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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 370 265
Rank change year-on-year -142 -105 -14
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 230 346 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.75% 1.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.34% 2.46% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 165 275 873
10th Percentile £39,761 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,125 £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 £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £76,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% -6.36% +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 17,170 14,043 33,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 30.37% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,189 9,299 25,323
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £77,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -168 201 £52,500 -8.70% 60
UK excluding London -121 163 £48,500 -5.83% 50
Work from Home -5 126 £52,500 -4.55% 38
London -74 59 £70,000 - 20
South East -21 43 £48,500 +7.78% 16
North of England -87 35 £47,500 -20.83% 21
Midlands -63 25 £45,000 -7.22% 4
Scotland +34 24 - - 2
North West -1 22 £53,750 - 12
South West -62 21 £48,750 -2.50% 4
West Midlands -27 17 £44,000 -23.48% 3
East of England -25 13 £62,500 +48.81% 3
Yorkshire -68 11 £45,000 -25.00% 8
East Midlands -42 8 £59,000 +22.92% 1
North East -50 2 £45,500 -17.27% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.09%) IIS
3 7 (3.04%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.87%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.87%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) JBoss
5 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.04%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.61%) Infor M3
4 5 (2.17%) Magento
4 5 (2.17%) Shopify
5 4 (1.74%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.74%) JDE World
5 4 (1.74%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.87%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.87%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 147 (63.91%) Azure
2 68 (29.57%) Power Platform
3 53 (23.04%) Entra ID
4 42 (18.26%) Google Workspace
5 24 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (9.57%) AWS
6 22 (9.57%) SaaS
7 21 (9.13%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (7.83%) Power Automate
9 17 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (6.09%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (5.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (5.65%) PowerApps
12 9 (3.91%) GitHub
13 8 (3.48%) Serverless
14 7 (3.04%) Snowflake
15 5 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
16 4 (1.74%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.96%) Broadband
2 4 (1.74%) Firewall
3 3 (1.30%) DNS
3 3 (1.30%) VLAN
4 1 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.43%) WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (51.30%) SQL Server
2 57 (24.78%) Power BI
3 48 (20.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 48 (20.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (6.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (6.52%) Power Query
6 14 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (4.78%) MySQL
9 10 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (3.48%) Relational Database
11 5 (2.17%) Data Lake
11 5 (2.17%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.87%) Db2
13 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.87%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 22 (9.57%) Git
2 14 (6.09%) Visual Studio
3 12 (5.22%) JIRA
4 10 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.87%) Postman
5 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 79 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (13.04%) Finance
5 21 (9.13%) Games
6 20 (8.70%) Law
7 10 (4.35%) Legal
8 6 (2.61%) Back Office
8 6 (2.61%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.61%) Retail
9 5 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.74%) Marketing
10 4 (1.74%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.30%) Billing
11 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.87%) Automotive
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (36.52%) Developer
2 49 (21.30%) Senior
3 43 (18.70%) Analyst
4 20 (8.70%) Applications Support
5 18 (7.83%) Senior Developer
6 17 (7.39%) Data Analyst
6 17 (7.39%) Software Developer
6 17 (7.39%) SQL Developer
7 16 (6.96%) Applications Support Analyst
7 16 (6.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 16 (6.96%) IAM Developer
8 15 (6.52%) Support Analyst
9 14 (6.09%) .NET Developer
9 14 (6.09%) Data Engineer
9 14 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (5.22%) DBA
10 12 (5.22%) SQL Analyst
11 11 (4.78%) Database Engineer
12 10 (4.35%) SQL DBA
12 10 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (24.35%) .NET
2 54 (23.48%) REST
3 48 (20.87%) SOAP
4 42 (18.26%) GraphQL
4 42 (18.26%) LDAP
4 42 (18.26%) OAuth
4 42 (18.26%) OpenID
4 42 (18.26%) SAML
5 17 (7.39%) HTML
5 17 (7.39%) JSON
6 16 (6.96%) ASP.NET
6 16 (6.96%) CSS
7 14 (6.09%) XML
8 13 (5.65%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.35%) React
10 9 (3.91%) Blazor
10 9 (3.91%) Kafka
11 8 (3.48%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (3.04%) .NET Framework
12 7 (3.04%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.96%) Cyber Threat
1 39 (16.96%) Cyberattack
2 18 (7.83%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.65%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.22%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.78%) Replication
6 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.17%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.74%) Clustering
8 4 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.30%) LIMS
9 3 (1.30%) NHS
9 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.52%) Windows
2 9 (3.91%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.39%) Business Intelligence
2 62 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (23.48%) Mentoring
4 52 (22.61%) Roadmaps
5 48 (20.87%) Performance Tuning
6 42 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (18.26%) Identity Access Management
7 41 (17.83%) Data Modelling
8 39 (16.96%) Programme Delivery
8 39 (16.96%) Regulatory Compliance
9 37 (16.09%) ETL
10 36 (15.65%) Agile
10 36 (15.65%) DevOps
11 35 (15.22%) CI/CD
12 31 (13.48%) Analytics
13 30 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (10.43%) Validation
16 22 (9.57%) Change Control
17 18 (7.83%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 209 (90.87%) SQL
2 75 (32.61%) PowerShell
3 58 (25.22%) C#
4 42 (18.26%) Bash
5 41 (17.83%) Python
6 22 (9.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (7.39%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.78%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.91%) VBScript
10 7 (3.04%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.04%) VBA
11 4 (1.74%) Java
11 4 (1.74%) R
12 3 (1.30%) Delphi
13 2 (0.87%) VB
13 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (8.26%) Degree
2 4 (1.74%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.87%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (18.26%) NIST
2 39 (16.96%) NCSC
3 37 (16.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (15.22%) Data Quality
5 17 (7.39%) QA
6 4 (1.74%) GDPR
7 3 (1.30%) SLA
8 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) HL7
9 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (26.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.74%) Docker
3 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.17%) Terraform
2 4 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.43%) SCCM
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 80 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.48%) iManage
3 7 (3.04%) Oracle
3 7 (3.04%) SAP
4 6 (2.61%) Databricks
4 6 (2.61%) IFS
4 6 (2.61%) Infor
4 6 (2.61%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.17%) WooCommerce
6 4 (1.74%) ConnectWise
6 4 (1.74%) Epicor
6 4 (1.74%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.74%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.30%) Google
7 3 (1.30%) RedGate
7 3 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) Veeam
7 3 (1.30%) VMware
8 2 (0.87%) Intapp