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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 398 | 293 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -105 | -74 | +25 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 247 | 502 | 991 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.39% | 0.96% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.08% | 2.85% | 3.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 175 | 293 | 865 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £40,250 | £40,000 |
| 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 | £68,125 | £65,000 | £65,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,400 | £83,625 | £78,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £51,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -6.86% | +2.00% |
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 | 11,897 | 17,622 | 26,011 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.93% | 33.71% | 38.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,589 | 10,210 | 21,372 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,821 | £37,500 | £36,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £47,623 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £101,250 |
| 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
Salary Trend
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 27 January 2026.
T-SQL
Top 17 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 27 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 |
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| England | -139 | 201 | £50,000 | -5.66% | 222 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 183 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 239 |
| Work from Home | -45 | 123 | £48,500 | -3.48% | 159 |
| London | -71 | 59 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 62 |
| Midlands | -14 | 44 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 31 |
| South East | -6 | 40 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 66 |
| Scotland | +12 | 37 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 28 |
| North of England | -11 | 32 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 42 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 28 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 26 | £25,000 | -46.20% | 14 |
| South West | -9 | 20 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 33 |
| East Midlands | -26 | 16 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | 2 |
| East of England | -24 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 30 |
| North East | 0 | 3 | £51,000 | -32.00% | 3 |
| North West | -6 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 25 |
| 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:
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