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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 407 | 301 | 213 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -106 | -88 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 250 | 505 | 984 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.96% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.09% | 2.84% | 3.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 176 | 295 | 858 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £40,500 | £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 | £66,875 | £65,000 | £65,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,250 | £83,500 | £77,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £50,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -6.40% | +1.50% |
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 | 11,989 | 17,754 | 25,908 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.95% | 33.86% | 38.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,657 | 10,325 | 21,232 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,838 | £37,500 | £36,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £47,813 | £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 29 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 29 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 | -128 | 203 | £50,000 | -5.66% | 153 |
| UK excluding London | -48 | 186 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 165 |
| Work from Home | -52 | 126 | £48,500 | -3.96% | 162 |
| London | -81 | 60 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 60 |
| Midlands | -13 | 44 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 20 |
| South East | -2 | 41 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 48 |
| Scotland | +16 | 38 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 26 |
| North of England | -14 | 33 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 28 |
| West Midlands | +23 | 28 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -10 | 26 | £25,000 | -46.20% | 7 |
| South West | -3 | 20 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 22 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 16 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 12 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | |
| North West | -7 | 4 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 20 |
| East of England | -24 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 17 |
| North East | -2 | 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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