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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 427 | 310 | 216 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -117 | -94 | +12 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 228 | 566 | 808 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.42% | 0.87% | 1.59% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.98% | 2.67% | 3.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 191 | 351 | 723 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,625 | £42,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £82,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | -5.00% | -4.76% |
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 11,532 | 21,200 | 20,761 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 21.30% | 32.69% | 40.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,359 | 12,708 | 17,139 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,788 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,140 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £108,750 | £105,000 |
| 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 1 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 1 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 | -107 | 204 | £50,000 | - | 73 |
| UK excluding London | -48 | 158 | £48,000 | +1.05% | 70 |
| Work from Home | -61 | 82 | £50,000 | - | 54 |
| London | -78 | 61 | £80,000 | +30.08% | 22 |
| Midlands | +22 | 46 | £46,250 | +1.81% | 6 |
| South East | +18 | 41 | £42,500 | -14.10% | 18 |
| North of England | -13 | 35 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 17 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 28 | £40,000 | -16.23% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +34 | 27 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 19 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 1 |
| South West | +8 | 16 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 11 |
| Scotland | +1 | 13 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 9 |
| North East | +14 | 4 | £51,750 | -11.54% | 1 |
| North West | +4 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| East of England | -24 | 2 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 5 |
| Wales | +11 | 1 | £35,000 | -18.13% | 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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