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 requiring T-SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 423 293
Rank change year-on-year -6 -130 -2
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 209 88 238
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.31% 0.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.73% 0.96% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 72 171
10th Percentile £365 £320 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -18.18% +13.11%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £621
90th Percentile £725 £626 £675
UK median daily rate £453 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +0.67% -16.28% +13.16%
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 - - +145.28%

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 requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,059 9,170 10,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.07% 32.69% 32.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,797 6,130 6,988
10th Percentile £363 £347 £353
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £543
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.07% -1.36%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 519 266 302
10th Percentile £22.33 £31.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.02 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% -
75th Percentile £71.00 £67.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £78.75 £77.38
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 10 October 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 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -23 122 £453 +1.80% 87
North of England -45 39 £428 +9.62% 26
North West -30 28 £475 +13.10% 11
South East -47 22 £475 +26.67% 31
Yorkshire -20 11 £400 +6.67% 13
Midlands -40 10 £413 -11.76% 16
West Midlands -37 9 £413 - 12
South West -27 5 £750 +44.23% 4
East of England -34 1 £425 - 14
T-SQL
UK

T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (9.09%) IIS
2 15 (7.18%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.31%) Confluence
4 5 (2.39%) Appian
4 5 (2.39%) Camunda
4 5 (2.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.96%) Apache
5 2 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.48%) MTS
6 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.35%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (3.35%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.91%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.44%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.48%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.48%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.97%) Azure
2 66 (31.58%) Power Platform
3 25 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (11.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (9.57%) AWS
6 14 (6.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (5.74%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.83%) GitHub
9 8 (3.83%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.83%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.87%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.87%) Serverless
12 4 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (1.44%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.26%) SSL
2 10 (4.78%) Internet
3 4 (1.91%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.96%) DHCP
4 2 (0.96%) DNS
4 2 (0.96%) Firewall
4 2 (0.96%) LAN
4 2 (0.96%) PABX
4 2 (0.96%) VLAN
4 2 (0.96%) VoIP
4 2 (0.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (75.12%) SQL Server
2 62 (29.67%) Power BI
3 55 (26.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (17.22%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (14.83%) Oracle Database
6 24 (11.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (8.61%) MySQL
8 17 (8.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (4.78%) Relational Database
11 9 (4.31%) Star Schema
12 8 (3.83%) Tableau
13 7 (3.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (2.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (2.39%) Data Vault
14 5 (2.39%) Power Query
15 4 (1.91%) DataStage
15 4 (1.91%) OLAP
15 4 (1.91%) Spark SQL
16 3 (1.44%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 20 (9.57%) Git
2 7 (3.35%) JIRA
2 7 (3.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (2.87%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.39%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (2.39%) tSQLt
5 3 (1.44%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.44%) Mocha
5 3 (1.44%) MSTest
5 3 (1.44%) Subversion
6 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.48%) Moq
7 1 (0.48%) Toad
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (31.10%) Social Skills
2 57 (27.27%) Finance
3 39 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (16.75%) Banking
5 8 (3.83%) Front Office
5 8 (3.83%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.91%) Retail
8 3 (1.44%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Publishing
9 2 (0.96%) Billing
9 2 (0.96%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.96%) Legal
9 2 (0.96%) Local Government
9 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.96%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.48%) Back Office
10 1 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 82 (39.23%) Developer
2 27 (12.92%) Senior
3 26 (12.44%) Data Engineer
4 25 (11.96%) DBA
5 24 (11.48%) C# Developer
5 24 (11.48%) SQL Developer
6 21 (10.05%) Applications Support
6 21 (10.05%) SQL DBA
7 18 (8.61%) Lead
8 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Engineer
9 14 (6.70%) .NET Developer
10 9 (4.31%) Analyst
10 9 (4.31%) Consultant
11 8 (3.83%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (3.83%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 7 (3.35%) Junior
13 6 (2.87%) Integration Engineer
13 6 (2.87%) Lead Developer
14 5 (2.39%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (38.76%) .NET
2 31 (14.83%) .NET Framework
3 14 (6.70%) WinForms
4 13 (6.22%) ASP.NET
5 12 (5.74%) AngularJS
6 11 (5.26%) HTML
6 11 (5.26%) React
6 11 (5.26%) Web Services
6 11 (5.26%) WPF
7 10 (4.78%) CSS
7 10 (4.78%) PySpark
7 10 (4.78%) REST
7 10 (4.78%) SOAP
7 10 (4.78%) XML
8 9 (4.31%) .NET Core
9 8 (3.83%) RESTful
10 7 (3.35%) JSON
10 7 (3.35%) XSLT
11 5 (2.39%) jQuery
11 5 (2.39%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.66%) Replication
2 15 (7.18%) Clustering
3 12 (5.74%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.91%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.44%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.44%) Derivative
8 3 (1.44%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.96%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.96%) Equities
9 2 (0.96%) Handset
9 2 (0.96%) NHS
9 2 (0.96%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 66 (31.58%) Windows
2 40 (19.14%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.31%) Linux
4 7 (3.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.96%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (34.93%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (32.06%) ETL
3 57 (27.27%) DevOps
4 52 (24.88%) Performance Tuning
5 47 (22.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 47 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (21.53%) CI/CD
6 45 (21.53%) Data Modelling
7 43 (20.57%) Agile
8 41 (19.62%) Data Analysis
9 34 (16.27%) AI
10 31 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (12.44%) Migration
12 24 (11.48%) Lakehouse
13 23 (11.00%) Change Management
13 23 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (9.57%) Workflow
15 19 (9.09%) Data Engineering
15 19 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (8.61%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 206 (98.56%) SQL
2 81 (38.76%) C#
3 54 (25.84%) PL/SQL
4 36 (17.22%) Python
5 28 (13.40%) JavaScript
6 23 (11.00%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.18%) VBA
8 13 (6.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (5.74%) VB
10 6 (2.87%) Shell Script
11 5 (2.39%) Bash
11 5 (2.39%) VB.NET
11 5 (2.39%) XPath
12 4 (1.91%) Java
13 3 (1.44%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.48%) Tcl
14 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.48%) Degree
3 20 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.74%) Azure Certification
5 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (4.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.48%) CISA
9 1 (0.48%) CISSP
9 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.48%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.44%) Data Quality
2 23 (11.00%) QA
3 6 (2.87%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.48%) ITGC
4 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 11 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.74%) SCOM
2 2 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Control-M
3 1 (0.48%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.48%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 86 (41.15%) Microsoft
2 62 (29.67%) Oracle
3 25 (11.96%) Citrix
4 18 (8.61%) Databricks
5 15 (7.18%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.87%) Sybase
7 5 (2.39%) OpenText
8 4 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.91%) Intapp
9 3 (1.44%) BMC
9 3 (1.44%) eFront
9 3 (1.44%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.96%) Informatica
10 2 (0.96%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.96%) Remedy
11 1 (0.48%) Google
11 1 (0.48%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.48%) Northgate
11 1 (0.48%) QAD
11 1 (0.48%) Telerik