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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 379 289
Rank change year-on-year -165 -90 -46
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 214 356 861
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.73% 0.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.20% 2.48% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 170 283 680
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,010 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,406 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,375 £83,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,375 £51,500 £54,784
% change year-on-year -4.13% -5.99% +4.35%

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 17,870 14,359 28,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.78% 29.25% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12,751 9,529 20,688
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 July 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 16 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 July 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 -179 199 £52,500 -8.70% 67
UK excluding London -143 152 £49,375 -4.13% 51
Work from Home -51 107 £53,499 -2.73% 38
London -81 53 £70,000 - 19
South East -18 45 £52,500 +16.67% 11
North of England -76 37 £47,500 -20.83% 15
North West -5 23 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Midlands -70 23 £45,000 -7.22% 7
South West -60 18 £49,375 +1.28% 9
East of England -23 17 £62,500 +51.52% 7
West Midlands -42 16 £44,000 -23.48% 7
Yorkshire -67 12 £45,000 -25.00% 5
Scotland +17 11 - - 1
East Midlands -53 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -52 2 £45,500 -13.33% 3
Northern Ireland -66 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 19 (8.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.54%) IIS
3 7 (3.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.80%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.80%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.34%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.87%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.87%) JDE World
4 4 (1.87%) Magento
4 4 (1.87%) Shopify
5 3 (1.40%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.93%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.47%) FastStats
7 1 (0.47%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 126 (58.88%) Azure
2 67 (31.31%) Power Platform
3 31 (14.49%) Entra ID
4 29 (13.55%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (9.81%) Google Workspace
5 21 (9.81%) SaaS
6 19 (8.88%) AWS
6 19 (8.88%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (7.94%) Power Automate
8 16 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (7.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (5.61%) PowerApps
11 9 (4.21%) GitHub
12 8 (3.74%) Serverless
12 8 (3.74%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.87%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.87%) GCP
13 4 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.41%) Broadband
2 4 (1.87%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) DNS
3 3 (1.40%) VLAN
4 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (59.81%) SQL Server
2 56 (26.17%) Power BI
3 46 (21.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 45 (21.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.48%) Power Query
6 15 (7.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (4.67%) MySQL
10 8 (3.74%) Relational Database
10 8 (3.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (2.80%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.34%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.40%) Db2
14 3 (1.40%) WhereScape RED
15 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (10.75%) Git
2 15 (7.01%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.61%) JIRA
4 10 (4.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.93%) Postman
5 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 70 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.83%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.02%) Finance
4 25 (11.68%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (9.35%) Law
6 11 (5.14%) Legal
7 9 (4.21%) Games
8 7 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.80%) Retail
10 5 (2.34%) Back Office
11 4 (1.87%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.40%) Billing
12 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.40%) Marketing
13 2 (0.93%) Automotive
13 2 (0.93%) Local Government
14 1 (0.47%) Advertising
14 1 (0.47%) Banking
14 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (39.72%) Developer
2 40 (18.69%) Analyst
3 39 (18.22%) Senior
4 20 (9.35%) Applications Support
5 18 (8.41%) .NET Developer
5 18 (8.41%) SQL Developer
6 17 (7.94%) Software Developer
7 16 (7.48%) Data Analyst
8 15 (7.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 15 (7.01%) DBA
8 15 (7.01%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.54%) Applications Support Analyst
9 14 (6.54%) Data Engineer
10 13 (6.07%) SQL DBA
11 12 (5.61%) Support Analyst
12 11 (5.14%) SQL Analyst
13 10 (4.67%) SQL Server DBA
13 10 (4.67%) Support Engineer
14 9 (4.21%) IAM Developer
14 9 (4.21%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (28.04%) .NET
2 34 (15.89%) REST
3 28 (13.08%) SOAP
4 21 (9.81%) GraphQL
4 21 (9.81%) LDAP
4 21 (9.81%) OAuth
4 21 (9.81%) OpenID
4 21 (9.81%) SAML
5 16 (7.48%) HTML
5 16 (7.48%) JSON
6 15 (7.01%) CSS
7 14 (6.54%) .NET Core
7 14 (6.54%) ASP.NET
7 14 (6.54%) XML
8 9 (4.21%) .NET Framework
8 9 (4.21%) Kafka
8 9 (4.21%) WinForms
9 8 (3.74%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.74%) Blazor
9 8 (3.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.88%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (8.41%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (8.41%) Cyberattack
3 13 (6.07%) Data Structures
3 13 (6.07%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.14%) Replication
5 10 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.21%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.80%) Legacy Code
9 5 (2.34%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.87%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.40%) LIMS
11 3 (1.40%) NHS
11 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.93%) Clustering
12 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.41%) Windows
2 9 (4.21%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.04%) Business Intelligence
3 48 (22.43%) Performance Tuning
4 40 (18.69%) Data Modelling
4 40 (18.69%) DevOps
5 36 (16.82%) ETL
6 35 (16.36%) Agile
6 35 (16.36%) CI/CD
6 35 (16.36%) Roadmaps
7 32 (14.95%) Mentoring
8 31 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (14.02%) Analytics
10 24 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (10.75%) Validation
12 21 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (9.81%) Identity Access Management
13 18 (8.41%) Decision-Making
13 18 (8.41%) Programme Delivery
13 18 (8.41%) Regulatory Compliance
14 17 (7.94%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 205 (95.79%) SQL
2 60 (28.04%) C#
3 54 (25.23%) PowerShell
4 37 (17.29%) Python
5 23 (10.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (9.81%) Bash
7 16 (7.48%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.67%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.21%) VBScript
10 7 (3.27%) VBA
11 5 (2.34%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.87%) Delphi
12 4 (1.87%) R
12 4 (1.87%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.40%) Java
14 2 (0.93%) VB
15 1 (0.47%) Bicep
15 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (7.94%) Degree
2 5 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.40%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.42%) Data Quality
2 26 (12.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (9.81%) NIST
4 18 (8.41%) NCSC
5 16 (7.48%) QA
6 7 (3.27%) SLA
7 3 (1.40%) GDPR
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) HL7
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (18.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.87%) Docker
3 3 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.34%) Terraform
1 5 (2.34%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 76 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.21%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.74%) iManage
3 8 (3.74%) Oracle
4 7 (3.27%) SAP
5 6 (2.80%) IFS
5 6 (2.80%) Infor
6 5 (2.34%) Databricks
6 5 (2.34%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.34%) Remedy
7 4 (1.87%) Epicor
7 4 (1.87%) RedGate
7 4 (1.87%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.87%) WooCommerce
8 3 (1.40%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.40%) Google
8 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.40%) Veeam
8 3 (1.40%) VMware
9 2 (0.93%) Rollbar