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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 294 210
Rank change year-on-year -123 -84 +17
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 228 563 804
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.89% 1.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.96% 2.68% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 191 351 719
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -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 11,655 21,023 20,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.34% 33.13% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,460 12,600 16,902
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,820
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £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 3 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 3 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 -100 204 £50,000 - 83
UK excluding London -58 158 £45,000 -5.26% 118
Work from Home -74 82 £50,000 - 104
London -80 61 £80,000 +32.23% 22
Midlands +26 46 £46,250 +1.81% 7
South East +19 41 £42,500 -14.10% 21
North of England -9 35 £40,000 -16.23% 22
Yorkshire +3 28 £40,000 -16.23% 6
West Midlands +22 27 £42,500 -5.56% 6
East Midlands +10 19 £48,500 +2.11% 1
South West +10 17 £50,000 -16.67% 13
Scotland +7 13 £37,500 -17.58% 40
North East +15 4 £51,750 -31.00% 2
North West +2 3 £57,500 +21.05% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
Wales +8 1 £35,000 -18.13% 11
East of England -13 1 - - 5
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 (7.46%) IIS
2 8 (3.51%) 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 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) 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
1 118 (51.75%) Azure
2 56 (24.56%) Power Platform
3 45 (19.74%) Azure Data Factory
3 45 (19.74%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (8.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 19 (8.33%) Snowflake
6 15 (6.58%) AWS
6 15 (6.58%) GitHub
7 13 (5.70%) GCP
8 12 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (4.82%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.82%) SaaS
10 9 (3.95%) PowerApps
11 8 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.63%) Azure Functions
13 6 (2.63%) Google Workspace
13 6 (2.63%) Serverless
14 5 (2.19%) dbt
15 4 (1.75%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.63%) 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 (53.95%) SQL Server
2 57 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 55 (24.12%) Power BI
4 54 (23.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (13.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (12.72%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (12.28%) Data Lake
8 24 (10.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (5.26%) Metadata
10 9 (3.95%) MySQL
11 8 (3.51%) Relational Database
12 7 (3.07%) NoSQL
12 7 (3.07%) OLAP
12 7 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (2.63%) BigQuery
13 6 (2.63%) Data Mining
14 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.75%) RDBMS
15 3 (1.32%) GIS
15 3 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (7.89%) Git
2 10 (4.39%) JIRA
3 8 (3.51%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.63%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.19%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
General
1 83 (36.40%) Social Skills
2 57 (25.00%) Finance
3 45 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.82%) Games
6 10 (4.39%) Law
7 9 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.51%) Retail
9 7 (3.07%) Back Office
9 7 (3.07%) Legal
9 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.75%) Billing
12 3 (1.32%) Front Office
13 2 (0.88%) Advertising
13 2 (0.88%) Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Marketing
14 1 (0.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 68 (29.82%) Developer
2 51 (22.37%) Senior
3 44 (19.30%) Data Engineer
4 43 (18.86%) Analyst
5 27 (11.84%) Applications Support
5 27 (11.84%) SQL Developer
6 25 (10.96%) Support Analyst
7 24 (10.53%) DBA
8 23 (10.09%) Applications Support Analyst
9 21 (9.21%) Senior Data Engineer
9 21 (9.21%) SQL DBA
10 20 (8.77%) Software Engineer
11 17 (7.46%) Senior Developer
12 14 (6.14%) IT Support
12 14 (6.14%) Support Engineer
13 13 (5.70%) Administrator
13 13 (5.70%) IT Engineer
13 13 (5.70%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (5.26%) Software Support Engineer
15 10 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (19.74%) .NET
2 22 (9.65%) REST
3 19 (8.33%) .NET Framework
4 17 (7.46%) ASP.NET
5 16 (7.02%) CSS
5 16 (7.02%) Entity Framework
6 15 (6.58%) HTML
7 14 (6.14%) PySpark
7 14 (6.14%) SOAP
8 12 (5.26%) WinForms
9 11 (4.82%) JSON
10 10 (4.39%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.39%) AngularJS
10 10 (4.39%) XML
11 8 (3.51%) Web Services
12 7 (3.07%) OAuth
12 7 (3.07%) OpenID
13 6 (2.63%) LDAP
13 6 (2.63%) OpenGL
13 6 (2.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.58%) Data Structures
1 15 (6.58%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.39%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.07%) Clustering
4 6 (2.63%) 3D Graphics
4 6 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.75%) 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 (9.21%) Windows
2 6 (2.63%) Linux
2 6 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.32%) 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 69 (30.26%) Business Intelligence
2 68 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (28.07%) DevOps
4 62 (27.19%) ETL
5 46 (20.18%) Data Pipeline
6 43 (18.86%) Analytics
7 39 (17.11%) Agile
8 36 (15.79%) Software Engineering
9 33 (14.47%) CI/CD
9 33 (14.47%) Data Modelling
10 31 (13.60%) Data Engineering
11 28 (12.28%) Decision-Making
12 25 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (9.21%) Mentoring
14 19 (8.33%) Dimensional Modelling
15 18 (7.89%) AI
15 18 (7.89%) Computer Science
15 18 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (7.46%) Data Integration
17 15 (6.58%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 221 (96.93%) SQL
2 51 (22.37%) Python
3 49 (21.49%) C#
4 24 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 21 (9.21%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.14%) PL/SQL
7 10 (4.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.63%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) Bicep
9 3 (1.32%) Java
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%) Scala
10 2 (0.88%) VBA
11 1 (0.44%) Dart
11 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (14.91%) Degree
2 15 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.75%) ACCA
5 4 (1.75%) CIMA
5 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.88%) MCSE
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.44%) MCITP
7 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.84%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.39%) QA
3 9 (3.95%) GDPR
4 6 (2.63%) NCSC
4 6 (2.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.19%) Docker
3 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.19%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 86 (37.72%) Microsoft
2 43 (18.86%) Databricks
3 18 (7.89%) Oracle
4 14 (6.14%) Sage
5 12 (5.26%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.51%) RedGate
7 5 (2.19%) Google
7 5 (2.19%) Zoho
8 4 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.75%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.75%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.75%) Informatica
8 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.75%) Talend
9 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.32%) VMware
10 2 (0.88%) iManage
10 2 (0.88%) Lotus
10 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.88%) WooCommerce