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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 365 275
Rank change year-on-year -193 -90 -35
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 221 355 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.72% 1.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.25% 2.46% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 172 282 802
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,281 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £69,063 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,875 £51,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.92% -6.59% +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 17,623 14,439 31,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 29.39% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,568 9,610 23,710
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
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 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 16 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 16 July 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 -176 201 £52,500 -8.70% 59
UK excluding London -148 157 £49,875 -2.92% 50
Work from Home -32 117 £52,500 -4.55% 30
London -84 55 £70,000 - 19
South East -10 46 £52,500 +20.00% 16
North of England -69 35 £47,500 -20.83% 13
Midlands -53 25 £45,000 -7.22% 8
North West -3 22 £53,750 -6.52% 8
South West -56 19 £48,750 - 4
West Midlands -37 17 £44,000 -23.48% 8
Scotland +21 16 - - 1
East of England -25 15 £62,500 +48.81% 5
Yorkshire -66 11 £45,000 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -61 8 £59,000 +24.21%
North East -59 2 £45,500 -13.33%
Northern Ireland -58 1 - - 2

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 20 (9.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.33%) IIS
3 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) JBoss
5 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.71%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.26%) Magento
4 5 (2.26%) NetSuite
4 5 (2.26%) Shopify
5 4 (1.81%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.81%) JDE World
5 4 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.90%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.90%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.45%) FastStats
7 1 (0.45%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 134 (60.63%) Azure
2 68 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 40 (18.10%) Entra ID
4 29 (13.12%) Google Workspace
5 25 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.95%) SaaS
7 20 (9.05%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (8.60%) AWS
9 17 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (7.24%) Power Automate
11 14 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (5.43%) PowerApps
14 8 (3.62%) GitHub
14 8 (3.62%) Snowflake
15 7 (3.17%) Serverless
16 5 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 4 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
17 4 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.76%) Broadband
2 4 (1.81%) Firewall
3 3 (1.36%) DNS
3 3 (1.36%) VLAN
4 1 (0.45%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) LAN
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (56.11%) SQL Server
2 56 (25.34%) Power BI
3 48 (21.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 46 (20.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (7.24%) Power Query
6 15 (6.79%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.98%) MySQL
9 9 (4.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.62%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.71%) Star Schema
12 5 (2.26%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (1.36%) Db2
14 3 (1.36%) WhereScape RED
15 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (9.95%) Git
2 14 (6.33%) Visual Studio
3 11 (4.98%) JIRA
4 10 (4.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.90%) Postman
5 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.45%) Yeoman
General
1 71 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (14.93%) Organisational Skills
4 29 (13.12%) Finance
5 20 (9.05%) Law
6 14 (6.33%) Games
7 10 (4.52%) Legal
8 7 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.71%) Back Office
9 6 (2.71%) Retail
10 4 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.81%) Marketing
10 4 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.36%) Billing
11 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.90%) Automotive
13 1 (0.45%) Advertising
13 1 (0.45%) Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (37.56%) Developer
2 42 (19.00%) Analyst
2 42 (19.00%) Senior
3 19 (8.60%) Applications Support
4 17 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 17 (7.69%) Software Developer
4 17 (7.69%) SQL Developer
5 16 (7.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 16 (7.24%) DBA
6 15 (6.79%) .NET Developer
6 15 (6.79%) Applications Support Analyst
6 15 (6.79%) Data Engineer
6 15 (6.79%) Senior Developer
7 14 (6.33%) SQL DBA
7 14 (6.33%) Support Analyst
8 12 (5.43%) SQL Analyst
9 11 (4.98%) IAM Developer
9 11 (4.98%) SQL Server DBA
9 11 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (25.79%) .NET
2 42 (19.00%) REST
3 35 (15.84%) SOAP
4 29 (13.12%) GraphQL
4 29 (13.12%) LDAP
4 29 (13.12%) OAuth
4 29 (13.12%) OpenID
4 29 (13.12%) SAML
5 17 (7.69%) HTML
5 17 (7.69%) JSON
6 16 (7.24%) CSS
7 15 (6.79%) ASP.NET
8 14 (6.33%) XML
9 12 (5.43%) .NET Core
10 9 (4.07%) Kafka
11 8 (3.62%) ASP.NET Core
11 8 (3.62%) Blazor
11 8 (3.62%) React
12 7 (3.17%) .NET Framework
12 7 (3.17%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
1 26 (11.76%) Cyberattack
2 19 (8.60%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.33%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.43%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.43%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.98%) Replication
6 9 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.26%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.26%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.36%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.36%) Clustering
9 3 (1.36%) LIMS
9 3 (1.36%) NHS
9 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.79%) Windows
2 9 (4.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.51%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (27.60%) Business Intelligence
3 49 (22.17%) Performance Tuning
4 42 (19.00%) Data Modelling
4 42 (19.00%) Roadmaps
5 39 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 37 (16.74%) ETL
7 36 (16.29%) DevOps
8 34 (15.38%) CI/CD
9 33 (14.93%) Agile
10 31 (14.03%) Analytics
11 30 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (13.12%) Identity Access Management
13 26 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
13 26 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
13 26 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (10.86%) Validation
15 17 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
15 17 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 207 (93.67%) SQL
2 63 (28.51%) PowerShell
3 59 (26.70%) C#
4 39 (17.65%) Python
5 29 (13.12%) Bash
6 23 (10.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (7.24%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.52%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.07%) VBScript
10 7 (3.17%) VBA
11 5 (2.26%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.81%) Delphi
12 4 (1.81%) R
13 3 (1.36%) Java
13 3 (1.36%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.90%) VB
15 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (7.69%) Degree
2 4 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 31 (14.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (13.12%) NIST
4 26 (11.76%) NCSC
5 16 (7.24%) QA
6 6 (2.71%) SLA
7 4 (1.81%) GDPR
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) HL7
9 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (21.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.81%) Docker
3 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.26%) Terraform
2 4 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.81%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.45%) SCCM
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 78 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.07%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.62%) iManage
3 8 (3.62%) Oracle
4 7 (3.17%) SAP
5 6 (2.71%) Databricks
5 6 (2.71%) IFS
5 6 (2.71%) Infor
6 5 (2.26%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.26%) WooCommerce
7 4 (1.81%) ConnectWise
7 4 (1.81%) Epicor
7 4 (1.81%) RedGate
7 4 (1.81%) Remedy
7 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.81%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.36%) Google
8 3 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Veeam
8 3 (1.36%) VMware