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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 357 211
Rank change year-on-year -111 -146 +63
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 237 316 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.77% 1.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.71% 2.27% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 153 252 1,028
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,758 £38,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £76,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -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 13,837 13,908 30,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 33.80% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,654 10,167 24,474
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,530
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 £86,125 £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 25 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 25 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
England -133 187 £47,500 -17.39% 98
UK excluding London -24 186 £42,500 -10.53% 93
Work from Home -37 129 £42,500 -24.11% 45
Midlands -26 48 £45,000 +2.27% 17
London -107 47 £70,000 +7.69% 24
Scotland +21 42 - - 8
South East -30 34 £37,500 -24.61% 26
North of England -51 33 £51,000 -2.86% 14
West Midlands +19 31 £42,500 -5.56% 8
Yorkshire -38 19 £50,000 -16.67% 5
East Midlands -54 17 £50,000 +13.64% 9
South West -37 16 £42,500 +14.86% 16
North West -28 11 £60,000 +26.32% 8
East of England -39 7 £49,000 +3.16% 11
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
North East -24 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 13 (5.49%) IIS
2 9 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.69%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.27%) CMS
5 3 (1.27%) 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 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Magento
1 10 (4.22%) Shopify
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 143 (60.34%) Azure
2 66 (27.85%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.63%) Google Workspace
4 44 (18.57%) Power Platform
5 29 (12.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 25 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (8.02%) SaaS
8 17 (7.17%) GitHub
9 16 (6.75%) AWS
9 16 (6.75%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (6.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (4.64%) PowerApps
13 9 (3.80%) Power Automate
14 8 (3.38%) Snowflake
15 7 (2.95%) GCP
15 7 (2.95%) GitHub Copilot
16 5 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.63%) Broadband
2 3 (1.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.84%) DHCP
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) SSL
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VLAN
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (47.68%) SQL Server
2 44 (18.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 42 (17.72%) Power BI
4 36 (15.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (11.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (7.59%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.49%) MySQL
8 12 (5.06%) Metadata
9 11 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (3.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (2.95%) Power Query
12 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
13 3 (1.27%) GIS
13 3 (1.27%) Tableau
14 2 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (8.02%) JIRA
2 12 (5.06%) Git
3 3 (1.27%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.27%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 93 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.63%) Organisational Skills
3 44 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.03%) Games
5 34 (14.35%) Finance
6 13 (5.49%) Back Office
7 11 (4.64%) Law
8 6 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.69%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.27%) Banking
10 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Legal
10 3 (1.27%) 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%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 57 (24.05%) Senior
2 56 (23.63%) Developer
3 50 (21.10%) Analyst
4 32 (13.50%) Support Analyst
5 29 (12.24%) Applications Support
6 28 (11.81%) Applications Support Analyst
7 23 (9.70%) Data Engineer
7 23 (9.70%) DBA
8 21 (8.86%) IAM Developer
8 21 (8.86%) Senior Developer
9 20 (8.44%) SQL DBA
10 16 (6.75%) Software Engineer
10 16 (6.75%) SQL Developer
10 16 (6.75%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.49%) C# Developer
12 12 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 12 (5.06%) Data Analyst
13 11 (4.64%) IT Support
13 11 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (4.64%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (32.07%) REST
2 69 (29.11%) SOAP
3 57 (24.05%) OAuth
3 57 (24.05%) OpenID
4 56 (23.63%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.63%) LDAP
4 56 (23.63%) SAML
5 40 (16.88%) .NET
6 17 (7.17%) XML
7 16 (6.75%) ASP.NET
8 15 (6.33%) JSON
9 14 (5.91%) .NET Framework
10 12 (5.06%) Entity Framework
11 10 (4.22%) WinForms
12 9 (3.80%) .NET Core
12 9 (3.80%) Middleware
13 7 (2.95%) CSS
13 7 (2.95%) HTML
14 6 (2.53%) DirectX
14 6 (2.53%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.63%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.63%) Cyberattack
2 17 (7.17%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.80%) Clustering
5 8 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.53%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.53%) Low-Code
6 6 (2.53%) Replication
7 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.27%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.84%) Derivative
10 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.44%) Windows
2 9 (3.80%) Linux
3 6 (2.53%) VMS
3 6 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.85%) Roadmaps
2 65 (27.43%) Mentoring
3 56 (23.63%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (23.63%) Identity Access Management
3 56 (23.63%) Programme Delivery
3 56 (23.63%) Regulatory Compliance
4 53 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (19.41%) Business Intelligence
6 41 (17.30%) Analytics
6 41 (17.30%) Data Modelling
7 38 (16.03%) DevOps
8 37 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (14.35%) ETL
9 34 (14.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (11.81%) Change Control
10 28 (11.81%) CI/CD
10 28 (11.81%) Decision-Making
11 27 (11.39%) Performance Tuning
12 26 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (10.97%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 205 (86.50%) SQL
2 84 (35.44%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.63%) Bash
4 48 (20.25%) Python
5 42 (17.72%) C#
6 14 (5.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (2.95%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.53%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.11%) Java
9 5 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.69%) R
11 2 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.84%) Scala
11 2 (0.84%) VBA
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (13.08%) Degree
2 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.95%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.84%) MCSE
6 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.42%) MCITP
6 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.63%) NCSC
1 56 (23.63%) NIST
2 40 (16.88%) Data Quality
3 35 (14.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.64%) QA
5 6 (2.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (28.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.95%) Terraform
2 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 74 (31.22%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.28%) Databricks
3 10 (4.22%) Sage
3 10 (4.22%) WooCommerce
3 10 (4.22%) Xamarin
4 9 (3.80%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.38%) Oracle
6 5 (2.11%) RedGate
7 4 (1.69%) Google
7 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) Zoho
8 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) SolarWinds
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%) OpenAI