 35 (14.77%) Performance Tuning
10 32 (13.50%) DevOps
10 32 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (12.24%) Agile
12 28 (11.81%) Change Control
12 28 (11.81%) Decision-Making
13 27 (11.39%) CI/CD
14 23 (9.70%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 204 (86.08%) SQL
2 83 (35.02%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.63%) Bash
4 44 (18.57%) Python
5 41 (17.30%) C#
6 22 (9.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.95%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.53%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.11%) Java
9 5 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.69%) R
10 4 (1.69%) VBA
11 2 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.84%) Scala
11 2 (0.84%) VBScript
12 1 (0.42%) Delphi
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) VB
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (9.70%) Degree
2 5 (2.11%) 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 (0.84%) MCSE
5 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.42%) MCITP
5 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.63%) NCSC
1 56 (23.63%) NIST
2 43 (18.14%) Data Quality
3 37 (15.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (5.06%) QA
5 6 (2.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (29.54%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.53%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.95%) Terraform
2 6 (2.53%) 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 (29.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.02%) Databricks
3 10 (4.22%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.80%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.38%) Oracle
6 6 (2.53%) RedGate
7 4 (1.69%) IFS
7 4 (1.69%) iManage
7 4 (1.69%) Infor
7 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) SAP
9 2 (0.84%) Citrix
9 2 (0.84%) Epicor
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
9 2 (0.84%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.84%) Sage
9 2 (0.84%) VMware