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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 427 | 301 | 226 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -126 | -75 | +7 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 236 | 528 | 771 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.95% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.04% | 2.81% | 3.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 187 | 320 | 680 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,438 | £43,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £52,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -5.45% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,125 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £82,562 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -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 | 11,594 | 18,762 | 20,463 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.54% | 33.88% | 39.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,503 | 11,078 | 16,636 |
| 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 | £63,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +2.36% | -2.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £110,000 | £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 29 December 2025.
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 29 December 2025. 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 | -129 | 203 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 143 |
| UK excluding London | -51 | 172 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 139 |
| Work from Home | -53 | 104 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 99 |
| London | -92 | 57 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 28 |
| Midlands | +2 | 47 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 28 |
| North of England | -22 | 38 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 28 |
| South East | +1 | 36 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 33 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 31 | £40,000 | -12.92% | 11 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 29 | £47,500 | +10.47% | 17 |
| Scotland | +11 | 23 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 18 |
| South West | +4 | 18 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 18 |
| East Midlands | -20 | 18 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 10 |
| North East | +13 | 4 | £51,750 | -31.00% | 1 |
| East of England | -18 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| North West | -13 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 16 |
| Wales | +1 | 1 | £35,000 | -18.13% | 2 |
| 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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