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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 405 315
Rank change year-on-year -202 -90 -105
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 204 284 587
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.58% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 2.28% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 175 222 352
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,053 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £71,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 18,479 12,433 22,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.62% 25.34% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,087 8,073 13,339
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 15 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 13 October 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 -193 192 £60,000 +9.09% 173
UK excluding London -204 134 £55,000 +10.00% 88
Work from Home -67 86 £62,500 +20.48% 80
London -68 61 £70,000 -12.50% 83
South East -46 55 £55,000 +22.22% 27
North of England -80 33 £60,000 +14.29% 21
North West -30 17 £60,000 -14.29% 10
Yorkshire -48 15 £60,250 +20.50% 10
Midlands -79 14 £60,000 +23.71% 18
East of England -38 13 £55,000 +30.95% 14
South West -84 12 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands -54 10 £55,000 -4.35% 14
Scotland +2 7 £85,000 +78.95% 3
East Midlands -45 4 £65,000 +36.84% 4
North East -74 1 £47,500 -9.52% 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 13 (6.37%) IIS
2 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.41%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.49%) MTS
Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.96%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.47%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.47%) Infor M3
4 3 (1.47%) JDE OneWorld
4 3 (1.47%) JDE World
4 3 (1.47%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.49%) FastStats
6 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.49%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 118 (57.84%) Azure
2 64 (31.37%) Power Platform
3 44 (21.57%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (9.31%) Power Automate
4 19 (9.31%) SaaS
5 17 (8.33%) AWS
6 16 (7.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (7.35%) PowerApps
8 14 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (5.39%) Serverless
12 10 (4.90%) GitHub
12 10 (4.90%) Snowflake
13 8 (3.92%) Azure Functions
13 8 (3.92%) Entra ID
14 7 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (3.43%) dbt
15 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (2.45%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.47%) DNS
1 3 (1.47%) Firewall
1 3 (1.47%) VLAN
2 2 (0.98%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (65.69%) SQL Server
2 51 (25.00%) Power BI
3 46 (22.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (6.86%) Power Query
7 11 (5.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (4.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (3.92%) Star Schema
10 6 (2.94%) Metadata
11 5 (2.45%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.96%) Db2
12 4 (1.96%) MS Access
12 4 (1.96%) OLTP
12 4 (1.96%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.96%) WhereScape RED
13 3 (1.47%) Big Data
13 3 (1.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 30 (14.71%) Git
2 14 (6.86%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.92%) JIRA
4 7 (3.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.98%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.98%) Postman
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 52 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.22%) Finance
4 20 (9.80%) Law
5 18 (8.82%) Legal
6 6 (2.94%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.45%) Retail
8 4 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.47%) Back Office
9 3 (1.47%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.98%) Automotive
10 2 (0.98%) Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Local Government
10 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Publishing
11 1 (0.49%) Billing
11 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 110 (53.92%) Developer
2 52 (25.49%) Senior
3 29 (14.22%) Senior Developer
4 25 (12.25%) .NET Developer
5 22 (10.78%) Software Developer
5 22 (10.78%) SQL Developer
6 19 (9.31%) Data Engineer
7 17 (8.33%) Analyst
8 13 (6.37%) DBA
8 13 (6.37%) SQL DBA
9 11 (5.39%) Applications Support
9 11 (5.39%) Lead
9 11 (5.39%) SQL Server DBA
10 10 (4.90%) Applications Developer
10 10 (4.90%) Business Developer
10 10 (4.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 10 (4.90%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.92%) Database Engineer
11 8 (3.92%) Senior Software Developer
11 8 (3.92%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (34.80%) .NET
2 20 (9.80%) REST
3 14 (6.86%) .NET Core
3 14 (6.86%) HTML
4 13 (6.37%) CSS
5 12 (5.88%) ASP.NET
6 11 (5.39%) JSON
7 10 (4.90%) .NET Framework
7 10 (4.90%) React
7 10 (4.90%) SOAP
8 8 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (3.92%) Blazor
8 8 (3.92%) WinForms
8 8 (3.92%) XML
9 7 (3.43%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.43%) jQuery
10 6 (2.94%) Entity Framework
10 6 (2.94%) OAuth
10 6 (2.94%) OpenID
10 6 (2.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.27%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (7.35%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.43%) Replication
6 6 (2.94%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.96%) Legacy Code
7 4 (1.96%) NHS
8 3 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.98%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.98%) LIMS
9 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.98%) SystemC
10 1 (0.49%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.82%) Windows
2 10 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (39.22%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (28.43%) DevOps
3 53 (25.98%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (23.04%) CI/CD
5 43 (21.08%) Performance Tuning
6 41 (20.10%) ETL
7 36 (17.65%) Data Modelling
8 35 (17.16%) Agile
9 32 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.22%) Analytics
11 24 (11.76%) Software Engineering
12 22 (10.78%) AI
12 22 (10.78%) Data Integration
12 22 (10.78%) SDLC
13 20 (9.80%) Mentoring
14 19 (9.31%) Visualisation
15 18 (8.82%) Data Pipeline
15 18 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (8.33%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 204 (100.00%) SQL
2 75 (36.76%) C#
3 36 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 36 (17.65%) Python
4 19 (9.31%) JavaScript
5 16 (7.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (5.88%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.41%) VBA
8 8 (3.92%) VBScript
9 7 (3.43%) Delphi
9 7 (3.43%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.96%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.47%) Bash
11 3 (1.47%) XPath
12 2 (0.98%) Bicep
12 2 (0.98%) Java
13 1 (0.49%) Tcl
13 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (6.86%) Degree
2 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (1.96%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.96%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.47%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.37%) QA
3 11 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.94%) NIST
4 6 (2.94%) SLA
5 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (7.35%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.96%) Docker
3 3 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.45%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.96%) SQL Sentry
3 3 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 90 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.86%) Oracle
3 8 (3.92%) iManage
3 8 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.43%) Databricks
5 6 (2.94%) Intapp
5 6 (2.94%) RedGate
5 6 (2.94%) SAP
6 5 (2.45%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.45%) Remedy
6 5 (2.45%) Teradata
7 3 (1.47%) Epicor
7 3 (1.47%) Google
7 3 (1.47%) IFS
7 3 (1.47%) Infor
7 3 (1.47%) Veeam
7 3 (1.47%) VMware
8 2 (0.98%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.98%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.49%) SolarWinds