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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 373 295
Rank change year-on-year -181 -78 -61
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 212 357 834
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.73% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 2.49% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 170 284 656
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,406 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,375 £83,375 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,375 £51,500 £54,784
% change year-on-year -4.13% -5.99% +4.35%

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 17,963 14,344 27,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 29.20% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12,792 9,520 20,263
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
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 £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 25 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 25 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 -177 196 £52,500 -8.70% 61
UK excluding London -146 151 £49,375 -4.13% 47
Work from Home -46 104 £53,499 -2.73% 31
London -87 52 £70,000 - 17
South East -40 44 £52,500 +16.67% 10
North of England -69 37 £47,500 -20.83% 15
North West -9 23 £47,500 -17.39% 7
Midlands -73 23 £45,000 -7.22% 6
East of England -21 17 £62,500 +51.52% 5
South West -66 17 £49,375 +1.28% 9
West Midlands -32 16 £44,000 -23.48% 6
Scotland +21 12 - - 1
Yorkshire -73 12 £45,000 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -58 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -54 2 £45,500 -13.33% 3
Northern Ireland -67 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 18 (8.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.60%) IIS
3 7 (3.30%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.83%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.36%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.89%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.89%) JDE World
4 4 (1.89%) Magento
4 4 (1.89%) Shopify
5 3 (1.42%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.94%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.47%) FastStats
7 1 (0.47%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 123 (58.02%) Azure
2 67 (31.60%) Power Platform
3 29 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (13.21%) Entra ID
5 20 (9.43%) SaaS
6 19 (8.96%) AWS
6 19 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (8.96%) Google Workspace
7 17 (8.02%) Power Automate
8 15 (7.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (5.66%) PowerApps
10 9 (4.25%) GitHub
11 8 (3.77%) Serverless
11 8 (3.77%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.55%) Broadband
2 4 (1.89%) Firewall
3 3 (1.42%) DNS
3 3 (1.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.94%) 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
1 128 (60.38%) SQL Server
2 56 (26.42%) Power BI
3 46 (21.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (20.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.55%) Power Query
6 15 (7.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (4.25%) MySQL
9 8 (3.77%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (2.83%) Star Schema
11 5 (2.36%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.42%) Db2
12 3 (1.42%) WhereScape RED
13 2 (0.94%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.94%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (10.85%) Git
2 15 (7.08%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.66%) JIRA
4 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.94%) Postman
5 2 (0.94%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 69 (32.55%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.62%) Finance
4 23 (10.85%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (9.43%) Law
6 11 (5.19%) Legal
7 9 (4.25%) Games
8 7 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.83%) Retail
10 5 (2.36%) Back Office
11 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.42%) Billing
12 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.42%) Marketing
13 2 (0.94%) Automotive
13 2 (0.94%) Local Government
14 1 (0.47%) Advertising
14 1 (0.47%) Banking
14 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 86 (40.57%) Developer
2 39 (18.40%) Analyst
2 39 (18.40%) Senior
3 20 (9.43%) Applications Support
4 18 (8.49%) .NET Developer
4 18 (8.49%) SQL Developer
5 17 (8.02%) Software Developer
6 16 (7.55%) Senior Developer
7 15 (7.08%) Data Analyst
7 15 (7.08%) DBA
8 14 (6.60%) Applications Support Analyst
8 14 (6.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 14 (6.60%) Data Engineer
9 13 (6.13%) SQL DBA
10 12 (5.66%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.72%) SQL Analyst
11 10 (4.72%) SQL Server DBA
11 10 (4.72%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.25%) IAM Developer
12 9 (4.25%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (28.30%) .NET
2 32 (15.09%) REST
3 26 (12.26%) SOAP
4 19 (8.96%) GraphQL
4 19 (8.96%) LDAP
4 19 (8.96%) OAuth
4 19 (8.96%) OpenID
4 19 (8.96%) SAML
5 16 (7.55%) HTML
6 15 (7.08%) CSS
6 15 (7.08%) JSON
7 14 (6.60%) .NET Core
7 14 (6.60%) ASP.NET
8 13 (6.13%) XML
9 9 (4.25%) .NET Framework
9 9 (4.25%) Kafka
9 9 (4.25%) WinForms
10 8 (3.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (3.77%) Blazor
10 8 (3.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (7.55%) Cyberattack
3 13 (6.13%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.66%) Data Structures
5 11 (5.19%) Replication
6 10 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (4.72%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.25%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.83%) Legacy Code
10 5 (2.36%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.89%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.42%) LIMS
12 3 (1.42%) NHS
12 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.49%) Windows
2 9 (4.25%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.13%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.30%) Business Intelligence
3 49 (23.11%) Performance Tuning
4 40 (18.87%) DevOps
5 39 (18.40%) Data Modelling
6 36 (16.98%) ETL
7 35 (16.51%) Agile
7 35 (16.51%) CI/CD
8 33 (15.57%) Roadmaps
9 32 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (14.15%) Analytics
10 30 (14.15%) Mentoring
11 22 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (10.38%) Validation
12 19 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (8.96%) Identity Access Management
13 18 (8.49%) Decision-Making
14 17 (8.02%) AI
14 17 (8.02%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (8.02%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 203 (95.75%) SQL
2 60 (28.30%) C#
3 52 (24.53%) PowerShell
4 36 (16.98%) Python
5 23 (10.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 19 (8.96%) Bash
7 16 (7.55%) JavaScript
8 11 (5.19%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.25%) VBScript
10 7 (3.30%) VBA
11 5 (2.36%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.89%) Delphi
12 4 (1.89%) R
12 4 (1.89%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.42%) Java
14 2 (0.94%) VB
15 1 (0.47%) Bicep
15 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (8.02%) Degree
2 5 (2.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.94%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.09%) Data Quality
2 23 (10.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (8.96%) NIST
4 16 (7.55%) NCSC
4 16 (7.55%) QA
5 7 (3.30%) SLA
6 3 (1.42%) GDPR
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.89%) Docker
3 3 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.36%) Terraform
1 5 (2.36%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
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 76 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.25%) Oracle
2 9 (4.25%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.77%) iManage
4 7 (3.30%) SAP
5 6 (2.83%) IFS
5 6 (2.83%) Infor
6 5 (2.36%) Databricks
6 5 (2.36%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.36%) Remedy
7 4 (1.89%) Epicor
7 4 (1.89%) RedGate
7 4 (1.89%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.89%) WooCommerce
8 3 (1.42%) ConnectWise
8 3 (1.42%) Google
8 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.42%) Veeam
8 3 (1.42%) VMware
9 2 (0.94%) Rollbar