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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 361 256
Rank change year-on-year -150 -105 +1
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 230 353 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.79% 1.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.38% 2.53% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 153 272 907
10th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,875 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.77% -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 16,632 13,955 34,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.31% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,725 9,194 25,745
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
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 16 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 16 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 -181 195 £50,000 -13.04% 142
UK excluding London -100 164 £47,500 -7.77% 154
Work from Home -13 132 £48,750 -11.36% 145
London -86 59 £70,000 - 30
South East -21 37 £46,250 +2.78% 33
North of England -67 35 £47,500 -20.83% 36
Scotland +23 29 - - 18
Midlands -41 26 £45,000 -7.22% 18
North West +2 21 £60,000 +23.08% 16
South West -52 21 £47,500 -2.56% 13
West Midlands -27 17 £44,000 -23.48% 8
East of England -32 13 £62,500 +48.81% 22
Yorkshire -68 12 £45,000 -25.00% 11
East Midlands -45 9 £59,000 +22.92% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 11
North East -48 2 £45,500 -17.27% 9

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 18 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.78%) 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 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.91%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (3.04%) Magento
3 7 (3.04%) Shopify
4 6 (2.61%) Infor M3
5 4 (1.74%) JDE OneWorld
5 4 (1.74%) JDE World
5 4 (1.74%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.87%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.43%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 146 (63.48%) Azure
2 66 (28.70%) Power Platform
3 62 (26.96%) Entra ID
4 52 (22.61%) Google Workspace
5 23 (10.00%) AWS
5 23 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (8.70%) SaaS
7 19 (8.26%) Power Automate
8 17 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (6.52%) PowerApps
10 14 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (5.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (4.35%) GitHub
13 8 (3.48%) Serverless
13 8 (3.48%) Snowflake
14 6 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 49 (21.30%) Broadband
2 3 (1.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.87%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) 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
1 113 (49.13%) SQL Server
2 57 (24.78%) Power BI
3 46 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 44 (19.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (7.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (6.52%) Power Query
7 12 (5.22%) 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 6 (2.61%) Data Lake
12 5 (2.17%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.30%) Metadata
14 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.43%) Spark SQL
15 1 (0.43%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 17 (7.39%) Git
2 14 (6.09%) JIRA
3 11 (4.78%) Visual Studio
4 9 (3.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Yeoman
General
1 83 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.35%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (20.43%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.48%) Finance
5 26 (11.30%) Games
6 18 (7.83%) Law
7 10 (4.35%) Legal
8 7 (3.04%) Back Office
9 6 (2.61%) Retail
10 5 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.74%) Marketing
12 3 (1.30%) Billing
12 3 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.87%) Automotive
13 2 (0.87%) Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Advertising
14 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (34.78%) Developer
2 53 (23.04%) Senior
3 46 (20.00%) Analyst
4 20 (8.70%) IAM Developer
4 20 (8.70%) Senior Developer
5 19 (8.26%) Applications Support
6 18 (7.83%) Support Analyst
7 17 (7.39%) Applications Support Analyst
7 17 (7.39%) Data Analyst
8 16 (6.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 16 (6.96%) Software Developer
8 16 (6.96%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (6.52%) SQL Developer
10 13 (5.65%) DBA
11 12 (5.22%) Data Engineer
11 12 (5.22%) Database Engineer
11 12 (5.22%) SQL Analyst
12 11 (4.78%) SQL DBA
13 10 (4.35%) .NET Developer
14 9 (3.91%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (28.26%) REST
2 60 (26.09%) SOAP
3 52 (22.61%) GraphQL
3 52 (22.61%) LDAP
3 52 (22.61%) OAuth
3 52 (22.61%) OpenID
3 52 (22.61%) SAML
4 47 (20.43%) .NET
5 14 (6.09%) ASP.NET
5 14 (6.09%) HTML
5 14 (6.09%) JSON
6 13 (5.65%) CSS
7 12 (5.22%) XML
8 11 (4.78%) React
9 10 (4.35%) .NET Core
10 9 (3.91%) Blazor
10 9 (3.91%) Kafka
11 6 (2.61%) Middleware
11 6 (2.61%) PySpark
12 5 (2.17%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.30%) Cyber Threat
1 49 (21.30%) Cyberattack
2 14 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.22%) Data Structures
4 11 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.78%) Replication
5 10 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.17%) Clustering
10 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.74%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.74%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.65%) Windows
2 8 (3.48%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.87%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (27.83%) Mentoring
2 63 (27.39%) Business Intelligence
3 59 (25.65%) Roadmaps
4 53 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (22.61%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (22.61%) Identity Access Management
6 49 (21.30%) Programme Delivery
6 49 (21.30%) Regulatory Compliance
7 46 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
8 40 (17.39%) Data Modelling
9 36 (15.65%) Agile
10 34 (14.78%) CI/CD
11 33 (14.35%) ETL
12 32 (13.91%) Analytics
12 32 (13.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (13.48%) DevOps
14 30 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (12.17%) Change Control
16 21 (9.13%) Validation
17 19 (8.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 204 (88.70%) SQL
2 80 (34.78%) PowerShell
3 52 (22.61%) Bash
4 49 (21.30%) C#
5 42 (18.26%) Python
6 22 (9.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (5.65%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.78%) PL/SQL
9 8 (3.48%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.48%) VBScript
10 7 (3.04%) VBA
11 4 (1.74%) R
12 3 (1.30%) Java
13 2 (0.87%) Delphi
13 2 (0.87%) VB
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (9.13%) Degree
2 5 (2.17%) DBS Check
2 5 (2.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.87%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.61%) NIST
2 49 (21.30%) NCSC
3 42 (18.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (15.22%) Data Quality
5 13 (5.65%) QA
6 4 (1.74%) GDPR
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.87%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) HL7
8 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.74%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.61%) 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
Vendors
1 77 (33.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.91%) Oracle
3 8 (3.48%) iManage
4 7 (3.04%) Databricks
4 7 (3.04%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.04%) WooCommerce
5 6 (2.61%) ConnectWise
5 6 (2.61%) IFS
5 6 (2.61%) Infor
5 6 (2.61%) SAP
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
8 2 (0.87%) Intapp
8 2 (0.87%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.87%) Rollbar