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Transact-SQL

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Transact-SQL is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 15 occupations that together employ about 4,718,250 workers, with a median wage of $103,790. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 88th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Transact-SQL, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Coroners 397,770 $78,420
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 15 occupations in occupations that need Transact-SQL. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Coroners Computer User Support Specialists Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer Network Architects Management Analysts Computer Systems Engineers/Architects AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Transact-SQL, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

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Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Transact-SQL." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/transact-sql

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Transact-SQL. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/transact-sql

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-transact-sql,
  title  = {Transact-SQL},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/transact-sql}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.