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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 335 234
Rank change year-on-year -140 -101 +44
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 239 347 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.84% 1.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.58% 2.55% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 152 285 991
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,195 £37,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,875 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £49,479 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.04% +6.80%

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 15,155 13,626 32,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.75% 33.10% 34.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,322 10,223 24,955
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -150 189 £48,500 -15.65% 98
UK excluding London -79 186 £47,500 -4.00% 74
Work from Home -38 135 £47,500 -15.18% 64
Midlands -43 49 £48,500 - 13
London -103 48 £63,750 -3.95% 34
Scotland +13 42 - - 5
North of England -98 33 £51,000 -15.00% 22
West Midlands -6 30 £42,500 -26.09% 3
South East -34 28 £42,500 -14.55% 23
East Midlands -62 19 £59,000 +24.21% 10
Yorkshire -80 19 £44,000 -26.67% 8
South West -51 17 £42,500 +6.25% 4
East of England -42 12 £62,500 +31.58% 7
North West -31 11 £60,000 +26.32% 14
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 -
North East -30 3 £51,000 -11.30%
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 10 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.35%) IIS
3 4 (1.67%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.67%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.26%) Confluence
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.84%) CMS
5 2 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 18 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.18%) Magento
1 10 (4.18%) Shopify
2 9 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.77%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.26%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.84%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.42%) JDE OneWorld
5 1 (0.42%) JDE World
5 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 143 (59.83%) Azure
2 67 (28.03%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.43%) Google Workspace
4 53 (22.18%) Power Platform
5 28 (11.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (7.11%) AWS
7 17 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (7.11%) SaaS
8 16 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (6.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (5.86%) GitHub
11 13 (5.44%) Power Automate
12 12 (5.02%) PowerApps
13 8 (3.35%) Snowflake
14 7 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.93%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (1.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.43%) Broadband
2 3 (1.26%) DNS
2 3 (1.26%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) DHCP
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) SSL
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VLAN
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
4 1 (0.42%) LAN
4 1 (0.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.42%) WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (48.95%) SQL Server
2 51 (21.34%) Power BI
3 41 (17.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 40 (16.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (12.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (7.53%) Data Lake
7 14 (5.86%) Power Query
8 13 (5.44%) MySQL
9 12 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (5.02%) Metadata
10 11 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (4.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (3.77%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.67%) Star Schema
13 4 (1.67%) Tableau
14 3 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (7.95%) JIRA
2 12 (5.02%) Git
3 5 (2.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 93 (38.91%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.10%) Organisational Skills
3 49 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (16.74%) Finance
5 38 (15.90%) Games
6 14 (5.86%) Law
7 11 (4.60%) Back Office
8 7 (2.93%) Legal
9 6 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.67%) Retail
12 3 (1.26%) Banking
12 3 (1.26%) Marketing
13 2 (0.84%) Billing
13 2 (0.84%) Front Office
13 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.42%) Advertising
14 1 (0.42%) Automotive
14 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 62 (25.94%) Developer
2 56 (23.43%) Senior
3 54 (22.59%) Analyst
4 29 (12.13%) Support Analyst
5 27 (11.30%) Applications Support
6 26 (10.88%) Applications Support Analyst
7 23 (9.62%) DBA
7 23 (9.62%) Senior Developer
8 21 (8.79%) IAM Developer
8 21 (8.79%) SQL DBA
9 17 (7.11%) Data Engineer
10 16 (6.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 16 (6.69%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.44%) C# Developer
11 13 (5.44%) Data Analyst
11 13 (5.44%) SQL Developer
12 12 (5.02%) SQL Analyst
13 10 (4.18%) Architect
14 9 (3.77%) Senior Support Analyst
14 9 (3.77%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.54%) REST
2 68 (28.45%) SOAP
3 57 (23.85%) OAuth
3 57 (23.85%) OpenID
4 56 (23.43%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.43%) LDAP
4 56 (23.43%) SAML
5 39 (16.32%) .NET
6 14 (5.86%) ASP.NET
7 13 (5.44%) XML
8 12 (5.02%) JSON
9 10 (4.18%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.77%) .NET Framework
10 9 (3.77%) Middleware
11 8 (3.35%) CSS
11 8 (3.35%) HTML
11 8 (3.35%) PySpark
12 7 (2.93%) Entity Framework
13 6 (2.51%) DirectX
13 6 (2.51%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.43%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.43%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.53%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.18%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.77%) Clustering
6 8 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.35%) Replication
7 6 (2.51%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.51%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.67%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.84%) Derivative
11 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.69%) Windows
2 9 (3.77%) Linux
3 7 (2.93%) VMS
3 7 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.45%) Mentoring
2 67 (28.03%) Roadmaps
3 58 (24.27%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (23.43%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (23.43%) Identity Access Management
4 56 (23.43%) Programme Delivery
4 56 (23.43%) Regulatory Compliance
5 54 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (19.25%) Analytics
6 46 (19.25%) Data Modelling
7 38 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (15.90%) ETL
8 34 (14.23%) Performance Tuning
9 33 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (13.39%) DevOps
11 29 (12.13%) Agile
11 29 (12.13%) Decision-Making
12 28 (11.72%) Change Control
13 26 (10.88%) CI/CD
13 26 (10.88%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 206 (86.19%) SQL
2 83 (34.73%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.43%) Bash
4 44 (18.41%) Python
5 41 (17.15%) C#
6 21 (8.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.51%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.09%) Java
8 5 (2.09%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.67%) R
9 4 (1.67%) VBA
10 2 (0.84%) Bicep
10 2 (0.84%) Scala
10 2 (0.84%) VBScript
11 1 (0.42%) Delphi
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) VB
11 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (11.30%) Degree
2 7 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.84%) MCSE
6 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.42%) MCITP
6 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.43%) NCSC
1 56 (23.43%) NIST
2 42 (17.57%) Data Quality
3 37 (15.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (5.02%) QA
5 6 (2.51%) GDPR
6 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (29.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.09%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.93%) Terraform
2 5 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 72 (30.13%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.37%) Databricks
3 10 (4.18%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.77%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.93%) Oracle
6 6 (2.51%) RedGate
7 4 (1.67%) Sage
7 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.67%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.67%) Xamarin
8 3 (1.26%) IFS
8 3 (1.26%) Infor
8 3 (1.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) iManage
9 2 (0.84%) Rollbar
9 2 (0.84%) SAP
9 2 (0.84%) Talend
9 2 (0.84%) VMware
9 2 (0.84%) Zoho