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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 622 | 426 | 302 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -196 | -124 | -87 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 218 | 256 | 585 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.18% | 0.52% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.17% | 2.12% | 2.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 186 | 197 | 363 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,977 | £41,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £51,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.50% | -1.90% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £67,500 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,500 | £85,000 | £83,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £48,500 | £49,479 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.71% | -1.98% | -5.76% |
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 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,658 | 12,096 | 21,855 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.46% | 24.56% | 31.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,167 | 8,055 | 13,085 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,694 | £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 23 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 23 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 | -167 | 204 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 151 |
| UK excluding London | -174 | 148 | £60,000 | +23.71% | 90 |
| Work from Home | -70 | 86 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 75 |
| South East | -64 | 62 | £58,750 | +38.24% | 23 |
| London | -97 | 59 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 57 |
| North of England | -67 | 36 | £55,000 | +18.92% | 26 |
| North West | -20 | 19 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 12 |
| Midlands | -84 | 18 | £60,000 | +29.73% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | -38 | 16 | £60,500 | +51.25% | 12 |
| East of England | -37 | 13 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 8 |
| South West | -83 | 12 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 7 |
| West Midlands | -55 | 11 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 19 |
| Scotland | +1 | 7 | £85,000 | +126.67% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -50 | 7 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 5 |
| North East | -67 | 1 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 2 |
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% | 218 |
| 2 | C# | 39.0% | 85 |
| 3 | Python | 18.8% | 41 |
| 4 | PowerShell | 15.1% | 33 |
| 5 | JavaScript | 10.6% | 23 |
| 6 | Data Analysis Expressions | 7.3% | 16 |
| 7 | PL/SQL | 5.0% | 11 |
| 8 | VBA | 4.1% | 9 |
| 9 | Delphi | 3.2% | 7 |
| 9 | VB.NET | 3.2% | 7 |
| 11 | VBScript | 2.3% | 5 |
| 12 | Bash | 1.4% | 3 |
| 12 | TypeScript | 1.4% | 3 |
| 12 | XPath | 1.4% | 3 |
| 15 | Bicep | 0.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Java | 0.9% | 2 |
| 17 | Tcl | 0.5% | 1 |
| 17 | VB | 0.5% | 1 |