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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 314 208
Rank change year-on-year -103 -106 +43
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 261 481 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.95% 1.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.13% 2.79% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 180 280 975
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,650 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

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 12,260 17,251 27,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.76% 34.02% 37.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8,810 10,137 22,938
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -

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 8 February 2026.

Salary histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 17 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 8 February 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 -118 211 £50,000 -9.09% 81
UK excluding London -23 195 £45,000 -5.26% 82
Work from Home -34 138 £46,250 -15.91% 55
London -69 63 £80,000 +28.00% 17
Midlands -7 45 £50,000 +5.26% 16
South East -12 43 £40,000 -21.18% 23
Scotland +14 42 £37,500 -18.48% 4
North of England -22 35 £47,500 -1.04% 22
West Midlands +10 28 £42,500 -19.05% 9
Yorkshire -23 25 £25,000 -47.37% 7
South West -1 20 £42,500 -7.61% 7
East Midlands -28 17 £50,000 +11.11% 7
North West -2 7 £57,500 +15.00% 14
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England -26 4 £42,175 -11.21% 9
North East -2 3 £51,000 -32.00% 1
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 15 (5.75%) IIS
2 8 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.15%) CMS
4 3 (1.15%) Confluence
4 3 (1.15%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (0.77%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (3.07%) Magento
2 8 (3.07%) Shopify
3 2 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 151 (57.85%) Azure
2 64 (24.52%) Entra ID
3 55 (21.07%) Google Workspace
4 44 (16.86%) Power Platform
5 38 (14.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 30 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.28%) SaaS
8 18 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 18 (6.90%) GitHub
9 15 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (5.36%) PowerApps
11 12 (4.60%) AWS
12 11 (4.21%) Snowflake
13 9 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (3.07%) Power Automate
15 7 (2.68%) GCP
15 7 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
16 5 (1.92%) dbt
16 5 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (21.07%) Broadband
2 3 (1.15%) DNS
3 2 (0.77%) DHCP
3 2 (0.77%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.77%) Firewall
3 2 (0.77%) SSL
3 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.77%) VLAN
3 2 (0.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (49.04%) SQL Server
2 52 (19.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 47 (18.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 43 (16.48%) Power BI
5 25 (9.58%) Data Lake
6 23 (8.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (7.66%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (6.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (5.75%) MySQL
10 13 (4.98%) Metadata
11 12 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.30%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.53%) OLAP
14 3 (1.15%) GIS
14 3 (1.15%) MongoDB
14 3 (1.15%) Power Query
14 3 (1.15%) Tableau
15 2 (0.77%) Amazon QuickSight
15 2 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (6.51%) JIRA
2 15 (5.75%) Git
3 6 (2.30%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (1.92%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.53%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 110 (42.15%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.07%) Organisational Skills
3 49 (18.77%) Finance
4 47 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (14.18%) Games
6 12 (4.60%) Back Office
7 9 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.68%) Law
9 5 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.53%) Billing
10 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.15%) Banking
11 3 (1.15%) Legal
11 3 (1.15%) Marketing
12 2 (0.77%) Front Office
12 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Automotive
13 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (27.20%) Senior
2 63 (24.14%) Developer
3 44 (16.86%) Analyst
4 37 (14.18%) Data Engineer
5 35 (13.41%) Support Analyst
6 33 (12.64%) Applications Support
7 30 (11.49%) Applications Support Analyst
8 22 (8.43%) DBA
8 22 (8.43%) IAM Developer
8 22 (8.43%) Senior Developer
9 20 (7.66%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (7.66%) Software Engineer
10 18 (6.90%) SQL DBA
11 16 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (5.75%) SQL Developer
13 14 (5.36%) IT Support
14 13 (4.98%) IT Engineer
14 13 (4.98%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (4.98%) Support Engineer
15 12 (4.60%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (29.12%) REST
2 69 (26.44%) SOAP
3 56 (21.46%) OAuth
3 56 (21.46%) OpenID
4 55 (21.07%) GraphQL
4 55 (21.07%) LDAP
4 55 (21.07%) SAML
5 38 (14.56%) .NET
6 16 (6.13%) .NET Framework
7 14 (5.36%) ASP.NET
7 14 (5.36%) Entity Framework
7 14 (5.36%) JSON
7 14 (5.36%) XML
8 12 (4.60%) CSS
8 12 (4.60%) HTML
8 12 (4.60%) WinForms
9 10 (3.83%) .NET Core
9 10 (3.83%) Middleware
10 6 (2.30%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.07%) Cyber Threat
1 55 (21.07%) Cyberattack
2 15 (5.75%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.07%) Clustering
4 8 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.30%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.30%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.15%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.77%) Derivative
9 2 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.43%) Windows
2 10 (3.83%) Linux
3 6 (2.30%) VMS
3 6 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.77%) Android
4 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.20%) Mentoring
2 63 (24.14%) Roadmaps
3 55 (21.07%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (21.07%) Identity Access Management
3 55 (21.07%) Programme Delivery
3 55 (21.07%) Regulatory Compliance
4 54 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (20.31%) ETL
6 49 (18.77%) Business Intelligence
7 45 (17.24%) DevOps
8 42 (16.09%) Analytics
9 41 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (15.33%) Data Modelling
11 39 (14.94%) Agile
11 39 (14.94%) Data Pipeline
12 35 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (12.26%) Software Engineering
14 31 (11.88%) CI/CD
14 31 (11.88%) Data Engineering
15 27 (10.34%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 229 (87.74%) SQL
2 83 (31.80%) PowerShell
3 55 (21.07%) Bash
4 51 (19.54%) Python
5 44 (16.86%) C#
6 15 (5.75%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.60%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.30%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.15%) Bicep
10 3 (1.15%) Java
10 3 (1.15%) PHP
11 2 (0.77%) Scala
11 2 (0.77%) VBA
12 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 32 (12.26%) Degree
2 15 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.83%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.53%) ACCA
4 4 (1.53%) CIMA
4 4 (1.53%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.77%) MCSE
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) MCITP
7 1 (0.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.07%) NCSC
1 55 (21.07%) NIST
2 33 (12.64%) Data Quality
3 32 (12.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.83%) QA
5 8 (3.07%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 65 (24.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.92%) Docker
3 2 (0.77%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.07%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 85 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.34%) Databricks
3 15 (5.75%) Oracle
4 13 (4.98%) Sage
5 12 (4.60%) Xamarin
6 8 (3.07%) ConnectWise
6 8 (3.07%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.07%) WooCommerce
7 6 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.92%) Google
8 5 (1.92%) Zoho
9 4 (1.53%) Dataiku
9 4 (1.53%) RedGate
10 3 (1.15%) Informatica
10 3 (1.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (1.15%) Talend
11 2 (0.77%) Citrix
11 2 (0.77%) VMware
12 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.38%) Foundry