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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 374 334
Rank change year-on-year -232 -40 -110
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 201 335 615
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.68% 0.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% 2.56% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 170 265 381
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,825 £36,738
25th Percentile £46,375 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,825 £82,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,749 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.31% +3.00% -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 18,557 13,072 24,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.26% 26.48% 30.93%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 8,425 15,033
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -210 191 £60,000 +9.09% 217
UK excluding London -204 135 £54,749 +6.31% 136
Work from Home -63 86 £62,500 +19.05% 84
London -80 57 £70,000 -12.50% 101
South East -53 51 £55,000 +10.00% 30
North of England -107 30 £53,750 -10.42% 38
East of England -39 18 £62,500 +54.32% 16
North West -19 16 £53,750 -6.52% 27
South West -79 16 £52,500 +5.00% 12
Midlands -70 14 £59,366 +10.58% 27
Yorkshire -66 13 £60,500 +0.83% 10
West Midlands -58 10 £50,000 -13.04% 23
Scotland +2 6 £85,000 +78.95% 10
East Midlands -52 4 £59,732 +23.16% 4
North East -70 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 14 (6.97%) IIS
2 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.99%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.50%) MTS
Applications
1 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.99%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.49%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.49%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.99%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (1.99%) JDE World
4 3 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (1.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (1.00%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (1.00%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.50%) FastStats
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 116 (57.71%) Azure
2 62 (30.85%) Power Platform
3 41 (20.40%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (8.96%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.46%) Azure Logic Apps
6 15 (7.46%) AWS
7 14 (6.97%) SaaS
8 13 (6.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (5.47%) PowerApps
11 9 (4.48%) GitHub
11 9 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.48%) Serverless
12 8 (3.98%) Entra ID
12 8 (3.98%) Snowflake
13 5 (2.49%) Azure Functions
13 5 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (1.49%) Amazon MSK
15 3 (1.49%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.99%) Firewall
2 3 (1.49%) DNS
2 3 (1.49%) VLAN
3 2 (1.00%) HTTP
4 1 (0.50%) LAN
4 1 (0.50%) Network Security
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.50%) WAN
4 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (65.17%) SQL Server
2 51 (25.37%) Power BI
3 49 (24.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 37 (18.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (12.44%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.46%) Power Query
7 11 (5.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (3.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.98%) Relational Database
8 8 (3.98%) Star Schema
9 6 (2.99%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.99%) Db2
10 4 (1.99%) Metadata
10 4 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.99%) WhereScape RED
11 3 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.49%) RDBMS
12 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 24 (11.94%) Git
2 15 (7.46%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.99%) JIRA
5 2 (1.00%) Postman
6 1 (0.50%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.50%) Yeoman
General
1 64 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (15.92%) Finance
4 17 (8.46%) Law
5 15 (7.46%) Legal
6 8 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.49%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.99%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.99%) Retail
9 3 (1.49%) Back Office
9 3 (1.49%) Billing
9 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.00%) Automotive
10 2 (1.00%) Banking
10 2 (1.00%) Local Government
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.50%) Police
11 1 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 95 (47.26%) Developer
2 41 (20.40%) Senior
3 24 (11.94%) .NET Developer
3 24 (11.94%) Analyst
4 19 (9.45%) Software Developer
4 19 (9.45%) SQL Developer
5 18 (8.96%) Senior Developer
6 17 (8.46%) Data Engineer
7 16 (7.96%) DBA
7 16 (7.96%) SQL DBA
8 14 (6.97%) SQL Server DBA
9 13 (6.47%) Applications Support
10 12 (5.97%) Lead
11 10 (4.98%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.48%) Applications Developer
12 9 (4.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 8 (3.98%) Data Analyst
13 8 (3.98%) Database Engineer
13 8 (3.98%) Software Support Engineer
14 7 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (32.84%) .NET
2 15 (7.46%) REST
3 14 (6.97%) .NET Core
3 14 (6.97%) HTML
4 13 (6.47%) CSS
5 11 (5.47%) ASP.NET
5 11 (5.47%) JSON
6 10 (4.98%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.48%) SOAP
7 9 (4.48%) WinForms
8 8 (3.98%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (3.98%) Blazor
8 8 (3.98%) React
8 8 (3.98%) XML
9 7 (3.48%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.48%) Entity Framework
9 7 (3.48%) jQuery
9 7 (3.48%) Kafka
9 7 (3.48%) PySpark
10 6 (2.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.44%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (7.46%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.48%) Replication
4 9 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.98%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.99%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.49%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.49%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.99%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.99%) NHS
9 3 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.49%) LIMS
9 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.00%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.95%) Windows
2 11 (5.47%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.00%) Linux
5 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (39.80%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (26.87%) Business Intelligence
2 54 (26.87%) DevOps
3 47 (23.38%) Performance Tuning
4 42 (20.90%) ETL
5 41 (20.40%) CI/CD
6 35 (17.41%) Data Modelling
7 34 (16.92%) Agile
8 32 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.94%) Analytics
10 21 (10.45%) SDLC
11 19 (9.45%) AI
11 19 (9.45%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (9.45%) Secure Coding
11 19 (9.45%) Software Engineering
12 18 (8.96%) Mentoring
13 16 (7.96%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (7.46%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 200 (99.50%) SQL
2 67 (33.33%) C#
3 37 (18.41%) PowerShell
4 29 (14.43%) Python
5 19 (9.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 17 (8.46%) JavaScript
7 13 (6.47%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.48%) VBScript
9 8 (3.98%) Delphi
9 8 (3.98%) VBA
10 6 (2.99%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.49%) Bash
12 3 (1.49%) XPath
13 2 (1.00%) Bicep
13 2 (1.00%) VB
14 1 (0.50%) Java
14 1 (0.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 14 (6.97%) Degree
2 5 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.49%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.99%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.96%) QA
3 11 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.99%) SLA
5 5 (2.49%) NIST
6 2 (1.00%) GDPR
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) HL7
7 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (7.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.49%) Docker
3 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.49%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.99%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.50%) SCCM
3 1 (0.50%) SCOM
3 1 (0.50%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 84 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.46%) Oracle
3 9 (4.48%) iManage
4 8 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.48%) SAP
6 6 (2.99%) Infor
6 6 (2.99%) JD Edwards
6 6 (2.99%) RedGate
7 5 (2.49%) IFS
7 5 (2.49%) Intapp
7 5 (2.49%) Remedy
8 4 (1.99%) Epicor
8 4 (1.99%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.99%) Teradata
9 3 (1.49%) Databricks
9 3 (1.49%) Google
9 3 (1.49%) Veeam
9 3 (1.49%) VMware
10 2 (1.00%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (1.00%) OpenAI