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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 315 211
Rank change year-on-year -106 -104 +19
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 249 571 881
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.85% 1.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.07% 2.69% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 203 347 796
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £83,750 £77,607
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 12,042 21,215 21,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.50% 31.51% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,354 12,531 18,045
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,631
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.56%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
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 10 November 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 10 November 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 -117 221 £50,000 -2.91% 142
UK excluding London -38 172 £47,500 - 103
Work from Home -67 98 £50,000 - 84
London -85 65 £80,000 +28.00% 52
South East +14 49 £42,500 -14.10% 33
Midlands +16 44 £45,000 - 20
North of England -21 33 £50,000 +5.26% 24
West Midlands +8 27 £42,500 -6.45% 10
South West +19 21 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Yorkshire +11 21 £40,000 -15.79% 10
East Midlands +19 17 £47,500 +5.56% 9
Scotland -4 14 £37,500 -17.58% 4
North East +11 7 £52,500 +25.00% 4
East of England -16 6 £50,000 +5.26% 6
North West -18 5 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
Wales +7 1 £35,000 -18.13% 3
Isle of Man - 1 - -

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 16 (6.43%) IIS
2 10 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.80%) CMS
4 2 (0.80%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.61%) Sage 1000
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 136 (54.62%) Azure
2 73 (29.32%) Power Platform
3 47 (18.88%) Azure Data Factory
4 46 (18.47%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 21 (8.43%) Snowflake
6 19 (7.63%) AWS
7 18 (7.23%) GCP
8 17 (6.83%) GitHub
9 14 (5.62%) SaaS
10 12 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (4.82%) PowerApps
11 10 (4.02%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (3.21%) Power Automate
14 6 (2.41%) Azure Functions
14 6 (2.41%) Serverless
15 5 (2.01%) Fivetran
15 5 (2.01%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) Broadband
2 1 (0.40%) DHCP
2 1 (0.40%) DNS
2 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.40%) Firewall
2 1 (0.40%) SSL
2 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.40%) VLAN
2 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (49.80%) SQL Server
2 73 (29.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 72 (28.92%) Power BI
4 65 (26.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 39 (15.66%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (13.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 30 (12.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 28 (11.24%) Data Lake
9 14 (5.62%) Relational Database
10 13 (5.22%) MySQL
11 12 (4.82%) Metadata
11 12 (4.82%) NoSQL
12 10 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (3.21%) BigQuery
14 7 (2.81%) MongoDB
14 7 (2.81%) OLAP
14 7 (2.81%) RDBMS
15 6 (2.41%) Data Mining
16 5 (2.01%) Tableau
17 4 (1.61%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (8.43%) Git
2 8 (3.21%) Bitbucket
2 8 (3.21%) JIRA
2 8 (3.21%) Oracle APEX
3 6 (2.41%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (2.41%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.40%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 92 (36.95%) Social Skills
2 64 (25.70%) Finance
3 42 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.22%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.82%) Law
6 11 (4.42%) Legal
6 11 (4.42%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.02%) Retail
8 9 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.41%) Back Office
11 5 (2.01%) Automotive
11 5 (2.01%) Games
12 4 (1.61%) Advertising
12 4 (1.61%) Billing
12 4 (1.61%) Marketing
12 4 (1.61%) Social Housing
12 4 (1.61%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.20%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 84 (33.73%) Developer
2 49 (19.68%) Senior
3 43 (17.27%) Analyst
4 42 (16.87%) Data Engineer
5 33 (13.25%) SQL Developer
6 28 (11.24%) DBA
7 25 (10.04%) SQL DBA
8 24 (9.64%) Support Analyst
9 23 (9.24%) Applications Support
10 22 (8.84%) Software Engineer
11 20 (8.03%) Applications Support Analyst
11 20 (8.03%) Senior Data Engineer
12 17 (6.83%) IT Support
13 15 (6.02%) Senior Developer
14 14 (5.62%) Administrator
14 14 (5.62%) Support Engineer
15 13 (5.22%) IT Engineer
15 13 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
16 12 (4.82%) Software Support Engineer
17 11 (4.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (18.88%) .NET
2 25 (10.04%) CSS
3 24 (9.64%) .NET Framework
3 24 (9.64%) ASP.NET
3 24 (9.64%) HTML
4 20 (8.03%) REST
5 19 (7.63%) Entity Framework
6 14 (5.62%) PySpark
7 12 (4.82%) WinForms
8 11 (4.42%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.42%) JSON
8 11 (4.42%) SOAP
8 11 (4.42%) Web Services
9 10 (4.02%) React
9 10 (4.02%) XML
10 8 (3.21%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.01%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.01%) GraphQL
11 5 (2.01%) LDAP
11 5 (2.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.43%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.42%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.42%) Clustering
4 6 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.01%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.01%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.20%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.20%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.80%) Derivative
9 1 (0.40%) Equities
9 1 (0.40%) Replication
9 1 (0.40%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.84%) Windows
2 8 (3.21%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.61%) Linux
4 2 (0.80%) VMS
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (36.55%) Business Intelligence
2 76 (30.52%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (28.92%) ETL
4 67 (26.91%) DevOps
5 47 (18.88%) Agile
6 45 (18.07%) Data Pipeline
7 44 (17.67%) Analytics
8 37 (14.86%) Data Engineering
9 36 (14.46%) Data Modelling
10 35 (14.06%) CI/CD
11 32 (12.85%) Software Engineering
12 28 (11.24%) Decision-Making
13 21 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (8.43%) Dimensional Modelling
13 21 (8.43%) Mentoring
14 20 (8.03%) Data Integration
14 20 (8.03%) SDLC
15 19 (7.63%) Computer Science
15 19 (7.63%) Performance Tuning
15 19 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 240 (96.39%) SQL
2 58 (23.29%) Python
3 51 (20.48%) C#
4 27 (10.84%) JavaScript
5 21 (8.43%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.62%) PL/SQL
7 13 (5.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (2.81%) VB.NET
9 5 (2.01%) Bash
9 5 (2.01%) Java
10 4 (1.61%) VBA
11 3 (1.20%) PHP
12 2 (0.80%) Bicep
12 2 (0.80%) C++
12 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.80%) X++
13 1 (0.40%) Dart
13 1 (0.40%) R
13 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (14.46%) Degree
2 17 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.41%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.61%) ACCA
6 4 (1.61%) CIMA
6 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.80%) MCSE
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.44%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.42%) GDPR
3 10 (4.02%) QA
4 5 (2.01%) NCSC
4 5 (2.01%) NIST
5 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.21%) Docker
3 4 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (1.20%) Terraform
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 91 (36.55%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.87%) Databricks
3 19 (7.63%) Oracle
4 17 (6.83%) Sage
5 12 (4.82%) Xamarin
6 11 (4.42%) RedGate
7 8 (3.21%) Google
7 8 (3.21%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.81%) Informatica
8 7 (2.81%) Talend
9 5 (2.01%) Zoho
10 4 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.61%) Dataiku
10 4 (1.61%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.61%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.61%) VMware
11 2 (0.80%) Aderant
11 2 (0.80%) iManage
11 2 (0.80%) Intapp
11 2 (0.80%) Lotus