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query languages, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, SQL leads query languages with 30,189 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Oracle PL/SQL at 2,056.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
SQL · 30,189
Runner-up
Oracle PL/SQL · 2,056
Most hiring, 90 days
SQL
Highest postings per company
SQLScript
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
39,105companies across the category
77%of them on SQL
176,138postings naming a query language in 90 days
20tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every query language we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
SQLISO
30,189
155,0725.1
2
Oracle PL/SQLOracle
2,056
6,1283.0
3
DAXMicrosoft
1,944
4,0362.1
4
Transact-SQLMicrosoft
1,712
3,3542.0
5
SOQLSalesforce
747
1,6982.3
6
Kusto Query LanguageMicrosoft
596
1,3762.3
7
LINQMicrosoft
420
6921.6
8
SOSLSalesforce
314
6712.1
9
Splunk SPLSplunk
241
5722.4
10
XPathW3C
240
4031.7
11
SPARQLW3C
164
7774.7
12
CypherNeo4j
127
3592.8
13
GremlinApache Software Foundation
84
2112.5
14
PromQLPrometheus
71
1412.0
15
XQueryW3C
50
791.6
16
SuiteQLOracle
43
701.6
17
SQLScriptSAP
32
3139.8
18
ESQLIBM
28
582.1
19
YARA-LGoogle
26
652.5
20
FetchXMLMicrosoft
21
633.0
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

SQL vs Oracle PL/SQL30,189 · 2,056SQL vs DAX30,189 · 1,944SQL vs Transact-SQL30,189 · 1,712SQL vs SOQL30,189 · 747SQL vs Kusto Query Language30,189 · 596Oracle PL/SQL vs DAX2,056 · 1,944Oracle PL/SQL vs Transact-SQL2,056 · 1,712Oracle PL/SQL vs SOQL2,056 · 747Oracle PL/SQL vs Kusto Query Language2,056 · 596DAX vs Transact-SQL1,944 · 1,712DAX vs SOQL1,944 · 747DAX vs Kusto Query Language1,944 · 596Transact-SQL vs SOQL1,712 · 747Transact-SQL vs Kusto Query Language1,712 · 596SOQL vs Kusto Query Language747 · 596
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SQL leads query languages with 30,189 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Oracle PL/SQL at 2,056. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/query-languages)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

query languages: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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