T-SQL Contract Job Trends in England

Transact-SQL
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing T-SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 444 307
Rank change year-on-year -13 -137 -16
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 199 100 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.34% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.61% 1.05% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 76 146
10th Percentile £350 £314 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -16.28% +10.54%
75th Percentile £597 £561 £625
90th Percentile £725 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £464 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +3.11% -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34.00
25th Percentile £21.25 - £45.63
Median hourly rate £22.75 - £65.00
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile £25.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.75 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +175.39%

All Programming Languages
England

T-SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing coding skills in England.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 12,356 9,516 9,991
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 26.49% 32.40% 32.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,015 6,330 6,541
10th Percentile £363 £340 £353
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £737 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £522 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.37% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 282 249
10th Percentile £20.64 £31.25 £29.55
25th Percentile £45.00 £45.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.72 £77.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +0.94%

T-SQL Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing T-SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

T-SQL job vacancy trend in England

T-SQL Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL

T-SQL Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for T-SQL in England

T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing T-SQL

T-SQL Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing T-SQL within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -26 119 £475 +5.56% 40
North of England -36 36 £400 +2.56% 9
North West -30 25 £403 -4.17% 3
South East -46 19 £475 +26.67% 24
Yorkshire -23 11 £400 +6.67% 5
Midlands -34 9 £413 -25.00% 15
West Midlands -35 9 £413 - 10
South West -31 5 £750 +44.23% 4
East of England -28 1 £425 - 4
T-SQL
UK

T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SQL99.0%197
2C#36.7%73
3PL/SQL22.6%45
4Python18.6%37
5PowerShell13.1%26
6JavaScript12.1%24
7VBA6.5%13
8Data Analysis Expressions6.0%12
9VB5.0%10
10Shell Script4.0%8
11Bash3.0%6
12TypeScript2.5%5
12VB.NET2.5%5
12XPath2.5%5
15Java1.5%3
16Tcl0.5%1
16VBScript0.5%1