T-SQL Job Trends

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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 305 221
Rank change year-on-year -105 -84 +7
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 229 571 809
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.87% 1.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.98% 2.67% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 192 351 725
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -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 11,594 21,384 20,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.43% 32.67% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,390 12,837 17,206
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 18 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 November 2025. 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 -104 205 £50,000 - 72
UK excluding London -48 159 £48,500 +2.11% 70
Work from Home -57 84 £50,000 - 45
London -73 61 £80,000 +30.08% 21
Midlands +23 48 £48,000 +5.66% 6
South East +17 41 £42,500 -14.10% 17
North of England +7 34 £40,000 -15.79% 16
West Midlands +30 27 £42,500 -5.56% 4
Yorkshire +11 27 £40,000 -16.23% 5
East Midlands +19 21 £50,000 +5.26% 2
South West +18 16 £50,000 -6.98% 11
Scotland -1 13 £37,500 -17.58% 8
North East +10 4 £51,750 -11.54%
North West +7 3 £57,500 +21.05% 11
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
East of England -19 2 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Wales +9 1 £35,000 -18.13% 3
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 17 (7.42%) IIS
2 9 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.31%) CMS
4 2 (0.87%) Apache
4 2 (0.87%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.87%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.87%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (0.87%) Sage 1000
1 2 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (52.40%) Azure
2 57 (24.89%) Power Platform
3 45 (19.65%) Azure Data Factory
3 45 (19.65%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (8.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (8.30%) Snowflake
6 15 (6.55%) AWS
6 15 (6.55%) GitHub
7 13 (5.68%) GCP
8 12 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (4.80%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.80%) SaaS
10 10 (4.37%) PowerApps
11 8 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.62%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.62%) Google Workspace
12 6 (2.62%) Serverless
13 5 (2.18%) dbt
13 5 (2.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.62%) Broadband
2 3 (1.31%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) DHCP
3 2 (0.87%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.87%) Firewall
3 2 (0.87%) SSL
3 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.87%) VLAN
3 2 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (53.28%) SQL Server
2 59 (25.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 56 (24.45%) Power BI
4 55 (24.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 31 (13.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (12.66%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (12.23%) Data Lake
8 24 (10.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (5.24%) Metadata
10 9 (3.93%) MySQL
11 8 (3.49%) NoSQL
11 8 (3.49%) Relational Database
12 7 (3.06%) OLAP
12 7 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.62%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.62%) Data Mining
14 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.75%) RDBMS
15 3 (1.31%) GIS
15 3 (1.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (8.30%) Git
2 8 (3.49%) JIRA
2 8 (3.49%) Oracle APEX
3 6 (2.62%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.18%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
General
1 84 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 57 (24.89%) Finance
3 44 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.24%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.80%) Games
6 10 (4.37%) Law
7 9 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.49%) Retail
9 7 (3.06%) Legal
10 6 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.18%) Back Office
12 4 (1.75%) Billing
13 3 (1.31%) Front Office
14 2 (0.87%) Advertising
14 2 (0.87%) Automotive
14 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.87%) Marketing
14 2 (0.87%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 72 (31.44%) Developer
2 52 (22.71%) Senior
3 44 (19.21%) Data Engineer
4 41 (17.90%) Analyst
5 28 (12.23%) SQL Developer
6 26 (11.35%) Applications Support
7 24 (10.48%) DBA
7 24 (10.48%) Support Analyst
8 22 (9.61%) Applications Support Analyst
9 21 (9.17%) Senior Data Engineer
9 21 (9.17%) SQL DBA
10 20 (8.73%) Software Engineer
11 19 (8.30%) Senior Developer
12 15 (6.55%) IT Support
13 14 (6.11%) Support Engineer
14 13 (5.68%) Administrator
14 13 (5.68%) IT Engineer
14 13 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
15 12 (5.24%) Software Support Engineer
16 10 (4.37%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (20.96%) .NET
2 22 (9.61%) .NET Framework
3 20 (8.73%) CSS
3 20 (8.73%) REST
4 19 (8.30%) HTML
5 18 (7.86%) ASP.NET
6 17 (7.42%) Entity Framework
7 14 (6.11%) PySpark
8 12 (5.24%) SOAP
8 12 (5.24%) WinForms
9 11 (4.80%) .NET Core
9 11 (4.80%) JSON
10 10 (4.37%) AngularJS
10 10 (4.37%) XML
11 9 (3.93%) Web Services
12 7 (3.06%) OAuth
12 7 (3.06%) OpenID
12 7 (3.06%) React
13 6 (2.62%) OpenGL
13 6 (2.62%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.55%) Data Structures
2 14 (6.11%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.37%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.06%) Clustering
5 6 (2.62%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.62%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.87%) Derivative
9 2 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.87%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.17%) Windows
2 7 (3.06%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.18%) Linux
4 3 (1.31%) VMS
5 2 (0.87%) Android
5 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (30.57%) Business Intelligence
3 64 (27.95%) DevOps
4 63 (27.51%) ETL
5 46 (20.09%) Data Pipeline
6 43 (18.78%) Analytics
7 41 (17.90%) Agile
8 36 (15.72%) Software Engineering
9 35 (15.28%) CI/CD
10 33 (14.41%) Data Modelling
11 31 (13.54%) Data Engineering
12 28 (12.23%) Decision-Making
13 23 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (9.61%) Mentoring
15 19 (8.30%) Dimensional Modelling
16 18 (7.86%) AI
16 18 (7.86%) Data Integration
16 18 (7.86%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (7.42%) Computer Science
18 16 (6.99%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 221 (96.51%) SQL
2 52 (22.71%) C#
3 51 (22.27%) Python
4 24 (10.48%) JavaScript
4 24 (10.48%) PowerShell
5 14 (6.11%) PL/SQL
6 10 (4.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.62%) Bash
8 4 (1.75%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.31%) Bicep
9 3 (1.31%) Java
9 3 (1.31%) PHP
9 3 (1.31%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.31%) VBA
10 2 (0.87%) C++
10 2 (0.87%) Scala
11 1 (0.44%) Dart
11 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (14.41%) Degree
2 15 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.93%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.18%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.75%) ACCA
5 4 (1.75%) CIMA
5 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.87%) MCSE
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.44%) MCITP
7 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.79%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.37%) QA
3 9 (3.93%) GDPR
4 6 (2.62%) NCSC
4 6 (2.62%) NIST
5 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (6.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.62%) Docker
3 3 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.18%) Terraform
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 85 (37.12%) Microsoft
2 43 (18.78%) Databricks
3 18 (7.86%) Oracle
4 15 (6.55%) Sage
5 12 (5.24%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.49%) RedGate
7 5 (2.18%) Google
7 5 (2.18%) Zoho
8 4 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.75%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.75%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.75%) Informatica
8 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.75%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.75%) Talend
9 3 (1.31%) VMware
10 2 (0.87%) Aderant
10 2 (0.87%) iManage
10 2 (0.87%) Intapp
10 2 (0.87%) Lotus