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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 417 | 299 | 216 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -118 | -83 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 253 | 498 | 1,020 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.96% | 1.46% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.09% | 2.82% | 3.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 180 | 289 | 889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £41,000 | £39,750 |
| 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 | £66,250 | £65,000 | £65,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,650 | £83,249 | £78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,000 | £47,500 | £50,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -5.47% | +0.50% |
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 | 12,098 | 17,652 | 26,649 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.97% | 33.97% | 38.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,698 | 10,254 | 21,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £37,500 | £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 | £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 31 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 31 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 | -138 | 206 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 157 |
| UK excluding London | -35 | 190 | £48,000 | +1.05% | 167 |
| Work from Home | -55 | 127 | £48,500 | -7.62% | 162 |
| London | -88 | 59 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 65 |
| Midlands | -4 | 45 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 19 |
| South East | +5 | 42 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 51 |
| Scotland | +14 | 38 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 25 |
| North of England | -23 | 34 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 29 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 29 | £43,750 | -12.50% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 26 | £25,000 | -46.20% | 7 |
| South West | -4 | 21 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 21 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 16 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 11 |
| North West | -9 | 5 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 21 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | |
| East of England | -21 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 17 |
| North East | +1 | 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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