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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 420 | 285 | 230 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -135 | -55 | +7 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 234 | 520 | 783 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.96% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.04% | 2.84% | 3.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 182 | 310 | 687 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £41,125 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,438 | £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 | £68,438 | £65,938 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £83,750 | £78,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -5.00% | -2.91% |
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 | 11,498 | 18,321 | 20,727 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.43% | 33.78% | 39.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,419 | 10,700 | 16,861 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £108,750 | £106,250 |
| 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 5 January 2026.
T-SQL
Top 18 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 5 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 | 199 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 341 |
| UK excluding London | -56 | 169 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 338 |
| Work from Home | -51 | 105 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 392 |
| London | -77 | 58 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 220 |
| Midlands | +2 | 45 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 22 |
| North of England | -3 | 37 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 39 |
| South East | -13 | 36 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 160 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 30 | £37,500 | -17.48% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 28 | £45,000 | +4.65% | 5 |
| Scotland | +5 | 25 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 69 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 17 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 17 |
| South West | -5 | 16 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 36 |
| North East | +9 | 4 | £51,750 | -31.00% | 19 |
| East of England | -22 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 31 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| North West | -16 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 15 |
| Wales | +5 | 1 | £35,000 | -18.13% | 10 |
| 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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