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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 338 238
Rank change year-on-year -157 -100 +34
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 237 345 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.83% 1.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.56% 2.50% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 150 282 994
10th Percentile £28,000 £38,918 £37,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,625 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,625 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +6.80%

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 15,228 13,823 32,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.76% 33.33% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10,358 10,205 25,114
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 April 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 17 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 April 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 -177 187 £48,500 -15.65% 89
UK excluding London -71 185 £47,500 -5.00% 71
Work from Home -43 136 £47,500 -15.18% 55
Midlands -44 48 £48,500 - 13
London -92 47 £57,500 -13.21% 27
Scotland +14 42 - - 4
North of England -86 33 £51,000 -15.00% 23
West Midlands -1 30 £42,500 -26.09% 4
South East -36 28 £42,500 -15.00% 20
Yorkshire -71 19 £44,000 -26.67% 7
East Midlands -66 18 £59,366 +24.98% 9
South West -57 17 £42,500 +6.25% 5
East of England -47 12 £62,500 +31.58% 6
North West -35 11 £60,000 +26.32% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 -
North East -35 3 £51,000 -11.30%
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.95%) IIS
3 4 (1.69%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.27%) Confluence
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.84%) CMS
5 2 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Magento
1 10 (4.22%) Shopify
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.80%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.69%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.84%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.84%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.84%) JDE World
4 2 (0.84%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 140 (59.07%) Azure
2 67 (28.27%) Entra ID
3 56 (23.63%) Google Workspace
4 53 (22.36%) Power Platform
5 27 (11.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 17 (7.17%) AWS
6 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.17%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (7.17%) SaaS
7 16 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (6.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (5.91%) GitHub
10 13 (5.49%) Power Automate
11 12 (5.06%) PowerApps
12 8 (3.38%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.95%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.69%) Serverless
15 4 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (23.63%) Broadband
2 3 (1.27%) DNS
2 3 (1.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) DHCP
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) SSL
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VLAN
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
4 1 (0.42%) LAN
4 1 (0.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.42%) WAN
4 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (48.52%) SQL Server
2 51 (21.52%) Power BI
3 39 (16.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 39 (16.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (11.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (7.17%) Data Lake
6 14 (5.91%) Power Query
7 13 (5.49%) MySQL
8 12 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (5.06%) Metadata
9 11 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (4.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (3.80%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.69%) Star Schema
12 4 (1.69%) Tableau
13 3 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (8.02%) JIRA
2 12 (5.06%) Git
3 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.27%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.84%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.42%) Yeoman
General
1 93 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.32%) Organisational Skills
3 48 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (16.46%) Finance
5 38 (16.03%) Games
6 14 (5.91%) Law
7 11 (4.64%) Back Office
8 7 (2.95%) Legal
9 6 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.11%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.69%) Retail
12 3 (1.27%) Banking
12 3 (1.27%) Marketing
13 2 (0.84%) Billing
13 2 (0.84%) Front Office
13 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.42%) Advertising
14 1 (0.42%) Automotive
14 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (25.74%) Developer
2 55 (23.21%) Analyst
2 55 (23.21%) Senior
3 30 (12.66%) Support Analyst
4 28 (11.81%) Applications Support
5 27 (11.39%) Applications Support Analyst
6 23 (9.70%) Senior Developer
7 22 (9.28%) DBA
8 21 (8.86%) IAM Developer
9 20 (8.44%) SQL DBA
10 16 (6.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 16 (6.75%) Data Engineer
10 16 (6.75%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (5.49%) C# Developer
11 13 (5.49%) Data Analyst
12 12 (5.06%) SQL Analyst
12 12 (5.06%) SQL Developer
13 10 (4.22%) Architect
14 9 (3.80%) Administrator
14 9 (3.80%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.80%) REST
2 68 (28.69%) SOAP
3 57 (24.05%) OAuth
3 57 (24.05%) OpenID
4 56 (23.63%) GraphQL
4 56 (23.63%) LDAP
4 56 (23.63%) SAML
5 38 (16.03%) .NET
6 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET
6 13 (5.49%) XML
7 12 (5.06%) JSON
8 10 (4.22%) .NET Core
9 9 (3.80%) Middleware
10 8 (3.38%) .NET Framework
10 8 (3.38%) CSS
10 8 (3.38%) HTML
10 8 (3.38%) PySpark
11 6 (2.53%) DirectX
11 6 (2.53%) Entity Framework
11 6 (2.53%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (23.63%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (23.63%) Cyberattack
2 17 (7.17%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.64%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.80%) Clustering
6 8 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.38%) Replication
7 6 (2.53%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.53%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.69%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.69%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.84%) Derivative
11 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.33%) Windows
2 9 (3.80%) Linux
3 7 (2.95%) VMS
3 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.69%) Mentoring
2 67 (28.27%) Roadmaps
3 58 (24.47%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (23.63%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (23.63%) Identity Access Management
4 56 (23.63%) Programme Delivery
4 56 (23.63%) Regulatory Compliance
5 52 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (18.99%) Analytics
6 45 (18.99%) Data Modelling
7 38 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (15.61%) ETL
9 34 (14.35%) Performance Tuning
10 32 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (13.08%) DevOps
12 28 (11.81%) Agile
12 28 (11.81%) Change Control
12 28 (11.81%) Decision-Making
13 26 (10.97%) CI/CD
14 25 (10.55%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 204 (86.08%) SQL
2 83 (35.02%) PowerShell
3 56 (23.63%) Bash
4 43 (18.14%) Python
5 40 (16.88%) C#
6 21 (8.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.53%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.11%) Java
8 5 (2.11%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.69%) R
9 4 (1.69%) VBA
10 2 (0.84%) Bicep
10 2 (0.84%) Scala
10 2 (0.84%) VBScript
11 1 (0.42%) Delphi
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) VB
11 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (10.97%) Degree
2 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.84%) MCSE
6 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.42%) MCITP
6 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (23.63%) NCSC
1 56 (23.63%) NIST
2 42 (17.72%) Data Quality
3 37 (15.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (5.06%) QA
5 6 (2.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) HL7
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (29.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.11%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.95%) Terraform
2 5 (2.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 71 (29.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.02%) Databricks
3 10 (4.22%) WooCommerce
4 9 (3.80%) ConnectWise
4 9 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.38%) Oracle
6 6 (2.53%) RedGate
7 4 (1.69%) IFS
7 4 (1.69%) Infor
7 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.27%) Sage
8 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) SAP
8 3 (1.27%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.84%) iManage
9 2 (0.84%) Intapp
9 2 (0.84%) Rollbar
9 2 (0.84%) Talend
9 2 (0.84%) Zoho