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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 289 232
Rank change year-on-year -124 -57 +10
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 238 517 800
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.97% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.08% 2.87% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 180 307 701
10th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,813 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -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 11,423 18,032 21,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.26% 33.72% 38.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8,359 10,531 17,727
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
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 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 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 -120 200 £50,000 -4.76% 155
UK excluding London -54 173 £48,500 +2.11% 162
Work from Home -59 110 £48,500 -3.00% 169
London -72 59 £80,000 +28.00% 62
Midlands -1 44 £50,000 +11.11% 17
South East -2 37 £40,000 -20.00% 48
North of England -16 35 £40,000 -15.79% 25
Yorkshire -1 30 £37,500 -19.30% 5
Scotland +11 29 £37,500 -17.58% 24
West Midlands +15 28 £45,000 +4.65% 6
South West +1 18 £50,000 -6.98% 21
East Midlands -20 16 £50,000 +11.11% 11
East of England -24 4 £42,175 -11.21% 19
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 - 2
North East +5 3 £51,000 -32.00% 2
North West -3 2 £57,500 +21.05% 18
Wales 0 1 £35,000 -18.13% 12
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 (7.14%) IIS
2 11 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.26%) CMS
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.84%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.84%) WordPress
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.10%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.10%) Magento
2 5 (2.10%) Shopify
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 126 (52.94%) Azure
2 47 (19.75%) Power Platform
3 40 (16.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 35 (14.71%) Entra ID
5 33 (13.87%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (13.03%) Google Workspace
7 18 (7.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 17 (7.14%) GitHub
9 16 (6.72%) Snowflake
10 14 (5.88%) PowerApps
11 13 (5.46%) AWS
11 13 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (5.04%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (5.04%) SaaS
13 9 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (3.78%) Power Automate
14 8 (3.36%) GCP
15 7 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
16 5 (2.10%) dbt
17 4 (1.68%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.03%) Broadband
2 3 (1.26%) DNS
3 2 (0.84%) DHCP
3 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.84%) Firewall
3 2 (0.84%) SSL
3 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.84%) VLAN
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (52.52%) SQL Server
2 51 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 48 (20.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (19.33%) Power BI
5 26 (10.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (10.92%) Data Lake
6 20 (8.40%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (8.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 14 (5.88%) Metadata
8 8 (3.36%) MySQL
8 8 (3.36%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.52%) OLAP
9 6 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (2.10%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.68%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.26%) GIS
12 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.26%) Power Query
12 3 (1.26%) Tableau
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 16 (6.72%) Git
2 14 (5.88%) JIRA
3 8 (3.36%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.52%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.10%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.42%) Mercurial
General
1 97 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.17%) Finance
3 45 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.03%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (10.50%) Games
6 9 (3.78%) Back Office
6 9 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.78%) Law
6 9 (3.78%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.36%) Legal
8 6 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.68%) Billing
10 2 (0.84%) Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Front Office
10 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.42%) Advertising
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (27.73%) Developer
2 61 (25.63%) Senior
3 39 (16.39%) Analyst
4 36 (15.13%) Data Engineer
5 29 (12.18%) Support Analyst
6 28 (11.76%) Applications Support
7 25 (10.50%) Applications Support Analyst
7 25 (10.50%) DBA
8 22 (9.24%) SQL DBA
9 21 (8.82%) Senior Developer
10 19 (7.98%) Senior Data Engineer
10 19 (7.98%) Software Engineer
11 18 (7.56%) SQL Developer
12 14 (5.88%) Administrator
12 14 (5.88%) IAM Developer
13 13 (5.46%) IT Engineer
13 13 (5.46%) IT Support
13 13 (5.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (5.46%) Support Engineer
14 12 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (20.59%) REST
2 42 (17.65%) SOAP
3 40 (16.81%) .NET
4 32 (13.45%) OAuth
4 32 (13.45%) OpenID
5 31 (13.03%) GraphQL
5 31 (13.03%) LDAP
5 31 (13.03%) SAML
6 18 (7.56%) .NET Framework
7 15 (6.30%) ASP.NET
7 15 (6.30%) Entity Framework
8 13 (5.46%) CSS
8 13 (5.46%) HTML
9 12 (5.04%) WinForms
10 11 (4.62%) JSON
11 10 (4.20%) .NET Core
11 10 (4.20%) XML
12 7 (2.94%) Middleware
12 7 (2.94%) PySpark
12 7 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.03%) Cyber Threat
1 31 (13.03%) Cyberattack
2 13 (5.46%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.20%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.36%) Clustering
6 6 (2.52%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.52%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.68%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.84%) Derivative
8 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.08%) Windows
2 10 (4.20%) Linux
3 6 (2.52%) VMS
3 6 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.84%) Android
4 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (24.37%) ETL
3 55 (23.11%) Business Intelligence
4 50 (21.01%) DevOps
5 49 (20.59%) Mentoring
6 43 (18.07%) Analytics
7 40 (16.81%) Data Pipeline
8 39 (16.39%) Roadmaps
9 38 (15.97%) Agile
10 37 (15.55%) Data Modelling
11 35 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (14.29%) Software Engineering
13 33 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (13.03%) Data Engineering
14 31 (13.03%) Identity Access Management
14 31 (13.03%) Programme Delivery
14 31 (13.03%) Regulatory Compliance
15 29 (12.18%) CI/CD
15 29 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (10.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 217 (91.18%) SQL
2 52 (21.85%) PowerShell
3 48 (20.17%) Python
4 45 (18.91%) C#
5 31 (13.03%) Bash
6 18 (7.56%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.46%) PL/SQL
8 10 (4.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (2.10%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.26%) Bicep
10 3 (1.26%) PHP
11 2 (0.84%) C++
11 2 (0.84%) Java
11 2 (0.84%) Scala
11 2 (0.84%) VBA
12 1 (0.42%) Dart
12 1 (0.42%) R
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (14.29%) Degree
2 15 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.68%) ACCA
4 4 (1.68%) CIMA
4 4 (1.68%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.84%) MCSE
6 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.87%) Data Quality
2 31 (13.03%) NCSC
2 31 (13.03%) NIST
3 13 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.62%) QA
5 8 (3.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (15.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.10%) Docker
3 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.94%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 87 (36.55%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.45%) Databricks
3 20 (8.40%) Oracle
4 13 (5.46%) Sage
5 12 (5.04%) Xamarin
6 7 (2.94%) RedGate
7 5 (2.10%) ConnectWise
7 5 (2.10%) Google
7 5 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.10%) WooCommerce
7 5 (2.10%) Zoho
8 4 (1.68%) Dataiku
9 3 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.26%) Informatica
9 3 (1.26%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.26%) Talend
10 2 (0.84%) Citrix
10 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.84%) VMware