T-SQL Job Trends

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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 299 215
Rank change year-on-year -138 -84 +15
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 226 565 811
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.91% 1.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.95% 2.72% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 191 354 725
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%

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 11,579 20,744 20,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.53% 33.39% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,450 12,486 17,013
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 18 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 13 December 2025. 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 -118 202 £50,000 -2.91% 122
UK excluding London -39 158 £47,500 - 136
Work from Home -76 83 £50,000 - 79
London -72 59 £80,000 +32.23% 24
Midlands +7 45 £48,000 +6.67% 17
South East +15 41 £42,500 -14.10% 39
North of England -9 35 £40,000 -16.23% 18
Yorkshire -5 28 £40,000 -16.23% 6
West Midlands +15 27 £42,500 -5.56% 11
East Midlands +5 18 £49,250 +3.68% 6
South West +15 17 £50,000 -16.67% 20
Scotland -4 13 £37,500 -17.58% 23
North East +10 4 £51,750 -31.00% 1
North West +2 3 £57,500 +21.05% 12
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 2
East of England -28 2 £62,500 +28.21% 13
Wales +4 1 £35,000 -18.13% 5
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 17 (7.52%) IIS
2 8 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.33%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.88%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (11.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.88%) Magento
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Shopify
3 1 (0.44%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 116 (51.33%) Azure
2 54 (23.89%) Power Platform
3 45 (19.91%) Azure Data Factory
4 43 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (8.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 19 (8.41%) Snowflake
7 16 (7.08%) GitHub
8 14 (6.19%) AWS
9 12 (5.31%) GCP
10 11 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (4.87%) Entra ID
10 11 (4.87%) SaaS
11 9 (3.98%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.65%) Google Workspace
14 5 (2.21%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.21%) dbt
14 5 (2.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.65%) Broadband
2 3 (1.33%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) DHCP
3 2 (0.88%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.88%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) SSL
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
3 2 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (53.98%) SQL Server
2 58 (25.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 53 (23.45%) Power BI
3 53 (23.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 30 (13.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 28 (12.39%) Data Lake
5 28 (12.39%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (10.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 13 (5.75%) Metadata
8 9 (3.98%) MySQL
9 8 (3.54%) Relational Database
10 7 (3.10%) OLAP
10 7 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.65%) Data Mining
11 6 (2.65%) NoSQL
12 5 (2.21%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.77%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.77%) RDBMS
14 3 (1.33%) GIS
14 3 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.52%) Git
2 10 (4.42%) JIRA
3 8 (3.54%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.65%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.21%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.77%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
General
1 83 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 55 (24.34%) Finance
3 44 (19.47%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.31%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.87%) Games
6 9 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.98%) Law
7 8 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.10%) Back Office
8 7 (3.10%) Legal
8 7 (3.10%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.10%) Retail
9 4 (1.77%) Billing
9 4 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.33%) Front Office
11 2 (0.88%) Advertising
11 2 (0.88%) Banking
11 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 67 (29.65%) Developer
2 49 (21.68%) Senior
3 43 (19.03%) Analyst
4 42 (18.58%) Data Engineer
5 26 (11.50%) Applications Support
5 26 (11.50%) DBA
5 26 (11.50%) SQL Developer
6 25 (11.06%) Support Analyst
7 23 (10.18%) Applications Support Analyst
7 23 (10.18%) SQL DBA
8 20 (8.85%) Senior Data Engineer
9 19 (8.41%) Software Engineer
10 17 (7.52%) Senior Developer
11 14 (6.19%) IT Support
12 13 (5.75%) Administrator
12 13 (5.75%) IT Engineer
12 13 (5.75%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (5.75%) Support Engineer
13 12 (5.31%) Software Support Engineer
14 10 (4.42%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (19.47%) .NET
2 22 (9.73%) REST
3 19 (8.41%) .NET Framework
4 17 (7.52%) ASP.NET
5 15 (6.64%) CSS
5 15 (6.64%) Entity Framework
6 14 (6.19%) HTML
6 14 (6.19%) SOAP
7 13 (5.75%) PySpark
8 12 (5.31%) WinForms
9 11 (4.87%) JSON
10 10 (4.42%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.42%) XML
11 8 (3.54%) AngularJS
12 7 (3.10%) OAuth
12 7 (3.10%) OpenID
12 7 (3.10%) Web Services
13 6 (2.65%) DirectX
13 6 (2.65%) OpenGL
13 6 (2.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.64%) Data Structures
1 15 (6.64%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.42%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.54%) Clustering
4 6 (2.65%) 3D Graphics
4 6 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (2.65%) Cyberattack
5 5 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.77%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.77%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.77%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.88%) Derivative
8 2 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.88%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.29%) Windows
2 6 (2.65%) Linux
2 6 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.77%) VMS
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (29.65%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (27.88%) ETL
4 62 (27.43%) DevOps
5 45 (19.91%) Data Pipeline
6 44 (19.47%) Analytics
7 38 (16.81%) Agile
8 35 (15.49%) Software Engineering
9 34 (15.04%) Data Modelling
10 32 (14.16%) CI/CD
11 31 (13.72%) Data Engineering
12 28 (12.39%) Decision-Making
13 26 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (8.85%) Mentoring
15 18 (7.96%) AI
15 18 (7.96%) Computer Science
15 18 (7.96%) Data Integration
15 18 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (7.52%) Dimensional Modelling
17 16 (7.08%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 219 (96.90%) SQL
2 51 (22.57%) Python
3 48 (21.24%) C#
4 24 (10.62%) PowerShell
5 20 (8.85%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.19%) PL/SQL
7 10 (4.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (2.65%) Bash
9 3 (1.33%) Bicep
9 3 (1.33%) PHP
9 3 (1.33%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.33%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.88%) C++
10 2 (0.88%) Java
10 2 (0.88%) Scala
10 2 (0.88%) VBA
11 1 (0.44%) Dart
11 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (15.04%) Degree
2 15 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.98%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.77%) ACCA
4 4 (1.77%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.77%) CIMA
4 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.88%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.88%) MCSE
6 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.44%) MCITP
6 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.39%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.42%) QA
3 9 (3.98%) GDPR
4 6 (2.65%) NCSC
4 6 (2.65%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.21%) Docker
3 3 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.21%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 87 (38.50%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.14%) Databricks
3 17 (7.52%) Oracle
4 14 (6.19%) Sage
5 12 (5.31%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.54%) RedGate
7 5 (2.21%) Google
7 5 (2.21%) Zoho
8 4 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.77%) Dataiku
8 4 (1.77%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.77%) Informatica
8 4 (1.77%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.77%) Talend
9 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.33%) VMware
10 2 (0.88%) iManage
10 2 (0.88%) Lotus
10 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.88%) WooCommerce