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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 435 | 314 | 206 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -121 | -108 | +60 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 252 | 434 | 1,106 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.36% | 0.92% | 1.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.95% | 2.65% | 3.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 168 | 262 | 964 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £41,250 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,125 | £43,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.73% | - | -0.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £67,188 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £82,500 | £78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £47,500 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.53% | -10.38% | +6.00% |
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 | 12,941 | 16,357 | 27,862 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.62% | 34.50% | 37.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,181 | 10,038 | 22,756 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £38,250 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £48,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £85,378 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | - |
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 25 February 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 25 February 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 | £47,500 | -15.18% | 89 |
| UK excluding London | -39 | 195 | £42,500 | -10.53% | 87 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 138 | £42,500 | -22.73% | 40 |
| London | -87 | 55 | £72,500 | +16.00% | 14 |
| Midlands | -19 | 46 | £48,500 | +4.86% | 17 |
| Scotland | +11 | 45 | £37,500 | -18.48% | |
| South East | -29 | 39 | £40,000 | -22.33% | 34 |
| North of England | -28 | 37 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 29 | £42,500 | -22.73% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | -21 | 25 | £25,000 | -47.92% | 4 |
| South West | -21 | 17 | £42,500 | +2.41% | 10 |
| East Midlands | -41 | 17 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 6 |
| North West | -12 | 9 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 15 |
| East of England | -35 | 5 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | -9 | 3 | £51,000 | -32.00% | 3 |
| 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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