T-SQL Job Trends
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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 607 | 416 | 309 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -191 | -107 | -94 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 215 | 278 | 590 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.18% | 0.57% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.15% | 2.27% | 2.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 182 | 217 | 361 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £33,250 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £41,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | - | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £69,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,500 | £84,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £49,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +0.50% | -5.24% |
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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,644 | 12,220 | 22,000 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.57% | 25.01% | 31.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,208 | 8,073 | 13,205 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
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 17 October 2026.
T-SQL Top 15 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 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -177 | 202 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 134 |
| UK excluding London | -191 | 144 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 81 |
| Work from Home | -80 | 87 | £62,500 | +23.46% | 67 |
| South East | -63 | 61 | £57,500 | +35.29% | 24 |
| London | -78 | 61 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 50 |
| North of England | -74 | 36 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 21 |
| North West | -32 | 19 | £50,000 | -28.57% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -48 | 16 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 13 |
| Midlands | -84 | 15 | £60,000 | +23.71% | 20 |
| East of England | -29 | 13 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 9 |
| South West | -82 | 12 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -59 | 10 | £55,000 | - | 16 |
| Scotland | +6 | 7 | £85,000 | +78.95% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -43 | 5 | £65,000 | +40.54% | 4 |
| North East | -69 | 1 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 1 |
T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 215 |
| 2 | C# | 38.6% | 83 |
| 3 | Python | 18.6% | 40 |
| 4 | PowerShell | 16.3% | 35 |
| 5 | JavaScript | 10.2% | 22 |
| 6 | Data Analysis Expressions | 8.4% | 18 |
| 7 | PL/SQL | 5.1% | 11 |
| 8 | VBA | 4.2% | 9 |
| 9 | Delphi | 3.3% | 7 |
| 9 | VB.NET | 3.3% | 7 |
| 9 | VBScript | 3.3% | 7 |
| 12 | TypeScript | 1.9% | 4 |
| 13 | Bash | 1.4% | 3 |
| 13 | XPath | 1.4% | 3 |
| 15 | Bicep | 0.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Java | 0.9% | 2 |
| 17 | Tcl | 0.5% | 1 |
| 17 | VB | 0.5% | 1 |