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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 377 272
Rank change year-on-year -156 -105 -28
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 221 352 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.72% 1.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.25% 2.44% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 169 280 816
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,658 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,375 £51,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.89% -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 17,684 14,432 32,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.44% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,594 24,025
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 11 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 11 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 -168 199 £52,500 -8.70% 74
UK excluding London -123 157 £49,375 -3.89% 61
Work from Home -37 116 £52,500 -4.55% 48
London -73 56 £70,000 - 24
South East -28 45 £52,500 +16.67% 21
North of England -70 35 £47,500 -20.83% 17
Midlands -66 25 £45,000 -7.22% 10
North West -6 22 £53,750 - 10
South West -61 19 £48,750 - 5
Scotland +16 18 - - 3
West Midlands -26 17 £44,000 -23.48% 8
East of England -28 14 £62,500 +48.81% 5
Yorkshire -59 11 £45,000 -25.00% 6
East Midlands -55 8 £59,000 +24.21% 2
North East -54 2 £45,500 -13.33% 1
Northern Ireland -61 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 20 (9.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.33%) IIS
3 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.90%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.90%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) Confluence
6 1 (0.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (5.88%) 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
6 3 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.90%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.90%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.45%) FastStats
8 1 (0.45%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 137 (61.99%) Azure
2 68 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 41 (18.55%) Entra ID
4 30 (13.57%) Google Workspace
5 26 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.95%) SaaS
7 21 (9.50%) AWS
8 20 (9.05%) Dynamics 365
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 9 (4.07%) GitHub
15 8 (3.62%) Serverless
15 8 (3.62%) Snowflake
16 5 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
17 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.22%) 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
1 122 (55.20%) SQL Server
2 56 (25.34%) Power BI
3 50 (22.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (21.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (7.24%) Power Query
6 12 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (4.98%) MySQL
7 11 (4.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (3.62%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.71%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.26%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.36%) Db2
12 3 (1.36%) WhereScape RED
13 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (10.41%) Git
2 14 (6.33%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.43%) JIRA
4 10 (4.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.90%) Postman
5 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) Yeoman
General
1 72 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (13.57%) Finance
5 20 (9.05%) Law
6 15 (6.79%) Games
7 10 (4.52%) Legal
8 7 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.71%) Back Office
9 6 (2.71%) Retail
10 5 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Marketing
11 4 (1.81%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.36%) Billing
12 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.90%) Automotive
13 2 (0.90%) Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Advertising
14 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 82 (37.10%) Developer
2 44 (19.91%) Senior
3 43 (19.46%) Analyst
4 20 (9.05%) Applications Support
5 17 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 17 (7.69%) Software Developer
5 17 (7.69%) SQL Developer
6 16 (7.24%) Applications Support Analyst
6 16 (7.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 16 (7.24%) Data Engineer
6 16 (7.24%) Senior Developer
7 15 (6.79%) DBA
7 15 (6.79%) Support Analyst
8 14 (6.33%) .NET Developer
9 13 (5.88%) SQL DBA
10 12 (5.43%) IAM Developer
10 12 (5.43%) SQL Analyst
11 11 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (4.52%) SQL Server DBA
12 10 (4.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (25.79%) .NET
2 42 (19.00%) REST
3 36 (16.29%) SOAP
4 30 (13.57%) GraphQL
4 30 (13.57%) LDAP
4 30 (13.57%) OAuth
4 30 (13.57%) OpenID
4 30 (13.57%) SAML
5 17 (7.69%) HTML
5 17 (7.69%) JSON
6 16 (7.24%) ASP.NET
6 16 (7.24%) CSS
7 14 (6.33%) XML
8 13 (5.88%) .NET Core
9 9 (4.07%) Blazor
9 9 (4.07%) Kafka
9 9 (4.07%) React
10 8 (3.62%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (3.17%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.22%) Cyber Threat
1 27 (12.22%) Cyberattack
2 18 (8.14%) 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%) Clustering
8 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.36%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.36%) LIMS
9 3 (1.36%) NHS
9 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
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 62 (28.05%) Business Intelligence
3 50 (22.62%) Performance Tuning
4 43 (19.46%) Data Modelling
5 42 (19.00%) Roadmaps
6 40 (18.10%) Mentoring
7 38 (17.19%) ETL
8 37 (16.74%) DevOps
9 36 (16.29%) CI/CD
10 35 (15.84%) Agile
11 32 (14.48%) Analytics
12 30 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (13.57%) Identity Access Management
13 27 (12.22%) Programme Delivery
13 27 (12.22%) Regulatory Compliance
14 25 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (11.31%) Validation
15 18 (8.14%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (7.69%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 206 (93.21%) SQL
2 64 (28.96%) PowerShell
3 59 (26.70%) C#
4 40 (18.10%) Python
5 30 (13.57%) Bash
6 23 (10.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (7.69%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.98%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.07%) VBScript
10 7 (3.17%) VBA
11 6 (2.71%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.81%) Java
12 4 (1.81%) R
13 3 (1.36%) Delphi
13 3 (1.36%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.90%) VB
15 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 18 (8.14%) Degree
2 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
2 3 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.84%) Data Quality
2 31 (14.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (13.57%) NIST
4 27 (12.22%) NCSC
5 17 (7.69%) QA
6 5 (2.26%) 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 49 (22.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.26%) 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
3 3 (1.36%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.45%) SCCM
4 1 (0.45%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 79 (35.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.62%) iManage
2 8 (3.62%) Oracle
2 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.17%) SAP
4 6 (2.71%) Databricks
4 6 (2.71%) IFS
4 6 (2.71%) Infor
5 5 (2.26%) JD Edwards
5 5 (2.26%) WooCommerce
6 4 (1.81%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.81%) Epicor
6 4 (1.81%) RedGate
6 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.81%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.36%) Google
7 3 (1.36%) Remedy
7 3 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.36%) Veeam
7 3 (1.36%) VMware