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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 365 264
Rank change year-on-year -152 -101 -12
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 228 353 1,135
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.79% 1.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.38% 2.53% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 150 272 908
10th Percentile £35,675 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,375 £84,875 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.77% -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 16,572 13,971 34,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.41% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,672 9,197 25,686
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,169
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.54% -1.51%

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 14 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 14 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 -160 193 £50,000 -13.04% 66
UK excluding London -127 164 £47,500 -7.77% 58
Work from Home -10 129 £47,500 -13.64% 45
London -81 57 £65,000 -7.14% 22
South East -28 37 £46,250 +2.78% 20
North of England -79 36 £47,500 -20.83% 14
Scotland +40 29 - - 4
Midlands -49 26 £45,000 -7.22% 3
North West -14 21 £60,000 +23.08% 8
South West -48 20 £47,500 -2.56% 6
West Midlands -25 17 £44,000 -23.48% 2
East of England -36 13 £62,500 +48.81% 7
Yorkshire -74 13 £45,000 -25.00% 2
East Midlands -47 9 £59,000 +22.92% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 4
North East -47 2 £45,500 -17.27% 4

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 18 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.82%) IIS
3 8 (3.51%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) JBoss
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (3.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (3.07%) Magento
2 7 (3.07%) Shopify
3 6 (2.63%) Infor M3
4 4 (1.75%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.75%) JDE World
4 4 (1.75%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.88%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.44%) FastStats
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 143 (62.72%) Azure
2 66 (28.95%) Power Platform
3 62 (27.19%) Entra ID
4 52 (22.81%) Google Workspace
5 23 (10.09%) AWS
6 22 (9.65%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (9.21%) SaaS
8 19 (8.33%) Power Automate
9 18 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (7.46%) PowerApps
11 16 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (4.39%) GitHub
15 8 (3.51%) Serverless
15 8 (3.51%) Snowflake
16 6 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
18 4 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 49 (21.49%) Broadband
2 3 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
4 1 (0.44%) HTTP
4 1 (0.44%) LAN
4 1 (0.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.44%) WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 59 (25.88%) Power BI
3 47 (20.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 41 (17.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (7.02%) Power Query
7 12 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (4.82%) MySQL
9 10 (4.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.51%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.63%) Data Lake
12 5 (2.19%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.32%) Metadata
14 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
15 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
15 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.44%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 14 (6.14%) Git
1 14 (6.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 9 (3.95%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 83 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.56%) Organisational Skills
3 46 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.04%) Finance
5 26 (11.40%) Games
6 18 (7.89%) Law
7 10 (4.39%) Legal
8 7 (3.07%) Back Office
9 6 (2.63%) Retail
10 5 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.75%) Marketing
12 3 (1.32%) Billing
12 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.88%) Automotive
13 2 (0.88%) Banking
14 1 (0.44%) Advertising
14 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (34.65%) Developer
2 53 (23.25%) Senior
3 46 (20.18%) Analyst
4 20 (8.77%) IAM Developer
4 20 (8.77%) Senior Developer
5 19 (8.33%) Applications Support
6 18 (7.89%) Support Analyst
7 17 (7.46%) Applications Support Analyst
7 17 (7.46%) Data Analyst
8 16 (7.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 16 (7.02%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (6.58%) Software Developer
9 15 (6.58%) SQL Developer
10 13 (5.70%) Database Engineer
10 13 (5.70%) DBA
11 12 (5.26%) SQL Analyst
12 11 (4.82%) Data Engineer
12 11 (4.82%) SQL DBA
13 10 (4.39%) .NET Developer
14 9 (3.95%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (28.51%) REST
2 60 (26.32%) SOAP
3 52 (22.81%) GraphQL
3 52 (22.81%) LDAP
3 52 (22.81%) OAuth
3 52 (22.81%) OpenID
3 52 (22.81%) SAML
4 46 (20.18%) .NET
5 14 (6.14%) ASP.NET
5 14 (6.14%) HTML
6 13 (5.70%) CSS
6 13 (5.70%) JSON
7 12 (5.26%) XML
8 11 (4.82%) React
9 10 (4.39%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.95%) Blazor
10 9 (3.95%) Kafka
11 6 (2.63%) Middleware
11 6 (2.63%) PySpark
12 5 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.49%) Cyber Threat
1 49 (21.49%) Cyberattack
2 14 (6.14%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 11 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.82%) Replication
5 9 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.63%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.63%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.19%) Clustering
10 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.75%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.32%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.32%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.70%) Windows
2 8 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.51%) Business Intelligence
1 65 (28.51%) Mentoring
2 59 (25.88%) Roadmaps
3 52 (22.81%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (22.81%) Identity Access Management
3 52 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (21.49%) Programme Delivery
4 49 (21.49%) Regulatory Compliance
5 45 (19.74%) Performance Tuning
6 40 (17.54%) Data Modelling
7 34 (14.91%) Agile
8 33 (14.47%) Analytics
8 33 (14.47%) ETL
9 32 (14.04%) CI/CD
9 32 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (13.16%) DevOps
11 29 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (12.28%) Change Control
13 20 (8.77%) Decision-Making
13 20 (8.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 202 (88.60%) SQL
2 80 (35.09%) PowerShell
3 52 (22.81%) Bash
4 48 (21.05%) C#
5 42 (18.42%) Python
6 23 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (5.70%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.82%) PL/SQL
9 8 (3.51%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.51%) VBScript
10 7 (3.07%) VBA
11 4 (1.75%) R
12 3 (1.32%) Java
13 2 (0.88%) Delphi
13 2 (0.88%) VB
14 1 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (9.21%) Degree
2 6 (2.63%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.19%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.81%) NIST
2 49 (21.49%) NCSC
3 42 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (15.79%) Data Quality
5 10 (4.39%) QA
6 4 (1.75%) GDPR
7 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.88%) SLA
8 1 (0.44%) HL7
8 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (30.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.75%) Docker
3 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.63%) Terraform
2 4 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 78 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.95%) Oracle
3 8 (3.51%) iManage
4 7 (3.07%) Databricks
4 7 (3.07%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.07%) WooCommerce
5 6 (2.63%) ConnectWise
5 6 (2.63%) IFS
5 6 (2.63%) Infor
5 6 (2.63%) SAP
6 4 (1.75%) Epicor
6 4 (1.75%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.75%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.75%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.32%) Google
7 3 (1.32%) RedGate
7 3 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Intapp
8 2 (0.88%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.88%) Rollbar