T-SQL Job Trends in Scotland

Transact-SQL
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring T-SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 136 185
Rank change year-on-year +31 +49 -21
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 29 9 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.89% 0.40% 1.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.69% 1.26% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 40
10th Percentile - - £40,833
25th Percentile - £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.04% +8.00%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £61,275
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 510 716 3,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.67% 32.01% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 262 328 1,182
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +5.51% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing T-SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

T-SQL job vacancy trend in Scotland

T-SQL
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing T-SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing T-SQL

T-SQL
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Stirling - 9 - - 1
Midlothian - 5 - - 1
West Lothian - 4 - -
Fife - 4 - -
Glasgow +26 3 - - 1
Edinburgh +8 3 - - 1
Falkirk - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
T-SQL
UK

T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (6.90%) WebSphere
1 2 (6.90%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (96.55%) Azure
2 25 (86.21%) Entra ID
2 25 (86.21%) Google Workspace
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (82.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 26 (89.66%) Social Skills
2 25 (86.21%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (82.76%) Games
4 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Senior
2 9 (31.03%) Developer
2 9 (31.03%) IAM Developer
3 8 (27.59%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Systems Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Applications Support
7 2 (6.90%) Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Support Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Application Support Team Leader
8 1 (3.45%) Support Team Leader
8 1 (3.45%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.45%) Technical Leader
8 1 (3.45%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.45%) Technical Support Team Leader
8 1 (3.45%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (86.21%) GraphQL
1 25 (86.21%) LDAP
1 25 (86.21%) OAuth
1 25 (86.21%) OpenID
1 25 (86.21%) REST
1 25 (86.21%) SAML
1 25 (86.21%) SOAP
2 3 (10.34%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (82.76%) Cyber Threat
1 24 (82.76%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (86.21%) Identity Access Management
1 25 (86.21%) Mentoring
1 25 (86.21%) Roadmaps
2 24 (82.76%) Programme Delivery
2 24 (82.76%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 2 (6.90%) Coaching
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) ITSM
4 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.90%) Service Management
4 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.45%) Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) Data Engineering
5 1 (3.45%) Data Governance
5 1 (3.45%) DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) Bash
1 25 (86.21%) PowerShell
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) Java
4 1 (3.45%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (86.21%) NIST
2 24 (82.76%) NCSC
3 2 (6.90%) QA
4 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (86.21%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Databricks
1 1 (3.45%) Google