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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 383 330
Rank change year-on-year -203 -53 -96
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 204 356 671
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.71% 0.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 2.52% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 173 281 502
10th Percentile £41,800 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £77,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -

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 18,575 14,150 25,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.63% 28.36% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,154 9,299 17,873
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,313 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,497 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -186 194 £56,250 -2.17% 72
UK excluding London -164 143 £52,500 +1.94% 47
Work from Home -76 88 £60,000 +14.29% 47
London -102 52 £70,000 - 33
South East -39 45 £52,500 +16.67% 16
North of England -82 34 £47,500 -20.83% 15
Midlands -66 22 £47,500 -2.06% 8
North West -9 19 £47,500 -17.39% 9
East of England -38 18 £62,500 +51.52% 3
South West -63 17 £51,250 +2.50% 3
West Midlands -40 16 £45,750 -20.43% 7
Yorkshire -73 13 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Scotland +3 7 - - 2
East Midlands -52 6 £59,366 +24.98% 1
North East -57 2 £45,500 -13.33% 3

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 14 (6.86%) IIS
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.43%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) JBoss
5 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.49%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.94%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.45%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.96%) Elite 3E
4 4 (1.96%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (1.96%) JDE World
5 2 (0.98%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.98%) Magento
5 2 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.98%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.98%) Shopify
6 1 (0.49%) FastStats
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 114 (55.88%) Azure
2 68 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 36 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (9.80%) AWS
5 18 (8.82%) Power Automate
6 17 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (7.84%) Azure Logic Apps
8 14 (6.86%) PowerApps
8 14 (6.86%) SaaS
9 12 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (4.90%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.90%) GitHub
10 10 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (4.90%) Serverless
11 8 (3.92%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.94%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.94%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.96%) Firewall
2 3 (1.47%) Broadband
2 3 (1.47%) DNS
2 3 (1.47%) VLAN
3 2 (0.98%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) LAN
4 1 (0.49%) Network Security
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (65.20%) SQL Server
2 56 (27.45%) Power BI
3 51 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 40 (19.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 17 (8.33%) Power Query
7 10 (4.90%) Relational Database
7 10 (4.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 7 (3.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.94%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.94%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.96%) Db2
11 4 (1.96%) WhereScape RED
12 3 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (1.47%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.47%) MySQL
12 3 (1.47%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 26 (12.75%) Git
2 15 (7.35%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (4.41%) JIRA
5 2 (0.98%) Postman
5 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.49%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.49%) Yeoman
General
1 64 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (16.18%) Finance
4 21 (10.29%) Law
5 13 (6.37%) Legal
6 10 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.45%) Retail
10 3 (1.47%) Back Office
10 3 (1.47%) Billing
10 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Games
10 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.98%) Automotive
11 2 (0.98%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.49%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 91 (44.61%) Developer
2 35 (17.16%) Senior
3 31 (15.20%) Analyst
4 22 (10.78%) .NET Developer
5 21 (10.29%) SQL Developer
6 18 (8.82%) DBA
6 18 (8.82%) Software Developer
7 17 (8.33%) Applications Support
7 17 (8.33%) SQL DBA
8 16 (7.84%) Senior Developer
9 15 (7.35%) Data Engineer
10 14 (6.86%) SQL Server DBA
11 11 (5.39%) Applications Support Analyst
11 11 (5.39%) Lead
12 10 (4.90%) Data Analyst
12 10 (4.90%) Support Engineer
13 9 (4.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 9 (4.41%) Support Analyst
14 8 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 8 (3.92%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (32.35%) .NET
2 19 (9.31%) REST
3 14 (6.86%) .NET Core
3 14 (6.86%) ASP.NET
3 14 (6.86%) HTML
4 13 (6.37%) CSS
4 13 (6.37%) SOAP
5 12 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 11 (5.39%) JSON
7 9 (4.41%) Entity Framework
7 9 (4.41%) Kafka
7 9 (4.41%) WinForms
7 9 (4.41%) XML
8 8 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (3.92%) Blazor
9 7 (3.43%) jQuery
9 7 (3.43%) React
9 7 (3.43%) WPF
10 6 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (2.94%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.78%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.39%) Replication
4 9 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.92%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.94%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.45%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.96%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.96%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.47%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.47%) LIMS
9 3 (1.47%) NHS
9 3 (1.47%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.31%) Windows
2 10 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
4 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (35.78%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
3 53 (25.98%) Performance Tuning
4 47 (23.04%) DevOps
5 39 (19.12%) CI/CD
5 39 (19.12%) Data Modelling
6 38 (18.63%) ETL
7 36 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (16.67%) Agile
9 29 (14.22%) Analytics
10 20 (9.80%) Roadmaps
11 19 (9.31%) AI
11 19 (9.31%) Mentoring
11 19 (9.31%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (8.82%) Decision-Making
12 18 (8.82%) Secure Coding
12 18 (8.82%) Software Engineering
12 18 (8.82%) Validation
13 17 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
13 17 (8.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 201 (98.53%) SQL
2 67 (32.84%) C#
3 39 (19.12%) PowerShell
4 33 (16.18%) Python
5 24 (11.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 16 (7.84%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.88%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.41%) VBScript
9 7 (3.43%) VBA
10 6 (2.94%) Bash
11 5 (2.45%) Delphi
11 5 (2.45%) VB.NET
12 4 (1.96%) R
12 4 (1.96%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.47%) Java
14 2 (0.98%) VB
14 2 (0.98%) XPath
15 1 (0.49%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (8.33%) Degree
2 5 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (1.96%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.47%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.47%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.20%) Data Quality
2 17 (8.33%) QA
3 11 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.43%) SLA
5 6 (2.94%) NIST
6 3 (1.47%) GDPR
6 3 (1.47%) NCSC
7 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) HL7
8 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.45%) Docker
3 3 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.45%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.49%) SCCM
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 79 (38.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.37%) Oracle
3 9 (4.41%) iManage
3 9 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.43%) SAP
5 6 (2.94%) Databricks
5 6 (2.94%) IFS
5 6 (2.94%) Infor
5 6 (2.94%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.45%) RedGate
6 5 (2.45%) Remedy
7 4 (1.96%) Epicor
7 4 (1.96%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.47%) Google
8 3 (1.47%) Intapp
8 3 (1.47%) Veeam
8 3 (1.47%) VMware
9 2 (0.98%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.98%) Rollbar
9 2 (0.98%) WooCommerce