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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 421 | 297 | 229 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -124 | -68 | +4 |
| Permanent jobs citing T-SQL | 237 | 532 | 771 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.40% | 0.95% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.03% | 2.82% | 3.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 188 | 324 | 682 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,438 | £43,563 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £51,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -6.36% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £82,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.11% | -5.00% | - |
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 | 11,655 | 18,864 | 20,621 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.43% | 33.85% | 39.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,561 | 11,180 | 16,765 |
| 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 | £63,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +2.36% | -2.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £84,750 |
| 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 27 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 27 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 | -118 | 204 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 76 |
| UK excluding London | -64 | 172 | £48,500 | +2.11% | 64 |
| Work from Home | -47 | 104 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 55 |
| London | -84 | 58 | £80,000 | +28.00% | 25 |
| Midlands | +9 | 47 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 13 |
| North of England | -12 | 38 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 12 |
| South East | -6 | 36 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 31 | £40,000 | -13.85% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 29 | £47,500 | +11.11% | 9 |
| Scotland | +9 | 23 | £37,500 | -17.58% | 11 |
| South West | -12 | 18 | £50,000 | -6.98% | 11 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 18 | £50,000 | +8.11% | 4 |
| North East | +15 | 4 | £51,750 | -31.00% | |
| East of England | -21 | 4 | £42,175 | -11.21% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 2 |
| North West | -19 | 3 | £57,500 | +17.95% | 8 |
| Wales | 0 | 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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