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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 425 | 296 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -129 | -77 | +27 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 245 | 508 | 954 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.39% | 0.96% | 1.43% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.06% | 2.86% | 3.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 175 | 297 | 829 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £40,750 | £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 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,400 | £83,375 | £78,750 |
| 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 | 11,901 | 17,758 | 25,480 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.98% | 33.63% | 38.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,610 | 10,323 | 20,911 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,750 | £37,500 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £47,500 | £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 | £81,250 |
| 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 25 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 25 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 | -134 | 201 | £50,000 | -5.66% | 209 |
| UK excluding London | -44 | 181 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 225 |
| Work from Home | -49 | 122 | £48,500 | -3.96% | 183 |
| London | -89 | 59 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 62 |
| Midlands | -8 | 44 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 26 |
| South East | +1 | 39 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 64 |
| Scotland | +4 | 36 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 26 |
| North of England | -20 | 33 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 39 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 28 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 27 | £25,000 | -46.20% | 11 |
| South West | -12 | 20 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 32 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 16 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 16 |
| East of England | -28 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 28 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| North East | +2 | 3 | £51,000 | -32.00% | 3 |
| North West | -17 | 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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