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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 368 323
Rank change year-on-year -235 -45 -116
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 202 327 602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.67% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% 2.56% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 171 258 356
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.49%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 18,742 12,752 23,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.93% 25.98% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,251 8,179 14,131
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 15 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 29 September 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 -221 191 £60,000 +9.09% 142
UK excluding London -217 132 £55,000 +10.00% 98
Work from Home -70 86 £62,500 +19.05% 73
London -79 62 £70,000 -12.50% 48
South East -53 51 £55,000 +15.79% 24
North of England -113 31 £60,000 - 24
North West -25 17 £60,000 +4.35% 16
South West -92 15 £52,500 +5.00% 5
East of England -38 14 £58,750 +45.06% 16
Midlands -88 14 £59,366 +10.58% 20
Yorkshire -67 13 £60,500 +0.83% 7
West Midlands -61 10 £50,000 -13.04% 15
Scotland +8 7 £85,000 +78.95% 8
East Midlands -61 4 £59,732 +23.16% 5
North East -75 1 £47,500 -9.52% 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 14 (6.93%) IIS
2 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.47%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.50%) MTS
Applications
1 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.48%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.48%) Infor M3
2 5 (2.48%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.98%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (1.98%) JDE World
4 3 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.99%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.99%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.50%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 115 (56.93%) Azure
2 64 (31.68%) Power Platform
3 42 (20.79%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (9.90%) Power Automate
5 17 (8.42%) SaaS
6 16 (7.92%) AWS
6 16 (7.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (7.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (6.44%) PowerApps
9 12 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (4.95%) Snowflake
11 9 (4.46%) GitHub
11 9 (4.46%) Serverless
12 8 (3.96%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (2.97%) dbt
14 5 (2.48%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (1.49%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.49%) DNS
1 3 (1.49%) Firewall
1 3 (1.49%) VLAN
2 2 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (63.86%) SQL Server
2 51 (25.25%) Power BI
3 49 (24.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (18.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 28 (13.86%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (7.43%) Power Query
7 12 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (4.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (3.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.96%) Star Schema
10 7 (3.47%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.97%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.98%) Db2
12 4 (1.98%) Metadata
12 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.98%) WhereScape RED
13 3 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.49%) Big Data
13 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.49%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 25 (12.38%) Git
2 15 (7.43%) Visual Studio
3 9 (4.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (3.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.99%) Postman
6 1 (0.50%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (30.69%) Social Skills
2 53 (26.24%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.36%) Finance
4 19 (9.41%) Law
5 17 (8.42%) Legal
6 7 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.48%) Retail
9 4 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.49%) Back Office
10 3 (1.49%) Billing
10 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.99%) Automotive
11 2 (0.99%) Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Local Government
12 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Marketing
12 1 (0.50%) Publishing
12 1 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 100 (49.50%) Developer
2 47 (23.27%) Senior
3 24 (11.88%) .NET Developer
3 24 (11.88%) Senior Developer
4 23 (11.39%) Analyst
5 21 (10.40%) Software Developer
6 20 (9.90%) Data Engineer
7 19 (9.41%) SQL Developer
8 14 (6.93%) DBA
8 14 (6.93%) SQL DBA
9 13 (6.44%) Applications Support
10 12 (5.94%) SQL Server DBA
11 11 (5.45%) Lead
12 10 (4.95%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.46%) Applications Developer
14 8 (3.96%) Business Developer
14 8 (3.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 8 (3.96%) Database Engineer
14 8 (3.96%) Software Support Engineer
15 7 (3.47%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (32.67%) .NET
2 17 (8.42%) REST
3 14 (6.93%) .NET Core
4 13 (6.44%) HTML
5 12 (5.94%) CSS
6 11 (5.45%) ASP.NET
6 11 (5.45%) JSON
7 10 (4.95%) React
7 10 (4.95%) SOAP
8 9 (4.46%) .NET Framework
9 8 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.96%) Blazor
9 8 (3.96%) WinForms
10 7 (3.47%) AngularJS
10 7 (3.47%) Kafka
10 7 (3.47%) XML
11 6 (2.97%) jQuery
11 6 (2.97%) LDAP
11 6 (2.97%) PySpark
11 6 (2.97%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.39%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.93%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.96%) Replication
6 6 (2.97%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.98%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.98%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.49%) NHS
9 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.99%) LIMS
10 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.99%) SystemC
11 1 (0.50%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.41%) Windows
2 11 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (39.60%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (27.23%) Business Intelligence
2 55 (27.23%) DevOps
3 46 (22.77%) CI/CD
4 44 (21.78%) Performance Tuning
5 42 (20.79%) ETL
6 36 (17.82%) Agile
7 35 (17.33%) Data Modelling
8 31 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.36%) Analytics
10 23 (11.39%) Software Engineering
11 21 (10.40%) SDLC
12 20 (9.90%) AI
12 20 (9.90%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (9.41%) Mentoring
14 18 (8.91%) Data Integration
14 18 (8.91%) Secure Coding
15 17 (8.42%) Data Pipeline
16 16 (7.92%) Clean Code
17 15 (7.43%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 201 (99.50%) SQL
2 69 (34.16%) C#
3 38 (18.81%) PowerShell
4 33 (16.34%) Python
5 18 (8.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 18 (8.91%) JavaScript
6 13 (6.44%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.46%) VBScript
8 8 (3.96%) VBA
9 7 (3.47%) Delphi
10 6 (2.97%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.98%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.49%) Bash
12 3 (1.49%) XPath
13 2 (0.99%) Bicep
13 2 (0.99%) VB
14 1 (0.50%) Java
14 1 (0.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 15 (7.43%) Degree
2 5 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.48%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.98%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.34%) Data Quality
2 15 (7.43%) QA
3 12 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.97%) NIST
4 6 (2.97%) SLA
5 2 (0.99%) GDPR
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.50%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.48%) Docker
3 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.48%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.49%) SQL Sentry
4 1 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 83 (41.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.43%) Oracle
3 9 (4.46%) iManage
4 8 (3.96%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.97%) Databricks
5 6 (2.97%) JD Edwards
5 6 (2.97%) RedGate
5 6 (2.97%) SAP
6 5 (2.48%) IFS
6 5 (2.48%) Infor
6 5 (2.48%) Intapp
6 5 (2.48%) Remedy
7 4 (1.98%) Epicor
7 4 (1.98%) Teradata
8 3 (1.49%) Google
8 3 (1.49%) Veeam
8 3 (1.49%) VMware
9 2 (0.99%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.99%) SolarWinds