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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 316 222
Rank change year-on-year -97 -94 +9
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 255 571 854
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.85% 1.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.16% 2.66% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 208 344 772
10th Percentile £32,088 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £66,563 £65,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,950 £83,562 £77,693
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.05% -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 11,814 21,452 21,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.56% 31.87% 41.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 12,708 17,794
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,439 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £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 17 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 17 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 -104 228 £50,000 -2.91% 151
UK excluding London -28 178 £48,000 +1.05% 105
Work from Home -45 98 £50,000 - 88
London -59 66 £80,000 +30.08% 61
South East +11 49 £42,500 -14.55% 16
Midlands +34 47 £45,000 - 25
North of England -5 36 £50,000 +2.56% 26
West Midlands +26 29 £42,500 -5.56% 7
Yorkshire +2 24 £40,000 -17.95% 13
South West +13 21 £50,000 -20.00% 17
East Midlands +13 18 £48,000 +6.67% 17
Scotland -7 14 £37,500 -16.67% 7
North East +13 7 £52,500 +25.00% 3
East of England -21 6 £50,000 +5.26% 9
North West +7 5 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
Wales +10 1 £35,000 -18.13% 5
Isle of Man +10 1 - -

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 16 (6.27%) IIS
2 11 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) CMS
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.78%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.78%) WordPress
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 27 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.18%) Sage 1000
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (54.51%) Azure
2 71 (27.84%) Power Platform
3 49 (19.22%) Azure Data Factory
4 47 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (8.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 21 (8.24%) Snowflake
7 19 (7.45%) AWS
8 18 (7.06%) GCP
9 17 (6.67%) GitHub
10 14 (5.49%) SaaS
11 12 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (4.31%) Entra ID
12 11 (4.31%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (2.75%) Power Automate
16 6 (2.35%) Azure Functions
16 6 (2.35%) Google Workspace
16 6 (2.35%) Serverless
17 5 (1.96%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.35%) Broadband
2 2 (0.78%) DHCP
2 2 (0.78%) DNS
2 2 (0.78%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.78%) Firewall
2 2 (0.78%) SSL
2 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.78%) VLAN
2 2 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (49.80%) SQL Server
2 72 (28.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 70 (27.45%) Power BI
4 64 (25.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 38 (14.90%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (13.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 30 (11.76%) Data Lake
7 30 (11.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 14 (5.49%) Metadata
9 13 (5.10%) MySQL
9 13 (5.10%) Relational Database
10 12 (4.71%) NoSQL
11 10 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (3.14%) BigQuery
13 7 (2.75%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.75%) OLAP
13 7 (2.75%) RDBMS
14 6 (2.35%) Data Mining
15 5 (1.96%) Tableau
16 4 (1.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (8.24%) Git
2 8 (3.14%) Bitbucket
2 8 (3.14%) JIRA
2 8 (3.14%) Oracle APEX
3 6 (2.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (2.35%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.39%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 96 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (25.10%) Finance
3 46 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.10%) Law
4 13 (5.10%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.31%) Legal
7 10 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.92%) Retail
8 9 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.35%) Back Office
10 6 (2.35%) Games
11 5 (1.96%) Automotive
12 4 (1.57%) Advertising
12 4 (1.57%) Billing
12 4 (1.57%) Marketing
13 3 (1.18%) Front Office
13 3 (1.18%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.18%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 83 (32.55%) Developer
2 51 (20.00%) Senior
3 44 (17.25%) Data Engineer
4 43 (16.86%) Analyst
5 33 (12.94%) SQL Developer
6 29 (11.37%) DBA
7 26 (10.20%) SQL DBA
8 24 (9.41%) Applications Support
8 24 (9.41%) Support Analyst
9 22 (8.63%) Software Engineer
10 21 (8.24%) Applications Support Analyst
10 21 (8.24%) Senior Data Engineer
11 16 (6.27%) IT Support
11 16 (6.27%) Senior Developer
12 15 (5.88%) Administrator
13 14 (5.49%) Support Engineer
14 13 (5.10%) IT Engineer
14 13 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
15 12 (4.71%) Software Support Engineer
16 10 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (18.43%) .NET
2 23 (9.02%) .NET Framework
2 23 (9.02%) ASP.NET
2 23 (9.02%) CSS
3 22 (8.63%) HTML
4 21 (8.24%) REST
5 19 (7.45%) Entity Framework
6 15 (5.88%) PySpark
7 12 (4.71%) SOAP
7 12 (4.71%) Web Services
7 12 (4.71%) WinForms
8 11 (4.31%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.31%) JSON
9 10 (3.92%) XML
10 9 (3.53%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.53%) React
11 6 (2.35%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.35%) LDAP
11 6 (2.35%) OAuth
11 6 (2.35%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 13 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.31%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.31%) Clustering
4 6 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.35%) Cyberattack
5 5 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.18%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.18%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.18%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.78%) Derivative
8 2 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.39%) Equities
9 1 (0.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.02%) Windows
2 9 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.78%) Android
4 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.78%) VMS
4 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.90%) Business Intelligence
2 76 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (27.84%) ETL
4 68 (26.67%) DevOps
5 47 (18.43%) Data Pipeline
6 46 (18.04%) Analytics
7 45 (17.65%) Agile
8 39 (15.29%) Data Engineering
9 36 (14.12%) Data Modelling
10 35 (13.73%) CI/CD
11 33 (12.94%) Software Engineering
12 30 (11.76%) Decision-Making
13 24 (9.41%) Mentoring
14 23 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (8.24%) Dimensional Modelling
16 20 (7.84%) Machine Learning
16 20 (7.84%) Performance Tuning
16 20 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
17 19 (7.45%) Computer Science
17 19 (7.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 246 (96.47%) SQL
2 59 (23.14%) Python
3 51 (20.00%) C#
4 25 (9.80%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.41%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.49%) PL/SQL
7 12 (4.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.35%) Bash
8 6 (2.35%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.96%) Java
10 4 (1.57%) VBA
11 3 (1.18%) Bicep
11 3 (1.18%) PHP
12 2 (0.78%) C++
12 2 (0.78%) Scala
12 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.78%) X++
13 1 (0.39%) Dart
13 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (14.51%) Degree
2 17 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.35%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.96%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.57%) ACCA
6 4 (1.57%) CIMA
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.78%) MCSE
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.98%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.31%) GDPR
3 10 (3.92%) QA
4 6 (2.35%) NCSC
4 6 (2.35%) NIST
5 3 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.14%) Docker
3 5 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.57%) Terraform
3 3 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 93 (36.47%) Microsoft
2 44 (17.25%) Databricks
3 19 (7.45%) Oracle
4 16 (6.27%) Sage
5 12 (4.71%) Xamarin
6 11 (4.31%) RedGate
7 8 (3.14%) Google
8 7 (2.75%) Informatica
8 7 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.75%) Talend
9 5 (1.96%) VMware
9 5 (1.96%) Zoho
10 4 (1.57%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.57%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.57%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.57%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.78%) Aderant
11 2 (0.78%) iManage
11 2 (0.78%) Intapp
11 2 (0.78%) Lotus