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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 301 223
Rank change year-on-year -126 -78 +5
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 227 569 806
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.91% 1.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.95% 2.72% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 191 356 721
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%

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 11,647 20,935 20,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 33.33% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,496 12,564 16,964
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,131
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 6 December 2025.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 18 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 6 December 2025. 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 -122 203 £50,000 -2.91% 88
UK excluding London -46 158 £47,500 - 124
Work from Home -74 84 £50,000 - 105
London -77 60 £80,000 +32.78% 22
Midlands +2 45 £48,000 +5.66% 8
South East +1 41 £42,500 -14.10% 23
North of England -1 35 £40,000 -16.23% 22
Yorkshire +2 28 £40,000 -16.23% 4
West Midlands +14 27 £42,500 -5.56% 7
East Midlands +7 18 £49,250 +3.68% 1
South West +16 17 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Scotland -1 13 £37,500 -17.58% 41
North East +11 4 £51,750 -31.00% 3
North West +2 3 £57,500 +21.05% 16
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 2
East of England -26 2 £62,500 +28.21% 5
Wales +6 1 £35,000 -18.13% 11
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 17 (7.49%) IIS
2 8 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.88%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (11.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.88%) Magento
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Shopify
3 1 (0.44%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 117 (51.54%) Azure
2 54 (23.79%) Power Platform
3 46 (20.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 44 (19.38%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (8.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 19 (8.37%) Snowflake
7 16 (7.05%) GitHub
8 14 (6.17%) AWS
9 12 (5.29%) GCP
10 11 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (4.85%) Entra ID
10 11 (4.85%) SaaS
11 9 (3.96%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.64%) Google Workspace
14 5 (2.20%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.20%) dbt
14 5 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.64%) Broadband
2 3 (1.32%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) DHCP
3 2 (0.88%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) SSL
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
3 2 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (54.19%) SQL Server
2 58 (25.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 53 (23.35%) Power BI
3 53 (23.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 31 (13.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (12.78%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (12.33%) Data Lake
7 24 (10.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (5.73%) Metadata
9 9 (3.96%) MySQL
10 8 (3.52%) Relational Database
11 7 (3.08%) OLAP
11 7 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.64%) Data Mining
12 6 (2.64%) NoSQL
13 5 (2.20%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.76%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.76%) RDBMS
15 3 (1.32%) GIS
15 3 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (7.93%) Git
2 10 (4.41%) JIRA
3 8 (3.52%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.64%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.20%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.76%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
General
1 83 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.67%) Finance
3 44 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.29%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.85%) Games
6 9 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.96%) Law
7 8 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.08%) Back Office
8 7 (3.08%) Legal
8 7 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.08%) Retail
9 4 (1.76%) Billing
9 4 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.32%) Front Office
11 2 (0.88%) Advertising
11 2 (0.88%) Banking
11 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Marketing
12 1 (0.44%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 67 (29.52%) Developer
2 50 (22.03%) Senior
3 43 (18.94%) Analyst
3 43 (18.94%) Data Engineer
4 26 (11.45%) Applications Support
4 26 (11.45%) DBA
4 26 (11.45%) SQL Developer
5 25 (11.01%) Support Analyst
6 23 (10.13%) Applications Support Analyst
6 23 (10.13%) SQL DBA
7 21 (9.25%) Senior Data Engineer
8 19 (8.37%) Software Engineer
9 17 (7.49%) Senior Developer
10 14 (6.17%) IT Support
11 13 (5.73%) Administrator
11 13 (5.73%) IT Engineer
11 13 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (5.73%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) Software Support Engineer
13 10 (4.41%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (19.38%) .NET
2 22 (9.69%) REST
3 19 (8.37%) .NET Framework
4 17 (7.49%) ASP.NET
5 15 (6.61%) CSS
5 15 (6.61%) Entity Framework
6 14 (6.17%) HTML
6 14 (6.17%) SOAP
7 13 (5.73%) PySpark
8 12 (5.29%) WinForms
9 11 (4.85%) JSON
10 10 (4.41%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.41%) XML
11 8 (3.52%) AngularJS
12 7 (3.08%) OAuth
12 7 (3.08%) OpenID
12 7 (3.08%) Web Services
13 6 (2.64%) LDAP
13 6 (2.64%) OpenGL
13 6 (2.64%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.61%) Data Structures
1 15 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.52%) Clustering
4 6 (2.64%) 3D Graphics
4 6 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.64%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.76%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.76%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.88%) Derivative
8 2 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.88%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.25%) Windows
2 6 (2.64%) Linux
2 6 (2.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.76%) VMS
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (29.52%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (27.75%) DevOps
3 63 (27.75%) ETL
4 46 (20.26%) Data Pipeline
5 44 (19.38%) Analytics
6 39 (17.18%) Agile
7 35 (15.42%) Software Engineering
8 34 (14.98%) Data Modelling
9 33 (14.54%) CI/CD
10 32 (14.10%) Data Engineering
11 28 (12.33%) Decision-Making
12 26 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (8.81%) Mentoring
14 18 (7.93%) AI
14 18 (7.93%) Computer Science
14 18 (7.93%) Data Integration
14 18 (7.93%) Dimensional Modelling
14 18 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (7.05%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 220 (96.92%) SQL
2 51 (22.47%) Python
3 48 (21.15%) C#
4 24 (10.57%) PowerShell
5 20 (8.81%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.17%) PL/SQL
7 10 (4.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.64%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) Bicep
9 3 (1.32%) PHP
9 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.32%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.88%) C++
10 2 (0.88%) Java
10 2 (0.88%) Scala
10 2 (0.88%) VBA
11 1 (0.44%) Dart
11 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (14.98%) Degree
2 15 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.76%) ACCA
4 4 (1.76%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.76%) CIMA
4 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.88%) MCSE
6 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.44%) MCITP
6 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.33%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.41%) QA
3 9 (3.96%) GDPR
4 6 (2.64%) NCSC
4 6 (2.64%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.20%) Docker
3 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.20%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 87 (38.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.50%) Databricks
3 17 (7.49%) Oracle
4 14 (6.17%) Sage
5 12 (5.29%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.52%) RedGate
7 5 (2.20%) Google
7 5 (2.20%) Zoho
8 4 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.76%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.76%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.76%) Informatica
8 4 (1.76%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.76%) Talend
9 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.32%) VMware
10 2 (0.88%) iManage
10 2 (0.88%) Intapp
10 2 (0.88%) Lotus
10 2 (0.88%) WooCommerce