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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 424 | 294 | 225 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -130 | -69 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 237 | 528 | 767 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.95% | 1.50% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.05% | 2.81% | 3.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 186 | 320 | 677 |
| 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 | £67,188 | £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% | -2.91% |
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 | 11,585 | 18,765 | 20,279 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.58% | 33.84% | 39.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,477 | 11,094 | 16,511 |
| 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 | £62,968 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +3.23% | -3.13% |
| 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 31 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 31 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% | 61 |
| UK excluding London | -54 | 173 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 55 |
| Work from Home | -52 | 106 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 50 |
| London | -75 | 57 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 20 |
| Midlands | +7 | 47 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 13 |
| North of England | -15 | 38 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 8 |
| South East | -4 | 36 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 31 | £40,000 | -12.92% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 29 | £47,500 | +10.47% | 10 |
| Scotland | +12 | 25 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 11 |
| South West | +4 | 18 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 18 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 3 |
| North East | +10 | 4 | £51,750 | -31.00% | |
| East of England | -26 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 1 |
| North West | -11 | 3 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| Wales | +7 | 1 | £35,000 | -18.13% | |
| 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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