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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 416 | 290 | 223 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -126 | -67 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 236 | 522 | 777 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.95% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.04% | 2.82% | 3.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 184 | 313 | 684 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,266 | £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 | £67,813 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £83,625 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -5.00% | -1.48% |
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 | 11,545 | 18,487 | 20,690 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.50% | 33.77% | 39.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,456 | 10,833 | 16,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.62% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,750 | £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 3 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 3 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 | -132 | 201 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 360 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 171 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 356 |
| Work from Home | -47 | 105 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 410 |
| London | -64 | 58 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 235 |
| Midlands | -1 | 45 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 26 |
| North of England | -3 | 37 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 41 |
| South East | -9 | 36 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 177 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 30 | £37,500 | -18.36% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +24 | 28 | £45,000 | +4.65% | 4 |
| Scotland | +9 | 25 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 70 |
| South West | -1 | 18 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 37 |
| East Midlands | -23 | 17 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 22 |
| North East | +10 | 4 | £51,750 | -31.00% | 20 |
| East of England | -26 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 30 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| North West | -2 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 16 |
| Wales | +1 | 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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