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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 347 233
Rank change year-on-year -167 -114 +38
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 218 356 1,166
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.82% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.38% 2.55% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 136 285 956
10th Percentile £31,500 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,875 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £74,375
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 15,758 13,986 32,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.26% 32.17% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,733 10,051 24,955
10th Percentile £35,404 £37,000 £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 £85,336 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -155 178 £48,625 -15.43% 104
UK excluding London -96 166 £47,500 -5.00% 92
Work from Home -22 130 £45,000 -19.64% 75
London -105 49 £70,000 +4.48% 27
Midlands -50 36 £50,000 - 10
Scotland +14 35 - - 8
North of England -90 33 £47,500 -20.83% 22
South East -28 28 £44,000 -9.74% 29
West Midlands -20 20 £44,000 -23.48% 4
Yorkshire -74 19 £44,000 -26.67% 8
South West -48 18 £42,500 +6.25% 4
East Midlands -57 16 £59,732 +23.16% 6
North West -34 13 £61,250 +22.50% 13
East of England -32 12 £62,500 +39.66% 14
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
North East -33 1 £43,500 -24.35% 1
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 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.75%) IIS
4 3 (1.38%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.38%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.92%) Confluence
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) CMS
6 1 (0.46%) JBoss
6 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.59%) Magento
1 10 (4.59%) Shopify
2 9 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.75%) Infor M3
4 4 (1.83%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.83%) JDE World
4 4 (1.83%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.92%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (56.42%) Azure
2 63 (28.90%) Entra ID
3 54 (24.77%) Power Platform
4 53 (24.31%) Google Workspace
5 20 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (7.34%) AWS
8 14 (6.42%) Power Automate
9 13 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (5.96%) PowerApps
10 11 (5.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (5.05%) SaaS
11 9 (4.13%) Snowflake
12 8 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (3.21%) GitHub
14 5 (2.29%) Serverless
15 4 (1.83%) Azure AKS
15 4 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (1.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 53 (24.31%) Broadband
2 2 (0.92%) DNS
2 2 (0.92%) Firewall
3 1 (0.46%) DHCP
3 1 (0.46%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.46%) LAN
3 1 (0.46%) Network Security
3 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.46%) SSL
3 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.46%) VLAN
3 1 (0.46%) WAN
3 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (49.08%) SQL Server
2 52 (23.85%) Power BI
3 38 (17.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (16.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (10.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (6.42%) Power Query
7 12 (5.50%) Data Lake
8 10 (4.59%) MySQL
9 9 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (4.13%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.67%) Metadata
10 8 (3.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.83%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
14 1 (0.46%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) JIRA
2 8 (3.67%) Git
3 5 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.46%) Yeoman
General
1 91 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 57 (26.15%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (16.06%) Games
5 34 (15.60%) Finance
6 16 (7.34%) Law
7 11 (5.05%) Back Office
8 9 (4.13%) Legal
9 6 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.29%) Retail
11 4 (1.83%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.38%) Marketing
13 2 (0.92%) Automotive
13 2 (0.92%) Billing
14 1 (0.46%) Advertising
14 1 (0.46%) Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.46%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 61 (27.98%) Developer
2 54 (24.77%) Analyst
3 53 (24.31%) Senior
4 26 (11.93%) Support Analyst
5 24 (11.01%) Applications Support
6 23 (10.55%) Applications Support Analyst
7 22 (10.09%) Senior Developer
8 19 (8.72%) IAM Developer
9 16 (7.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 16 (7.34%) Data Analyst
9 16 (7.34%) DBA
9 16 (7.34%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (6.42%) SQL DBA
11 13 (5.96%) Data Engineer
12 12 (5.50%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (5.05%) C# Developer
14 10 (4.59%) Database Engineer
15 9 (4.13%) Architect
15 9 (4.13%) Software Developer
15 9 (4.13%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (30.73%) REST
2 64 (29.36%) SOAP
3 54 (24.77%) OAuth
3 54 (24.77%) OpenID
4 53 (24.31%) GraphQL
4 53 (24.31%) LDAP
4 53 (24.31%) SAML
5 38 (17.43%) .NET
6 12 (5.50%) .NET Core
6 12 (5.50%) ASP.NET
6 12 (5.50%) CSS
6 12 (5.50%) HTML
7 10 (4.59%) JSON
7 10 (4.59%) XML
8 9 (4.13%) Middleware
9 8 (3.67%) PySpark
9 8 (3.67%) React
10 7 (3.21%) Kafka
11 6 (2.75%) DirectX
11 6 (2.75%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 53 (24.31%) Cyber Threat
1 53 (24.31%) Cyberattack
2 13 (5.96%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.59%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.13%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.13%) Replication
5 8 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.21%) Clustering
7 6 (2.75%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.75%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.83%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.83%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.38%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.96%) Windows
2 8 (3.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.75%) Linux
4 5 (2.29%) VMS
5 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Android
6 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.28%) Mentoring
2 59 (27.06%) Business Intelligence
2 59 (27.06%) Roadmaps
3 53 (24.31%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (24.31%) Identity Access Management
3 53 (24.31%) Programme Delivery
3 53 (24.31%) Regulatory Compliance
4 43 (19.72%) Data Modelling
5 42 (19.27%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (17.43%) Analytics
7 34 (15.60%) Performance Tuning
8 31 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (13.76%) ETL
10 28 (12.84%) Change Control
11 25 (11.47%) Agile
11 25 (11.47%) CI/CD
11 25 (11.47%) DevOps
12 24 (11.01%) Decision-Making
13 20 (9.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 188 (86.24%) SQL
2 78 (35.78%) PowerShell
3 53 (24.31%) Bash
4 43 (19.72%) Python
5 39 (17.89%) C#
6 21 (9.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (3.67%) PL/SQL
8 7 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.21%) VBA
9 6 (2.75%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.29%) VBScript
11 4 (1.83%) Java
11 4 (1.83%) R
12 2 (0.92%) Bicep
12 2 (0.92%) Scala
13 1 (0.46%) Delphi
13 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (8.72%) Degree
2 6 (2.75%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.38%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) MCITP
5 1 (0.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (24.31%) NCSC
1 53 (24.31%) NIST
2 39 (17.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (16.51%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.13%) QA
5 6 (2.75%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.92%) SLA
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) HL7
7 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (31.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.92%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.21%) Terraform
2 5 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.46%) SCCM
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 63 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.42%) Databricks
3 10 (4.59%) Oracle
3 10 (4.59%) WooCommerce
4 9 (4.13%) ConnectWise
4 9 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.75%) IFS
5 6 (2.75%) iManage
5 6 (2.75%) Infor
6 5 (2.29%) SAP
7 4 (1.83%) Epicor
7 4 (1.83%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.83%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.38%) RedGate
8 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.92%) Citrix
9 2 (0.92%) Intapp
9 2 (0.92%) Rollbar
10 1 (0.46%) Siemens