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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 360 242
Rank change year-on-year -153 -118 +26
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 227 328 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.77% 1.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.39% 2.49% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 145 259 943
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,504
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +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 16,346 13,195 32,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 31.04% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,880 25,013
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,635
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.54% -2.48%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -162 186 £48,000 -16.52% 78
UK excluding London -76 170 £47,500 -9.52% 59
Work from Home +17 137 £47,500 -15.18% 41
London -83 50 £65,000 -6.47% 22
North of England -60 37 £47,500 -20.83% 16
Scotland +27 35 - - 2
South East -13 34 £44,000 -2.22% 21
Midlands -53 29 £46,750 -3.61% 7
North West -15 20 £53,750 +10.26% 7
West Midlands -37 19 £44,000 -23.48% 6
South West -55 19 £42,500 -2.86% 8
Yorkshire -68 15 £45,000 -25.00% 7
East of England -37 13 £62,500 +54.32% 6
East Midlands -55 10 £53,750 +13.16% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
North East -41 2 £45,500 -20.87% 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 17 (7.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.85%) IIS
3 9 (3.96%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.32%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.32%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.88%) Confluence
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.44%) JBoss
6 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 16 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (4.41%) Magento
2 10 (4.41%) Shopify
3 9 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (2.64%) Infor M3
5 4 (1.76%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.76%) JDE World
5 4 (1.76%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.88%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 137 (60.35%) Azure
2 61 (26.87%) Entra ID
3 59 (25.99%) Power Platform
4 52 (22.91%) Google Workspace
5 22 (9.69%) AWS
6 20 (8.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (8.81%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (7.49%) SaaS
9 15 (6.61%) Power Automate
10 14 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (6.17%) PowerApps
11 12 (5.29%) GitHub
12 11 (4.85%) Snowflake
13 10 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (3.52%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (3.08%) Serverless
16 5 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 4 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 52 (22.91%) Broadband
2 3 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
4 1 (0.44%) HTTP
4 1 (0.44%) LAN
4 1 (0.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.44%) WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (50.22%) SQL Server
2 55 (24.23%) Power BI
3 45 (19.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 38 (16.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (9.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (6.17%) Power Query
7 11 (4.85%) Data Lake
7 11 (4.85%) MySQL
7 11 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (4.41%) Relational Database
9 9 (3.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (3.08%) Metadata
11 4 (1.76%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 19 (8.37%) JIRA
2 11 (4.85%) Git
3 7 (3.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.64%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.88%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) Yeoman
General
1 89 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.67%) Organisational Skills
3 44 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (15.86%) Finance
5 29 (12.78%) Games
6 17 (7.49%) Law
7 11 (4.85%) Legal
8 10 (4.41%) Back Office
9 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.64%) Retail
10 5 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.32%) Billing
11 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.88%) Automotive
12 2 (0.88%) Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Advertising
13 1 (0.44%) Police
13 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 68 (29.96%) Developer
2 53 (23.35%) Senior
3 51 (22.47%) Analyst
4 23 (10.13%) Support Analyst
5 22 (9.69%) Applications Support
6 20 (8.81%) Applications Support Analyst
7 18 (7.93%) IAM Developer
8 17 (7.49%) Senior Developer
9 16 (7.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 16 (7.05%) Data Analyst
9 16 (7.05%) DBA
9 16 (7.05%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (6.17%) SQL DBA
11 13 (5.73%) Database Engineer
11 13 (5.73%) Software Developer
12 12 (5.29%) Data Engineer
12 12 (5.29%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (4.85%) SQL Developer
14 9 (3.96%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
14 9 (3.96%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (29.52%) REST
2 63 (27.75%) SOAP
3 52 (22.91%) GraphQL
3 52 (22.91%) LDAP
3 52 (22.91%) OAuth
3 52 (22.91%) OpenID
3 52 (22.91%) SAML
4 42 (18.50%) .NET
5 14 (6.17%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.73%) CSS
6 13 (5.73%) HTML
7 11 (4.85%) JSON
7 11 (4.85%) XML
8 10 (4.41%) React
9 9 (3.96%) Kafka
9 9 (3.96%) Middleware
10 8 (3.52%) .NET Core
11 7 (3.08%) Blazor
12 6 (2.64%) PySpark
13 5 (2.20%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.91%) Cyber Threat
1 52 (22.91%) Cyberattack
2 12 (5.29%) Data Structures
2 12 (5.29%) Replication
3 10 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.08%) Clustering
6 7 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.64%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.32%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.32%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.88%) LIMS
10 2 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.17%) Windows
2 8 (3.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (2.20%) Linux
5 4 (1.76%) VMS
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.52%) Mentoring
2 62 (27.31%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (27.31%) Roadmaps
3 52 (22.91%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (22.91%) Identity Access Management
3 52 (22.91%) Programme Delivery
3 52 (22.91%) Regulatory Compliance
4 49 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (18.94%) Performance Tuning
6 42 (18.50%) Data Modelling
7 37 (16.30%) Analytics
8 33 (14.54%) ETL
9 32 (14.10%) CI/CD
9 32 (14.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (13.66%) Agile
11 30 (13.22%) Change Control
11 30 (13.22%) DevOps
12 29 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (10.13%) Decision-Making
14 20 (8.81%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 198 (87.22%) SQL
2 79 (34.80%) PowerShell
3 52 (22.91%) Bash
4 45 (19.82%) Python
5 42 (18.50%) C#
6 21 (9.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (4.41%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.41%) PL/SQL
8 8 (3.52%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.52%) VBA
9 7 (3.08%) VBScript
10 4 (1.76%) Java
10 4 (1.76%) R
11 2 (0.88%) Bicep
12 1 (0.44%) Delphi
12 1 (0.44%) Scala
12 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (10.13%) Degree
2 6 (2.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.76%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.88%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.91%) NCSC
1 52 (22.91%) NIST
2 40 (17.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (16.74%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.96%) QA
5 5 (2.20%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.88%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) HL7
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (30.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.76%) Docker
3 2 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (3.08%) Terraform
2 4 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 76 (33.48%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.29%) Databricks
3 11 (4.85%) Oracle
4 10 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.41%) WooCommerce
5 9 (3.96%) ConnectWise
6 8 (3.52%) iManage
7 6 (2.64%) IFS
7 6 (2.64%) Infor
8 5 (2.20%) SAP
9 4 (1.76%) Epicor
9 4 (1.76%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.76%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.32%) RedGate
10 3 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.88%) Intapp
11 2 (0.88%) Rollbar
11 2 (0.88%) Veeam
11 2 (0.88%) VMware