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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 353 223
Rank change year-on-year -122 -130 +54
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 238 321 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.78% 1.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.69% 2.31% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 154 262 1,011
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,825 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,438 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £64,688 £69,219 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.37% -13.64% +10.00%

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 14,121 13,869 31,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.01% 33.67% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,855 10,298 24,647
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,532
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.31% -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 30 March 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 30 March 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
UK excluding London -21 187 £44,000 -7.37% 91
England -154 187 £47,500 -17.39% 98
Work from Home -39 132 £45,000 -19.64% 47
Midlands -23 47 £45,000 -5.26% 19
London -92 46 £60,000 -7.69% 23
Scotland +10 42 - - 8
North of England -51 33 £51,000 -2.86% 16
South East -25 32 £40,000 -19.58% 23
West Midlands +8 31 £42,500 -21.79% 8
Yorkshire -51 19 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West -40 16 £42,500 +10.39% 14
East Midlands -53 16 £50,000 +9.89% 11
North West -25 11 £60,000 +37.14% 9
East of England -45 11 £62,500 +31.58% 10
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North East -17 3 £51,000 -32.00% 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 11 (4.62%) IIS
2 9 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.68%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.68%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.26%) CMS
5 3 (1.26%) Confluence
6 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.84%) WordPress
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.20%) Magento
1 10 (4.20%) Shopify
2 9 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 142 (59.66%) Azure
2 67 (28.15%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.53%) Google Workspace
4 45 (18.91%) Power Platform
5 30 (12.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.98%) SaaS
8 16 (6.72%) AWS
8 16 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (6.30%) GitHub
10 14 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (4.62%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.78%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (2.94%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.52%) GCP
15 5 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.53%) 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
1 113 (47.48%) SQL Server
2 43 (18.07%) Power BI
3 40 (16.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (15.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (11.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (7.56%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.46%) Metadata
7 13 (5.46%) MySQL
8 11 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.36%) Power Query
11 6 (2.52%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.26%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (1.26%) Tableau
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
13 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (7.98%) JIRA
2 13 (5.46%) Git
3 4 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.26%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 90 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.95%) Organisational Skills
3 45 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.97%) Games
5 37 (15.55%) Finance
6 13 (5.46%) Back Office
7 10 (4.20%) Law
8 6 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.26%) Banking
10 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Legal
10 3 (1.26%) Marketing
11 2 (0.84%) Front Office
11 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Automotive
12 1 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 59 (24.79%) Developer
2 57 (23.95%) Senior
3 51 (21.43%) Analyst
4 32 (13.45%) Support Analyst
5 29 (12.18%) Applications Support
6 28 (11.76%) Applications Support Analyst
7 22 (9.24%) DBA
7 22 (9.24%) Senior Developer
8 21 (8.82%) Data Engineer
8 21 (8.82%) IAM Developer
9 20 (8.40%) SQL DBA
10 16 (6.72%) SQL Developer
10 16 (6.72%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 13 (5.46%) C# Developer
11 13 (5.46%) Data Analyst
11 13 (5.46%) Software Engineer
12 11 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (4.62%) Senior Support Analyst
13 10 (4.20%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (31.51%) REST
2 69 (28.99%) SOAP
3 57 (23.95%) OAuth
3 57 (23.95%) OpenID
4 56 (23.53%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.53%) LDAP
4 56 (23.53%) SAML
5 41 (17.23%) .NET
6 16 (6.72%) ASP.NET
6 16 (6.72%) XML
7 14 (5.88%) JSON
8 13 (5.46%) .NET Framework
9 11 (4.62%) .NET Core
9 11 (4.62%) Entity Framework
10 9 (3.78%) Middleware
10 9 (3.78%) WinForms
11 8 (3.36%) PySpark
12 7 (2.94%) CSS
12 7 (2.94%) HTML
13 6 (2.52%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.53%) Cyberattack
2 16 (6.72%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.78%) Clustering
5 8 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.94%) Replication
7 6 (2.52%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.52%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.68%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
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 19 (7.98%) Windows
2 9 (3.78%) Linux
3 7 (2.94%) VMS
4 6 (2.52%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Android
5 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (28.15%) Mentoring
1 67 (28.15%) Roadmaps
2 56 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
2 56 (23.53%) Programme Delivery
2 56 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
3 52 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (20.17%) Business Intelligence
5 43 (18.07%) Analytics
5 43 (18.07%) Data Modelling
6 37 (15.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (14.71%) ETL
8 34 (14.29%) DevOps
8 34 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (12.18%) Decision-Making
9 29 (12.18%) Performance Tuning
10 28 (11.76%) Change Control
10 28 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
11 26 (10.92%) Agile
11 26 (10.92%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 206 (86.55%) SQL
2 82 (34.45%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.53%) Bash
4 46 (19.33%) Python
5 42 (17.65%) C#
6 16 (6.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.94%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.52%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.10%) Java
9 5 (2.10%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.68%) R
11 2 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.84%) Scala
11 2 (0.84%) VBA
12 1 (0.42%) Delphi
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (12.18%) Degree
2 11 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.68%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.84%) MCSE
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) MCITP
7 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.53%) NCSC
1 56 (23.53%) NIST
2 38 (15.97%) Data Quality
3 35 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.78%) QA
5 5 (2.10%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.94%) Terraform
2 4 (1.68%) 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 73 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.24%) Databricks
3 10 (4.20%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.78%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.36%) Oracle
5 8 (3.36%) Sage
5 8 (3.36%) Xamarin
6 5 (2.10%) RedGate
7 4 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.26%) Google
8 3 (1.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.26%) Zoho
9 2 (0.84%) Citrix
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
9 2 (0.84%) Rollbar
9 2 (0.84%) Talend
9 2 (0.84%) VMware
10 1 (0.42%) Siemens