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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 294 233
Rank change year-on-year -123 -61 +7
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 241 511 801
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.96% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.09% 2.84% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 181 301 702
10th Percentile £30,500 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £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 11,521 17,971 21,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.31% 33.69% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,435 10,481 17,710
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 13 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 13 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 -120 202 £50,000 -7.22% 153
UK excluding London -34 175 £48,500 +2.11% 161
Work from Home -52 111 £48,500 -3.00% 170
London -78 60 £80,000 +28.00% 61
Midlands +8 44 £50,000 +11.11% 18
South East -5 38 £40,000 -20.00% 48
North of England +2 35 £40,000 -15.79% 23
Scotland +11 30 £37,500 -17.58% 24
Yorkshire +2 30 £37,500 -19.30% 5
West Midlands +18 28 £45,000 +5.88% 7
South West -2 18 £50,000 -6.98% 21
East Midlands -20 16 £50,000 +11.11% 11
East of England -26 4 £42,175 -11.21% 19
Northern Ireland - 4 £50,000 - 2
North East +4 3 £51,000 -32.00% 1
North West -7 2 £57,500 +15.00% 17
Wales +3 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 (7.05%) IIS
2 11 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) CMS
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.83%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.83%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.83%) WordPress
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.07%) Magento
2 5 (2.07%) Shopify
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 128 (53.11%) Azure
2 47 (19.50%) Power Platform
3 40 (16.60%) Azure Data Factory
4 36 (14.94%) Entra ID
5 34 (14.11%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (13.28%) Google Workspace
7 18 (7.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 18 (7.47%) GitHub
8 16 (6.64%) Snowflake
9 14 (5.81%) AWS
9 14 (5.81%) PowerApps
10 13 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (4.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (4.98%) SaaS
12 9 (3.73%) GCP
12 9 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (3.73%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.90%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (2.07%) dbt
14 5 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.28%) Broadband
2 3 (1.24%) DNS
3 2 (0.83%) DHCP
3 2 (0.83%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.83%) Firewall
3 2 (0.83%) SSL
3 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.83%) VLAN
3 2 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (52.28%) SQL Server
2 52 (21.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 49 (20.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (19.09%) Power BI
5 26 (10.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (10.79%) Data Lake
6 21 (8.71%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (8.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 14 (5.81%) Metadata
8 8 (3.32%) MySQL
8 8 (3.32%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.49%) OLAP
9 6 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (2.07%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.66%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.24%) GIS
12 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.24%) Power Query
12 3 (1.24%) Tableau
13 2 (0.83%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Git
2 14 (5.81%) JIRA
3 8 (3.32%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (2.49%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.07%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.41%) Mercurial
General
1 98 (40.66%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.92%) Finance
3 45 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.28%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (10.79%) Games
6 9 (3.73%) Back Office
6 9 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.73%) Law
6 9 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.32%) Legal
8 6 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.66%) Billing
10 3 (1.24%) Banking
11 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.83%) Front Office
11 2 (0.83%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Automotive
12 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (28.22%) Developer
2 63 (26.14%) Senior
3 39 (16.18%) Analyst
4 37 (15.35%) Data Engineer
5 29 (12.03%) Support Analyst
6 28 (11.62%) Applications Support
7 25 (10.37%) Applications Support Analyst
7 25 (10.37%) DBA
8 22 (9.13%) Senior Developer
8 22 (9.13%) SQL DBA
9 20 (8.30%) Senior Data Engineer
10 19 (7.88%) Software Engineer
11 18 (7.47%) SQL Developer
12 15 (6.22%) IAM Developer
13 14 (5.81%) Administrator
14 13 (5.39%) IT Engineer
14 13 (5.39%) IT Support
14 13 (5.39%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (5.39%) Support Engineer
15 12 (4.98%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.75%) REST
2 43 (17.84%) SOAP
3 41 (17.01%) .NET
4 33 (13.69%) OAuth
4 33 (13.69%) OpenID
5 32 (13.28%) GraphQL
5 32 (13.28%) LDAP
5 32 (13.28%) SAML
6 18 (7.47%) .NET Framework
7 16 (6.64%) ASP.NET
8 15 (6.22%) Entity Framework
9 13 (5.39%) CSS
9 13 (5.39%) HTML
10 12 (4.98%) WinForms
11 11 (4.56%) .NET Core
11 11 (4.56%) JSON
12 10 (4.15%) XML
13 7 (2.90%) AngularJS
13 7 (2.90%) Middleware
13 7 (2.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.28%) Cyber Threat
1 32 (13.28%) Cyberattack
2 13 (5.39%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.56%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.15%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.32%) Clustering
6 7 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.49%) 3D Graphics
7 6 (2.49%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.66%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.66%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.83%) Derivative
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.83%) Legacy Code
9 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.96%) Windows
2 10 (4.15%) Linux
3 6 (2.49%) VMS
3 6 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.83%) Android
4 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (24.48%) ETL
3 56 (23.24%) Business Intelligence
4 51 (21.16%) DevOps
5 50 (20.75%) Mentoring
6 44 (18.26%) Analytics
7 40 (16.60%) Agile
7 40 (16.60%) Data Pipeline
7 40 (16.60%) Roadmaps
8 38 (15.77%) Data Modelling
9 36 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (14.11%) Software Engineering
11 33 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (13.28%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (13.28%) Programme Delivery
12 32 (13.28%) Regulatory Compliance
13 31 (12.86%) CI/CD
13 31 (12.86%) Data Engineering
14 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (10.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 219 (90.87%) SQL
2 53 (21.99%) PowerShell
3 48 (19.92%) Python
4 46 (19.09%) C#
5 32 (13.28%) Bash
6 19 (7.88%) JavaScript
7 14 (5.81%) PL/SQL
8 10 (4.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (2.49%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.24%) Bicep
10 3 (1.24%) PHP
11 2 (0.83%) C++
11 2 (0.83%) Java
11 2 (0.83%) Scala
11 2 (0.83%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) Dart
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (14.11%) Degree
2 15 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.66%) ACCA
4 4 (1.66%) CIMA
4 4 (1.66%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.83%) MCSE
6 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.41%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.11%) Data Quality
2 32 (13.28%) NCSC
2 32 (13.28%) NIST
3 13 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.56%) QA
5 8 (3.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 39 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.49%) Docker
3 2 (0.83%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.90%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 88 (36.51%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.28%) Databricks
3 20 (8.30%) Oracle
4 13 (5.39%) Sage
5 12 (4.98%) Xamarin
6 7 (2.90%) RedGate
7 5 (2.07%) ConnectWise
7 5 (2.07%) Google
7 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.07%) WooCommerce
7 5 (2.07%) Zoho
8 4 (1.66%) Dataiku
9 3 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.24%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.24%) Informatica
9 3 (1.24%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.24%) Talend
10 2 (0.83%) Citrix
10 2 (0.83%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.83%) VMware