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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 413 | 305 | 212 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -108 | -93 | +42 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 252 | 494 | 1,074 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.39% | 0.95% | 1.51% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.09% | 2.81% | 3.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 179 | 286 | 941 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £40,000 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £43,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £53,642 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.79% | -2.47% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,800 | £82,812 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -9.52% | +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 | 12,056 | 17,575 | 27,169 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.89% | 33.89% | 38.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,670 | 10,179 | 22,376 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,125 | £37,574 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £48,750 | £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 | £100,000 |
| 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 | -123 | 205 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 163 |
| UK excluding London | -53 | 189 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 171 |
| Work from Home | -54 | 126 | £48,500 | -7.62% | 168 |
| London | -77 | 59 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 66 |
| Midlands | -5 | 44 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 19 |
| South East | +9 | 42 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 50 |
| Scotland | +17 | 38 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 25 |
| North of England | -22 | 34 | £40,000 | -16.23% | 32 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 28 | £42,500 | -15.00% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 26 | £25,000 | -47.37% | 7 |
| South West | -6 | 21 | £50,000 | +6.95% | 22 |
| East Midlands | -20 | 16 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 11 |
| North West | -1 | 5 | £57,500 | +17.95% | 24 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | |
| East of England | -25 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 18 |
| North East | 0 | 3 | £51,000 | -32.00% | 1 |
| 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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