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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 369 328
Rank change year-on-year -188 -41 -93
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 215 356 715
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.72% 0.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 2.50% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 176 282 543
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,918 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,688 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,499 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £76,875 £83,625 £76,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -

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 18,277 14,268 25,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.71% 28.81% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,010 9,441 18,690
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -166 202 £54,498 -5.22% 73
UK excluding London -157 151 £51,250 -0.49% 57
Work from Home -54 102 £59,000 +12.38% 42
London -83 55 £70,000 - 24
South East -34 46 £52,500 +16.67% 14
North of England -80 36 £47,500 -20.83% 16
Midlands -68 23 £46,250 -4.64% 12
North West -3 21 £47,500 -17.39% 9
East of England -26 18 £62,500 +51.52% 2
South West -70 18 £50,000 - 7
West Midlands -39 16 £44,000 -23.48% 12
Yorkshire -65 13 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland +14 10 - - 3
East Midlands -55 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -57 2 £45,500 -13.33% 4

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 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.51%) IIS
3 7 (3.26%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) JBoss
6 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.79%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (2.33%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.86%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.86%) JDE World
5 3 (1.40%) Elite 3E
5 3 (1.40%) Magento
5 3 (1.40%) Shopify
6 2 (0.93%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.93%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.47%) FastStats
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 122 (56.74%) Azure
2 70 (32.56%) Power Platform
3 33 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (10.23%) Entra ID
5 20 (9.30%) AWS
6 18 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (7.91%) Power Automate
7 17 (7.91%) SaaS
8 15 (6.98%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (6.98%) Google Workspace
9 13 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (6.05%) PowerApps
10 12 (5.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (4.19%) GitHub
11 9 (4.19%) Serverless
12 8 (3.72%) Snowflake
13 5 (2.33%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.86%) GCP
14 4 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.58%) Broadband
2 4 (1.86%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) DNS
3 3 (1.40%) VLAN
4 2 (0.93%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (62.79%) SQL Server
2 58 (26.98%) Power BI
3 52 (24.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 43 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (7.91%) Power Query
6 16 (7.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (4.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (4.19%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (3.26%) MySQL
11 6 (2.79%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.79%) Star Schema
12 4 (1.86%) Db2
12 4 (1.86%) WhereScape RED
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.40%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 25 (11.63%) Git
2 15 (6.98%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.65%) JIRA
3 10 (4.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.93%) Postman
4 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 71 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.42%) Finance
4 20 (9.30%) Law
5 19 (8.84%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.58%) Legal
7 7 (3.26%) Games
7 7 (3.26%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.79%) Retail
9 5 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.86%) Back Office
11 3 (1.40%) Billing
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.93%) Automotive
12 2 (0.93%) Local Government
12 2 (0.93%) Marketing
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (41.86%) Developer
2 36 (16.74%) Senior
3 35 (16.28%) Analyst
4 20 (9.30%) .NET Developer
5 19 (8.84%) DBA
5 19 (8.84%) SQL Developer
6 18 (8.37%) Applications Support
6 18 (8.37%) Software Developer
7 17 (7.91%) SQL DBA
8 16 (7.44%) Data Engineer
9 15 (6.98%) Senior Developer
10 14 (6.51%) SQL Server DBA
11 13 (6.05%) Data Analyst
12 12 (5.58%) Applications Support Analyst
12 12 (5.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 10 (4.65%) Lead
13 10 (4.65%) Support Analyst
13 10 (4.65%) Support Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Software Support Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (29.77%) .NET
2 28 (13.02%) REST
3 22 (10.23%) SOAP
4 15 (6.98%) GraphQL
4 15 (6.98%) HTML
4 15 (6.98%) LDAP
4 15 (6.98%) OAuth
4 15 (6.98%) OpenID
4 15 (6.98%) SAML
5 14 (6.51%) .NET Core
5 14 (6.51%) ASP.NET
5 14 (6.51%) CSS
5 14 (6.51%) JSON
6 11 (5.12%) XML
7 10 (4.65%) .NET Framework
8 9 (4.19%) Kafka
8 9 (4.19%) WinForms
9 8 (3.72%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (3.72%) Blazor
9 8 (3.72%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.23%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.51%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (5.58%) Cyberattack
3 12 (5.58%) Replication
4 11 (5.12%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.19%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.72%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.79%) Legacy Code
9 5 (2.33%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.86%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.40%) LIMS
11 3 (1.40%) NHS
11 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.84%) Windows
2 10 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (28.84%) Business Intelligence
3 52 (24.19%) Performance Tuning
4 43 (20.00%) DevOps
5 42 (19.53%) Data Modelling
6 39 (18.14%) ETL
7 37 (17.21%) CI/CD
8 34 (15.81%) Agile
9 33 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (13.95%) Analytics
11 29 (13.49%) Roadmaps
12 27 (12.56%) Mentoring
13 22 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (9.77%) Validation
15 18 (8.37%) AI
15 18 (8.37%) Decision-Making
15 18 (8.37%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (8.37%) Secure Coding
16 17 (7.91%) Migration
16 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 208 (96.74%) SQL
2 66 (30.70%) C#
3 49 (22.79%) PowerShell
4 36 (16.74%) Python
5 24 (11.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (7.44%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.98%) Bash
8 11 (5.12%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.19%) VBScript
10 7 (3.26%) VBA
11 5 (2.33%) Delphi
12 4 (1.86%) R
12 4 (1.86%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.86%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.40%) Java
14 2 (0.93%) VB
15 1 (0.47%) Bicep
15 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (7.91%) Degree
2 5 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.40%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.93%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.81%) Data Quality
2 19 (8.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.91%) QA
4 15 (6.98%) NIST
5 12 (5.58%) NCSC
6 7 (3.26%) SLA
7 3 (1.40%) GDPR
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) HL7
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.33%) Docker
3 3 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.33%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 80 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.12%) Oracle
3 9 (4.19%) iManage
3 9 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.26%) SAP
5 6 (2.79%) Databricks
5 6 (2.79%) IFS
5 6 (2.79%) Infor
5 6 (2.79%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.33%) RedGate
6 5 (2.33%) Remedy
7 4 (1.86%) Epicor
7 4 (1.86%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.40%) Google
8 3 (1.40%) Intapp
8 3 (1.40%) Veeam
8 3 (1.40%) VMware
8 3 (1.40%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.93%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.93%) Rollbar