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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 297 216
Rank change year-on-year -130 -81 +31
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 243 512 931
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.96% 1.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.04% 2.87% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 176 301 808
10th Percentile £28,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £83,124 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -

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 11,920 17,841 25,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.06% 33.59% 38.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,630 10,404 20,481
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
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 24 January 2026.

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 24 January 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 -129 198 £50,000 -5.21% 207
UK excluding London -59 180 £48,500 +2.11% 224
Work from Home -51 119 £48,500 -3.48% 183
London -78 58 £80,000 +28.00% 61
Midlands -5 44 £50,000 +8.11% 27
South East +5 38 £40,000 -20.00% 63
Scotland +7 36 £37,500 -17.58% 26
North of England -14 33 £40,000 -15.79% 38
West Midlands +29 28 £45,000 -5.26% 10
Yorkshire -13 27 £25,000 -46.20% 11
South West -5 19 £50,000 -6.98% 32
East Midlands -16 16 £50,000 +11.11% 16
East of England -24 4 £42,175 -11.21% 28
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 - 3
North East +1 3 £51,000 -32.00% 3
North West -13 3 £57,500 +21.05% 24
Wales +6 1 £35,000 -18.13% 16
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 (7.00%) IIS
2 10 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) CMS
3 3 (1.23%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.23%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.82%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.82%) WordPress
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.47%) Magento
2 6 (2.47%) Shopify
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 133 (54.73%) Azure
2 44 (18.11%) Entra ID
3 42 (17.28%) Power Platform
4 40 (16.46%) Google Workspace
5 39 (16.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 31 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 18 (7.41%) GitHub
8 14 (5.76%) PowerApps
8 14 (5.76%) Snowflake
9 13 (5.35%) AWS
9 13 (5.35%) SaaS
10 12 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.29%) GCP
12 8 (3.29%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.06%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (16.46%) Broadband
2 3 (1.23%) DNS
3 2 (0.82%) DHCP
3 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.82%) Firewall
3 2 (0.82%) SSL
3 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.82%) VLAN
3 2 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (51.03%) SQL Server
2 51 (20.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 50 (20.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 41 (16.87%) Power BI
5 25 (10.29%) Data Lake
6 24 (9.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (8.23%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (5.76%) Metadata
10 9 (3.70%) MySQL
11 7 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.47%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.65%) Data Mining
13 4 (1.65%) OLAP
14 3 (1.23%) GIS
14 3 (1.23%) MongoDB
14 3 (1.23%) Power Query
14 3 (1.23%) Tableau
15 2 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
15 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (6.58%) Git
2 14 (5.76%) JIRA
3 8 (3.29%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (2.06%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.06%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
General
1 103 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.16%) Finance
3 45 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (16.46%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (12.76%) Games
6 10 (4.12%) Back Office
7 9 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.88%) Law
8 7 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.06%) Legal
11 4 (1.65%) Billing
11 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.23%) Banking
13 2 (0.82%) Front Office
13 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.41%) Automotive
14 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (27.16%) Senior
2 65 (26.75%) Developer
3 38 (15.64%) Analyst
4 37 (15.23%) Data Engineer
5 32 (13.17%) Support Analyst
6 30 (12.35%) Applications Support
7 27 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
8 22 (9.05%) DBA
8 22 (9.05%) Senior Developer
9 20 (8.23%) Senior Data Engineer
10 19 (7.82%) Software Engineer
10 19 (7.82%) SQL DBA
11 17 (7.00%) IAM Developer
12 15 (6.17%) SQL Developer
13 14 (5.76%) IT Support
14 13 (5.35%) IT Engineer
14 13 (5.35%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (5.35%) Support Engineer
15 12 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (4.94%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (24.69%) REST
2 52 (21.40%) SOAP
3 41 (16.87%) .NET
3 41 (16.87%) OAuth
3 41 (16.87%) OpenID
4 40 (16.46%) GraphQL
4 40 (16.46%) LDAP
4 40 (16.46%) SAML
5 17 (7.00%) .NET Framework
6 16 (6.58%) ASP.NET
7 14 (5.76%) Entity Framework
8 13 (5.35%) CSS
8 13 (5.35%) HTML
9 12 (4.94%) WinForms
10 11 (4.53%) .NET Core
11 10 (4.12%) JSON
11 10 (4.12%) XML
12 8 (3.29%) Middleware
13 6 (2.47%) OpenGL
13 6 (2.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.46%) Cyber Threat
1 40 (16.46%) Cyberattack
2 11 (4.53%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.53%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.12%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.29%) Clustering
4 8 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.47%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (2.47%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.65%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.23%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.82%) Derivative
8 2 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.05%) Windows
2 10 (4.12%) Linux
3 6 (2.47%) VMS
3 6 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.82%) Android
4 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (23.05%) ETL
2 56 (23.05%) Mentoring
3 49 (20.16%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (19.75%) Roadmaps
5 45 (18.52%) DevOps
6 43 (17.70%) Analytics
7 41 (16.87%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (16.46%) Data Pipeline
8 40 (16.46%) Identity Access Management
8 40 (16.46%) Programme Delivery
8 40 (16.46%) Regulatory Compliance
9 39 (16.05%) Data Modelling
10 38 (15.64%) Agile
11 34 (13.99%) Software Engineering
12 33 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (13.17%) CI/CD
13 32 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (12.76%) Data Engineering
15 25 (10.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 217 (89.30%) SQL
2 63 (25.93%) PowerShell
3 48 (19.75%) Python
4 47 (19.34%) C#
5 40 (16.46%) Bash
6 17 (7.00%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.76%) PL/SQL
8 9 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.47%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.23%) Bicep
10 3 (1.23%) Java
10 3 (1.23%) PHP
11 2 (0.82%) C++
11 2 (0.82%) Scala
11 2 (0.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) Dart
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (13.99%) Degree
2 15 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.65%) ACCA
4 4 (1.65%) CIMA
4 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.82%) MCSE
6 2 (0.82%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (16.46%) NCSC
1 40 (16.46%) NIST
2 32 (13.17%) Data Quality
3 18 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.94%) QA
5 8 (3.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 45 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.47%) Docker
3 2 (0.82%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 87 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.35%) Databricks
3 20 (8.23%) Oracle
4 13 (5.35%) Sage
5 12 (4.94%) Xamarin
6 6 (2.47%) ConnectWise
6 6 (2.47%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.47%) WooCommerce
7 5 (2.06%) Google
7 5 (2.06%) Zoho
8 4 (1.65%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.65%) RedGate
9 3 (1.23%) Informatica
9 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.23%) Talend
10 2 (0.82%) Citrix
10 2 (0.82%) Lotus
10 2 (0.82%) VMware
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) Red Hat