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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 370 306
Rank change year-on-year -194 -64 -69
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 211 356 775
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.72% 0.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.17% 2.50% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 174 282 602
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,563 £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 £77,625 £83,625 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -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 18,046 14,265 26,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.74% 28.91% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,843 9,435 19,251
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 29 July 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 15 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 29 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 -187 198 £52,500 -8.70% 65
UK excluding London -149 148 £50,000 -2.91% 51
Work from Home -65 103 £57,500 +6.98% 32
London -77 54 £70,000 - 18
South East -34 45 £52,500 +16.67% 11
North of England -75 35 £47,500 -20.83% 18
Midlands -73 22 £46,250 -4.64% 9
North West -15 21 £47,500 -17.39% 10
East of England -33 18 £62,500 +51.52% 3
South West -60 18 £50,000 +2.56% 8
West Midlands -39 15 £44,000 -23.48% 9
Yorkshire -65 12 £45,000 -25.00% 5
Scotland +14 10 - - 1
East Midlands -54 7 £59,366 +26.99%
North East -56 2 £45,500 -13.33% 4

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 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.64%) IIS
3 7 (3.32%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) JBoss
6 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.84%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.37%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.90%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.90%) JDE World
4 4 (1.90%) Magento
4 4 (1.90%) Shopify
5 3 (1.42%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.95%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.95%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.47%) FastStats
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 122 (57.82%) Azure
2 68 (32.23%) Power Platform
3 32 (15.17%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (10.90%) Entra ID
5 19 (9.00%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (8.53%) AWS
6 18 (8.53%) SaaS
7 17 (8.06%) Power Automate
8 15 (7.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (7.11%) Google Workspace
9 14 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (6.16%) PowerApps
11 12 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (4.27%) GitHub
13 8 (3.79%) Serverless
13 8 (3.79%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (1.90%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.69%) Broadband
2 4 (1.90%) Firewall
3 3 (1.42%) DNS
3 3 (1.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.95%) 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
1 131 (62.09%) SQL Server
2 56 (26.54%) Power BI
3 49 (23.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 44 (20.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (7.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (7.58%) Power Query
6 10 (4.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (4.27%) Relational Database
8 8 (3.79%) MySQL
9 6 (2.84%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.84%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.90%) Db2
10 4 (1.90%) WhereScape RED
11 3 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.42%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.95%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 24 (11.37%) Git
2 15 (7.11%) Visual Studio
3 11 (5.21%) JIRA
4 10 (4.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.95%) Postman
5 2 (0.95%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.47%) Yeoman
General
1 68 (32.23%) Social Skills
2 51 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.69%) Finance
4 20 (9.48%) Law
5 19 (9.00%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.69%) Legal
7 7 (3.32%) Games
7 7 (3.32%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.84%) Retail
9 5 (2.37%) Back Office
9 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.42%) Billing
10 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.95%) Automotive
11 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 2 (0.95%) Marketing
12 1 (0.47%) Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Police
12 1 (0.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 86 (40.76%) Developer
2 37 (17.54%) Analyst
3 36 (17.06%) Senior
4 19 (9.00%) .NET Developer
4 19 (9.00%) Applications Support
4 19 (9.00%) SQL Developer
5 18 (8.53%) Software Developer
6 17 (8.06%) DBA
7 16 (7.58%) Data Engineer
8 15 (7.11%) Senior Developer
8 15 (7.11%) SQL DBA
9 14 (6.64%) Data Analyst
10 13 (6.16%) Applications Support Analyst
10 13 (6.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 12 (5.69%) SQL Server DBA
12 11 (5.21%) Support Analyst
13 10 (4.74%) Lead
13 10 (4.74%) Support Engineer
14 8 (3.79%) SQL Analyst
14 8 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (29.86%) .NET
2 28 (13.27%) REST
3 22 (10.43%) SOAP
4 15 (7.11%) GraphQL
4 15 (7.11%) HTML
4 15 (7.11%) JSON
4 15 (7.11%) LDAP
4 15 (7.11%) OAuth
4 15 (7.11%) OpenID
4 15 (7.11%) SAML
5 14 (6.64%) .NET Core
5 14 (6.64%) ASP.NET
5 14 (6.64%) CSS
6 12 (5.69%) XML
7 9 (4.27%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.27%) Kafka
7 9 (4.27%) WinForms
8 8 (3.79%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (3.79%) Blazor
9 7 (3.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.95%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.64%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.69%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (5.69%) Cyberattack
3 12 (5.69%) Data Structures
3 12 (5.69%) Replication
4 10 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.27%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.84%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.42%) LIMS
9 3 (1.42%) NHS
9 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.95%) Clustering
10 2 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.00%) Windows
2 10 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.18%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (28.44%) Business Intelligence
3 52 (24.64%) Performance Tuning
4 42 (19.91%) DevOps
5 40 (18.96%) Data Modelling
6 38 (18.01%) ETL
7 37 (17.54%) CI/CD
8 34 (16.11%) Agile
9 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (14.22%) Analytics
11 29 (13.74%) Roadmaps
12 27 (12.80%) Mentoring
13 22 (10.43%) Validation
14 20 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (8.53%) AI
15 18 (8.53%) Decision-Making
15 18 (8.53%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (8.53%) Secure Coding
16 17 (8.06%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (8.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 204 (96.68%) SQL
2 65 (30.81%) C#
3 50 (23.70%) PowerShell
4 37 (17.54%) Python
5 23 (10.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (7.58%) JavaScript
7 15 (7.11%) Bash
8 11 (5.21%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.27%) VBScript
10 7 (3.32%) VBA
11 5 (2.37%) Delphi
12 4 (1.90%) R
12 4 (1.90%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.90%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.42%) Java
14 2 (0.95%) VB
15 1 (0.47%) Bicep
15 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (8.06%) Degree
2 5 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.64%) Data Quality
2 20 (9.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.06%) QA
4 15 (7.11%) NIST
5 12 (5.69%) NCSC
6 7 (3.32%) SLA
7 3 (1.42%) GDPR
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) HL7
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (14.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.37%) Docker
3 3 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.37%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.90%) Terraform
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 77 (36.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.21%) Oracle
3 10 (4.74%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.27%) iManage
5 7 (3.32%) SAP
6 6 (2.84%) Databricks
6 6 (2.84%) IFS
6 6 (2.84%) Infor
6 6 (2.84%) JD Edwards
7 5 (2.37%) RedGate
7 5 (2.37%) Remedy
8 4 (1.90%) Epicor
8 4 (1.90%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.90%) WooCommerce
9 3 (1.42%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.42%) Google
9 3 (1.42%) Intapp
9 3 (1.42%) Veeam
9 3 (1.42%) VMware
10 2 (0.95%) Rollbar