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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 304 209
Rank change year-on-year -110 -95 +51
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 263 467 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.94% 1.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.09% 2.74% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 178 269 974
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £82,500 £78,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -9.52% +5.00%

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 12,567 17,025 27,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.69% 34.32% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,000 10,115 22,920
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 15 February 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 February 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 -100 210 £50,000 -9.09% 80
UK excluding London -40 199 £42,500 -10.53% 79
Work from Home -44 143 £43,750 -20.45% 47
London -93 62 £80,000 +28.00% 13
Midlands -11 46 £48,500 +4.86% 20
Scotland +16 45 £37,500 -18.48%
South East -11 41 £40,000 -20.00% 26
North of England -9 36 £48,750 -2.50% 19
West Midlands +12 28 £42,500 -17.07% 12
Yorkshire -19 25 £25,000 -47.92% 6
South West -11 20 £42,500 -7.61% 5
East Midlands -22 18 £50,000 +11.11% 8
North West -3 8 £58,750 +17.50% 12
East of England -26 5 £42,175 -11.21% 8
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 1
North East -3 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 15 (5.70%) IIS
2 8 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.52%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.52%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.14%) CMS
4 3 (1.14%) Confluence
5 2 (0.76%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (7.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (3.42%) Magento
2 9 (3.42%) Shopify
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (57.41%) Azure
2 69 (26.24%) Entra ID
3 58 (22.05%) Google Workspace
4 46 (17.49%) Power Platform
5 34 (12.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 29 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (7.98%) SaaS
8 17 (6.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 17 (6.46%) GitHub
8 17 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (5.32%) PowerApps
10 12 (4.56%) AWS
11 11 (4.18%) Snowflake
12 8 (3.04%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (2.28%) GCP
15 5 (1.90%) dbt
16 4 (1.52%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 58 (22.05%) Broadband
2 3 (1.14%) DNS
3 2 (0.76%) DHCP
3 2 (0.76%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.76%) Firewall
3 2 (0.76%) SSL
3 2 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.76%) VLAN
3 2 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (47.91%) SQL Server
2 51 (19.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 45 (17.11%) Power BI
4 43 (16.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (9.13%) Data Lake
6 22 (8.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (6.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (5.70%) MySQL
10 13 (4.94%) Metadata
11 12 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (1.90%) Power Query
13 4 (1.52%) OLAP
13 4 (1.52%) Relational Database
14 3 (1.14%) GIS
14 3 (1.14%) MongoDB
14 3 (1.14%) Tableau
15 2 (0.76%) Amazon QuickSight
15 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.76%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (7.22%) JIRA
2 13 (4.94%) Git
3 6 (2.28%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (1.90%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (43.73%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.05%) Organisational Skills
3 50 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (18.25%) Finance
5 39 (14.83%) Games
6 13 (4.94%) Back Office
7 8 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.66%) Law
9 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.90%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.52%) Billing
11 3 (1.14%) Banking
11 3 (1.14%) Legal
11 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.14%) Marketing
12 2 (0.76%) Front Office
12 2 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Automotive
13 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (27.00%) Senior
2 61 (23.19%) Developer
3 50 (19.01%) Analyst
4 37 (14.07%) Support Analyst
5 35 (13.31%) Applications Support
6 34 (12.93%) Data Engineer
7 32 (12.17%) Applications Support Analyst
8 23 (8.75%) IAM Developer
8 23 (8.75%) Senior Developer
9 21 (7.98%) DBA
10 20 (7.60%) Software Engineer
11 18 (6.84%) SQL DBA
12 17 (6.46%) Senior Data Engineer
13 16 (6.08%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (5.32%) IT Support
15 13 (4.94%) IT Engineer
15 13 (4.94%) IT Support Engineer
15 13 (4.94%) SQL Developer
15 13 (4.94%) Support Engineer
16 12 (4.56%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (29.66%) REST
2 71 (27.00%) SOAP
3 59 (22.43%) OAuth
3 59 (22.43%) OpenID
4 58 (22.05%) GraphQL
4 58 (22.05%) LDAP
4 58 (22.05%) SAML
5 38 (14.45%) .NET
6 16 (6.08%) .NET Framework
7 15 (5.70%) JSON
7 15 (5.70%) XML
8 14 (5.32%) Entity Framework
9 13 (4.94%) ASP.NET
10 12 (4.56%) CSS
10 12 (4.56%) HTML
10 12 (4.56%) WinForms
11 10 (3.80%) Middleware
12 9 (3.42%) .NET Core
13 6 (2.28%) DirectX
13 6 (2.28%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.05%) Cyber Threat
1 58 (22.05%) Cyberattack
2 17 (6.46%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.04%) Clustering
6 7 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.28%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.28%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.76%) Derivative
10 2 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.37%) Windows
2 10 (3.80%) Linux
3 6 (2.28%) VMS
3 6 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.76%) Android
4 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.38%) Mentoring
2 66 (25.10%) Roadmaps
3 58 (22.05%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (22.05%) Identity Access Management
3 58 (22.05%) Programme Delivery
3 58 (22.05%) Regulatory Compliance
4 54 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (19.01%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (18.25%) ETL
7 44 (16.73%) Analytics
7 44 (16.73%) Data Modelling
7 44 (16.73%) DevOps
8 40 (15.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (14.07%) Data Pipeline
10 35 (13.31%) Agile
11 32 (12.17%) Software Engineering
12 29 (11.03%) Data Engineering
13 28 (10.65%) Change Control
14 26 (9.89%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 229 (87.07%) SQL
2 86 (32.70%) PowerShell
3 58 (22.05%) Bash
4 50 (19.01%) Python
5 43 (16.35%) C#
6 14 (5.32%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.56%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.90%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.52%) Java
11 3 (1.14%) PHP
12 2 (0.76%) Bicep
12 2 (0.76%) Scala
12 2 (0.76%) VBA
13 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (12.55%) Degree
2 15 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.52%) ACCA
4 4 (1.52%) CIMA
4 4 (1.52%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.76%) MCSE
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) MCITP
7 1 (0.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (22.05%) NCSC
1 58 (22.05%) NIST
2 36 (13.69%) Data Quality
3 35 (13.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.18%) QA
5 8 (3.04%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 70 (26.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.52%) Docker
3 2 (0.76%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.27%) Databricks
3 15 (5.70%) Oracle
4 13 (4.94%) Sage
5 12 (4.56%) Xamarin
6 9 (3.42%) ConnectWise
6 9 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.42%) WooCommerce
7 5 (1.90%) Google
7 5 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.90%) Zoho
8 4 (1.52%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.52%) RedGate
9 3 (1.14%) Informatica
9 3 (1.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.14%) Talend
10 2 (0.76%) Citrix
10 2 (0.76%) VMware
11 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.38%) Foundry