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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 345 229
Rank change year-on-year -133 -116 +47
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 240 331 1,198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.81% 1.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.63% 2.42% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 154 272 1,004
10th Percentile £28,750 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,313 £43,750 £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 £83,062 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -12.73% +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 14,767 13,695 31,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 33.38% 34.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,228 10,263 24,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £55,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +2.31% -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 7 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 7 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 -155 189 £48,500 -15.65% 98
UK excluding London -67 188 £47,500 -1.04% 91
Work from Home -49 133 £47,500 -15.18% 47
Midlands -37 48 £46,750 -1.58% 19
London -97 47 £63,750 -1.92% 23
Scotland +13 42 - - 8
North of England -73 32 £51,000 -11.30% 16
West Midlands +2 30 £42,500 -22.73% 8
South East -32 30 £41,250 -17.07% 23
South West -44 18 £42,500 +6.25% 14
East Midlands -60 18 £54,500 +16.58% 11
Yorkshire -67 18 £50,000 -16.67% 6
East of England -45 12 £62,500 +31.58% 10
North West -34 11 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North East -26 3 £51,000 -23.02% 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 9 (3.75%) IIS
1 9 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.67%) WebSphere
2 4 (1.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (1.25%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 2 (0.83%) WordPress
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) JBoss
5 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 18 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.17%) Magento
1 10 (4.17%) Shopify
2 9 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.83%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 145 (60.42%) Azure
2 67 (27.92%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.33%) Google Workspace
4 52 (21.67%) Power Platform
5 31 (12.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.50%) AWS
7 18 (7.50%) SaaS
8 16 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (6.25%) GitHub
9 15 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.58%) Power Automate
10 11 (4.58%) PowerApps
11 8 (3.33%) Snowflake
12 7 (2.92%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.08%) GCP
14 5 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.33%) Broadband
2 3 (1.25%) DNS
2 3 (1.25%) Firewall
3 2 (0.83%) DHCP
3 2 (0.83%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.83%) SSL
3 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.83%) VLAN
3 2 (0.83%) 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
1 116 (48.33%) SQL Server
2 50 (20.83%) Power BI
3 42 (17.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 40 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (12.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (7.92%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.42%) Metadata
7 13 (5.42%) MySQL
8 11 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.58%) Power Query
9 10 (4.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.33%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.67%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.67%) Tableau
12 3 (1.25%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.83%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (7.50%) JIRA
2 12 (5.00%) Git
3 4 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.25%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 92 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.58%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (16.25%) Finance
5 38 (15.83%) Games
6 12 (5.00%) Back Office
6 12 (5.00%) Law
7 6 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.50%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.08%) Legal
9 3 (1.25%) Banking
9 3 (1.25%) Marketing
9 3 (1.25%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Front Office
10 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.42%) Advertising
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (25.00%) Developer
2 58 (24.17%) Senior
3 52 (21.67%) Analyst
4 30 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 27 (11.25%) Applications Support
6 26 (10.83%) Applications Support Analyst
7 23 (9.58%) Senior Developer
8 22 (9.17%) DBA
9 21 (8.75%) Data Engineer
9 21 (8.75%) IAM Developer
10 20 (8.33%) SQL DBA
11 16 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 14 (5.83%) SQL Developer
14 13 (5.42%) C# Developer
14 13 (5.42%) Data Analyst
15 11 (4.58%) Architect
15 11 (4.58%) SQL Analyst
16 10 (4.17%) Senior Support Analyst
16 10 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (31.25%) REST
2 69 (28.75%) SOAP
3 57 (23.75%) OAuth
3 57 (23.75%) OpenID
4 56 (23.33%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.33%) LDAP
4 56 (23.33%) SAML
5 39 (16.25%) .NET
6 15 (6.25%) ASP.NET
6 15 (6.25%) XML
7 13 (5.42%) JSON
8 11 (4.58%) .NET Framework
9 10 (4.17%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.75%) Entity Framework
10 9 (3.75%) Middleware
10 9 (3.75%) PySpark
11 7 (2.92%) CSS
11 7 (2.92%) HTML
11 7 (2.92%) WinForms
12 6 (2.50%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.33%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.33%) Cyberattack
2 17 (7.08%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.58%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.75%) Clustering
6 8 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.33%) Replication
7 6 (2.50%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.50%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.50%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.67%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.83%) Derivative
11 2 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.08%) Windows
2 9 (3.75%) Linux
3 7 (2.92%) VMS
4 6 (2.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.83%) Android
5 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.33%) Mentoring
2 67 (27.92%) Roadmaps
3 56 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (23.33%) Identity Access Management
3 56 (23.33%) Programme Delivery
3 56 (23.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 55 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (19.58%) Analytics
5 47 (19.58%) Data Modelling
6 39 (16.25%) ETL
7 38 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (13.33%) DevOps
9 32 (13.33%) Performance Tuning
10 29 (12.08%) Data Pipeline
10 29 (12.08%) Decision-Making
11 28 (11.67%) Agile
11 28 (11.67%) Change Control
12 27 (11.25%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 207 (86.25%) SQL
2 83 (34.58%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.33%) Bash
4 48 (20.00%) Python
5 41 (17.08%) C#
6 19 (7.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.50%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.08%) Java
8 5 (2.08%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.08%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.67%) R
10 3 (1.25%) VBA
11 2 (0.83%) Bicep
11 2 (0.83%) Scala
12 1 (0.42%) Delphi
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) VB
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (12.08%) Degree
2 9 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.25%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.83%) 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 (23.33%) NCSC
1 56 (23.33%) NIST
2 41 (17.08%) Data Quality
3 36 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.58%) QA
5 6 (2.50%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.42%) HL7
6 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.67%) Docker
3 2 (0.83%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.92%) Terraform
2 5 (2.08%) 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 75 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.17%) Databricks
3 10 (4.17%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.75%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.92%) Oracle
6 6 (2.50%) Sage
6 6 (2.50%) Xamarin
7 5 (2.08%) RedGate
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.25%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.25%) Zoho
10 2 (0.83%) Citrix
10 2 (0.83%) Google
10 2 (0.83%) Infor
10 2 (0.83%) Informatica
10 2 (0.83%) Rollbar
10 2 (0.83%) Talend
10 2 (0.83%) VMware