T-SQL Job Trends
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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 604 | 408 | 307 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -196 | -101 | -93 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 213 | 281 | 590 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.18% | 0.57% | 0.84% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.15% | 2.29% | 2.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 182 | 220 | 358 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £33,625 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,565 | £41,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | - | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £68,813 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,500 | £83,875 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,250 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.50% | - | -4.76% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,516 | 12,265 | 22,246 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.54% | 25.08% | 31.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,162 | 8,116 | 13,309 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,267 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
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 16 October 2026.
T-SQL Top 15 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 16 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -180 | 200 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 134 |
| UK excluding London | -179 | 141 | £56,250 | +12.50% | 86 |
| Work from Home | -58 | 87 | £62,500 | +23.46% | 67 |
| London | -88 | 62 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 48 |
| South East | -57 | 59 | £57,500 | +35.29% | 27 |
| North of England | -78 | 35 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 21 |
| North West | -24 | 19 | £50,000 | -28.57% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -49 | 15 | £60,250 | +20.50% | 12 |
| Midlands | -69 | 15 | £60,000 | +25.00% | 20 |
| East of England | -49 | 13 | £55,000 | +30.95% | 10 |
| South West | -79 | 12 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -55 | 10 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 16 |
| Scotland | +2 | 7 | £85,000 | +78.95% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -49 | 5 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 4 |
| North East | -75 | 1 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 1 |
T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 213 |
| 2 | C# | 39.0% | 83 |
| 3 | Python | 17.8% | 38 |
| 4 | PowerShell | 16.4% | 35 |
| 5 | JavaScript | 10.3% | 22 |
| 6 | Data Analysis Expressions | 8.5% | 18 |
| 7 | PL/SQL | 5.2% | 11 |
| 8 | VBA | 4.2% | 9 |
| 9 | Delphi | 3.3% | 7 |
| 9 | VB.NET | 3.3% | 7 |
| 9 | VBScript | 3.3% | 7 |
| 12 | TypeScript | 1.9% | 4 |
| 13 | Bash | 1.4% | 3 |
| 13 | XPath | 1.4% | 3 |
| 15 | Bicep | 0.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Java | 0.9% | 2 |
| 17 | Tcl | 0.5% | 1 |
| 17 | VB | 0.5% | 1 |