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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 423 282
Rank change year-on-year -11 -141 -8
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 212 96 265
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.35% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.76% 1.05% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 78 199
10th Percentile £359 £348 £363
25th Percentile £404 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -16.28% +9.14%
75th Percentile £584 £556 £616
90th Percentile £729 £658 £675
UK median daily rate £453 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +0.67% -14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
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 - - +81.82%

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 12,071 9,133 10,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 25.93% 32.84% 32.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,818 6,172 7,343
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.96% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £523 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +3.98% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 261 309
10th Percentile £27.48 £31.25 £30.40
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -13.08% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.00 £79.34
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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -20 123 £453 -2.05% 83
North of England -39 44 £401 -11.00% 31
North West -33 31 £440 -2.22% 23
South East -39 21 £410 +9.30% 26
Yorkshire -27 13 £350 -6.67% 8
Midlands -51 9 £413 -2.94% 20
West Midlands -45 8 £413 -2.94% 18
South West -33 6 £588 +12.98% 6
East of England -25 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 21 (9.91%) IIS
2 18 (8.49%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.25%) Confluence
4 5 (2.36%) Appian
4 5 (2.36%) Camunda
4 5 (2.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.94%) Apache
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.47%) MTS
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 28 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.30%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (3.30%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.89%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.47%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.47%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (33.96%) Azure
2 71 (33.49%) Power Platform
3 28 (13.21%) Azure Data Factory
4 24 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.96%) AWS
5 19 (8.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (6.13%) Power Automate
7 12 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (5.19%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.83%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.36%) Serverless
11 4 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.89%) GitHub
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.42%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.66%) Internet
2 11 (5.19%) SSL
3 4 (1.89%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.94%) DHCP
4 2 (0.94%) DNS
4 2 (0.94%) Firewall
4 2 (0.94%) LAN
4 2 (0.94%) PABX
4 2 (0.94%) VLAN
4 2 (0.94%) VoIP
4 2 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (74.53%) SQL Server
2 64 (30.19%) Power BI
3 56 (26.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 41 (19.34%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (15.09%) Oracle Database
6 26 (12.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (8.02%) MySQL
8 16 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (4.72%) Star Schema
10 8 (3.77%) OLAP
10 8 (3.77%) Tableau
11 7 (3.30%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.30%) Relational Database
12 5 (2.36%) Metadata
12 5 (2.36%) Spark SQL
13 4 (1.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.89%) DataStage
13 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (8.49%) Git
2 8 (3.77%) JIRA
2 8 (3.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (2.83%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.36%) tSQLt
5 3 (1.42%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.42%) Mocha
5 3 (1.42%) MSTest
6 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.47%) Moq
7 1 (0.47%) Toad
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.83%) Finance
3 42 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (18.40%) Banking
5 10 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.30%) Front Office
7 5 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.89%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.89%) Retail
9 3 (1.42%) Law
9 3 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.94%) Billing
10 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.94%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.47%) Games
11 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Publishing
11 1 (0.47%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 84 (39.62%) Developer
2 27 (12.74%) Data Engineer
3 26 (12.26%) DBA
3 26 (12.26%) Senior
4 25 (11.79%) C# Developer
5 24 (11.32%) SQL Developer
6 23 (10.85%) SQL DBA
7 20 (9.43%) Lead
8 16 (7.55%) Applications Support
9 15 (7.08%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (6.60%) .NET Developer
11 10 (4.72%) Analyst
12 9 (4.25%) Consultant
12 9 (4.25%) Senior Data Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) Integration Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) Lead Developer
13 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared DBA
14 6 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 6 (2.83%) Senior Developer
14 6 (2.83%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (37.26%) .NET
2 34 (16.04%) .NET Framework
3 16 (7.55%) WinForms
4 13 (6.13%) ASP.NET
4 13 (6.13%) WPF
5 11 (5.19%) HTML
5 11 (5.19%) PySpark
5 11 (5.19%) REST
6 10 (4.72%) CSS
6 10 (4.72%) React
7 8 (3.77%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.77%) Web Services
8 7 (3.30%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.30%) SOAP
8 7 (3.30%) SPFx
8 7 (3.30%) XML
8 7 (3.30%) XSLT
9 6 (2.83%) jQuery
10 5 (2.36%) JSON
10 5 (2.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.02%) Replication
2 15 (7.08%) Clustering
3 12 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.89%) NHS
8 3 (1.42%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.42%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.42%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.94%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.94%) Derivative
9 2 (0.94%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.94%) Equities
9 2 (0.94%) Handset
9 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 63 (29.72%) Windows
2 35 (16.51%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.83%) Unix
4 5 (2.36%) Linux
5 2 (0.94%) HPUX
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (35.38%) ETL
2 74 (34.91%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (26.42%) DevOps
4 52 (24.53%) Performance Tuning
5 49 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (22.17%) Data Modelling
7 46 (21.70%) Agile
8 45 (21.23%) CI/CD
8 45 (21.23%) Disaster Recovery
9 44 (20.75%) Data Analysis
10 37 (17.45%) AI
11 26 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (11.79%) Analytics
12 25 (11.79%) Change Management
13 24 (11.32%) Lakehouse
13 24 (11.32%) Migration
14 22 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (10.38%) Workflow
15 21 (9.91%) Data Integration
16 20 (9.43%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 208 (98.11%) SQL
2 80 (37.74%) C#
3 60 (28.30%) PL/SQL
4 36 (16.98%) Python
5 29 (13.68%) JavaScript
6 23 (10.85%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.08%) VBA
8 12 (5.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (5.66%) VB
9 5 (2.36%) VB.NET
9 5 (2.36%) XPath
10 4 (1.89%) Java
11 3 (1.42%) Bash
12 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.47%) Bicep
13 1 (0.47%) Tcl
13 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (12.74%) Degree
2 25 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 22 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.66%) Azure Certification
4 12 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (4.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) CISA
8 1 (0.47%) CISSP
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.57%) Data Quality
2 25 (11.79%) QA
3 7 (3.30%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (5.19%) Active Directory
1 11 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.66%) SCOM
2 2 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.47%) Ansible
3 1 (0.47%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 86 (40.57%) Microsoft
2 64 (30.19%) Oracle
3 28 (13.21%) Citrix
4 17 (8.02%) Databricks
5 15 (7.08%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.83%) Sybase
7 5 (2.36%) OpenText
8 4 (1.89%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.89%) Intapp
9 3 (1.42%) BMC
9 3 (1.42%) Remedy
9 3 (1.42%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.94%) NetCracker
11 1 (0.47%) Foundry
11 1 (0.47%) Google
11 1 (0.47%) MarketAxess
11 1 (0.47%) QAD
11 1 (0.47%) RedGate
11 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.47%) Tradeweb