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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 382 312
Rank change year-on-year +15 -70 -46
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 233 97 235
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.39% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.03% 1.15% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 80 181
10th Percentile £350 £347 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £456 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -13.10% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £463 £456 £525
% change year-on-year +1.37% -13.10% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £31.50 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.54 £6.57
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.96 £7.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.67% +319.87% -86.37%
75th Percentile £27.50 £34.38 £9.14
90th Percentile - £34.43 -
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £32.96 £7.85
% change year-on-year -25.67% +319.87% -86.37%

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 11,493 8,433 11,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.66% 33.91% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,513 5,862 8,192
10th Percentile £360 £356 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -3.35% -3.93%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £507 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -0.59% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 197 495
10th Percentile £36.25 £28.11 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.00 £49.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.55 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 June 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 June 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 -10 124 £490 -2.00% 17
South East -16 51 £405 -7.43% 10
North of England -52 31 £403 +7.40% 18
North West -23 22 £403 +25.86% 11
Yorkshire -56 9 £408 +8.67% 5
South West -17 8 £475 -8.65% 5
Midlands -61 5 £400 -5.88% 1
West Midlands -60 4 £400 -5.88%
East of England - 4 £211 - 2
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 20 (8.58%) IIS
2 12 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.15%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.72%) Appian
4 4 (1.72%) Camunda
4 4 (1.72%) Confluence
5 3 (1.29%) Apache
5 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.43%) Mule
7 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 43 (18.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) OpenText MBPM
1 4 (1.72%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.29%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.29%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.43%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.43%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.62%) Azure
2 68 (29.18%) Power Platform
3 35 (15.02%) Azure Data Factory
4 31 (13.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 24 (10.30%) AWS
6 21 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.15%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.29%) Serverless
9 9 (3.86%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.58%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.58%) GitHub
11 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) HTTP
2 1 (0.43%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (65.67%) SQL Server
2 58 (24.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 57 (24.46%) Power BI
4 43 (18.45%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (15.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (12.88%) Oracle Database
7 28 (12.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 19 (8.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (7.30%) Data Lake
10 12 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (3.43%) Spark SQL
12 7 (3.00%) MySQL
12 7 (3.00%) OLAP
13 6 (2.58%) DataStage
13 6 (2.58%) Delta Lake
13 6 (2.58%) Power Query
14 5 (2.15%) Metadata
14 5 (2.15%) Relational Database
14 5 (2.15%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (2.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.01%) Git
2 11 (4.72%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.58%) Cucumber
4 6 (2.58%) JIRA
4 6 (2.58%) Mocha
4 6 (2.58%) MSTest
4 6 (2.58%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.58%) tSQLt
5 2 (0.86%) Postman
6 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.43%) ERwin
6 1 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.43%) Moq
6 1 (0.43%) MSI
6 1 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 67 (28.76%) Finance
2 59 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 38 (16.31%) Banking
4 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.15%) Legal
7 5 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.72%) Advertising
9 3 (1.29%) Law
9 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.86%) Billing
10 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.86%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Front Office
11 1 (0.43%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (39.91%) Developer
2 34 (14.59%) Consultant
2 34 (14.59%) Data Engineer
3 33 (14.16%) SQL Developer
4 32 (13.73%) C# Developer
5 28 (12.02%) Implementation Consultant
6 23 (9.87%) Microsoft Engineer
7 21 (9.01%) Senior
8 18 (7.73%) DBA
9 16 (6.87%) .NET Developer
9 16 (6.87%) SQL DBA
10 13 (5.58%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (5.15%) Lead
12 8 (3.43%) Database Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (3.43%) SQL Server DBA
12 8 (3.43%) Workflow Consultant
13 7 (3.00%) Analyst
13 7 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 6 (2.58%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (28.76%) .NET
2 39 (16.74%) .NET Framework
3 37 (15.88%) XML
4 16 (6.87%) CSS
5 15 (6.44%) PySpark
6 14 (6.01%) HTML
6 14 (6.01%) REST
7 12 (5.15%) React
7 12 (5.15%) WinForms
8 11 (4.72%) JSON
8 11 (4.72%) RESTful
8 11 (4.72%) WPF
9 8 (3.43%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.43%) ASP.NET
9 8 (3.43%) SPFx
10 6 (2.58%) SOAP
11 5 (2.15%) Entity Framework
11 5 (2.15%) jQuery
11 5 (2.15%) Kafka
11 5 (2.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.15%) Replication
3 9 (3.86%) Clustering
4 7 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.58%) NHS
5 6 (2.58%) Wiki
6 5 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.72%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.29%) Equities
8 3 (1.29%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.86%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.43%) Derivative
10 1 (0.43%) Life Science
10 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (18.03%) Windows
2 19 (8.15%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.00%) Linux
4 4 (1.72%) Unix
5 2 (0.86%) HPUX
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (36.05%) Business Intelligence
1 84 (36.05%) ETL
2 50 (21.46%) Agile
2 50 (21.46%) Data Modelling
3 47 (20.17%) DevOps
4 46 (19.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 43 (18.45%) Performance Tuning
6 42 (18.03%) CI/CD
6 42 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (17.60%) Analytics
8 39 (16.74%) Data Analysis
9 34 (14.59%) Migration
10 31 (13.30%) Data Pipeline
11 28 (12.02%) AI
12 27 (11.59%) Unit Testing
13 26 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (11.16%) Workflow
14 24 (10.30%) Change Management
15 23 (9.87%) Data Engineering
16 19 (8.15%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 228 (97.85%) SQL
2 71 (30.47%) C#
3 62 (26.61%) PL/SQL
4 47 (20.17%) Python
5 26 (11.16%) PowerShell
6 25 (10.73%) JavaScript
7 21 (9.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 12 (5.15%) VBA
9 10 (4.29%) VB
10 6 (2.58%) Bash
10 6 (2.58%) Bicep
11 5 (2.15%) Java
12 4 (1.72%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.29%) XPath
14 1 (0.43%) C
14 1 (0.43%) C++
14 1 (0.43%) DataWeave
14 1 (0.43%) Groovy
14 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.73%) Degree
3 15 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.15%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.60%) QA
2 40 (17.17%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.15%) GDPR
4 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 3 (1.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.29%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (1.29%) Terraform
2 2 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) Control-M
3 1 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 89 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 57 (24.46%) Oracle
3 32 (13.73%) Citrix
4 24 (10.30%) Databricks
5 6 (2.58%) Alteryx
6 5 (2.15%) Sybase
6 5 (2.15%) VMware
7 4 (1.72%) OpenText
7 4 (1.72%) Remedy
8 3 (1.29%) BMC
8 3 (1.29%) Intapp
8 3 (1.29%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.86%) NetCracker
9 2 (0.86%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.43%) Adobe
10 1 (0.43%) Google
10 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.43%) Palantir
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.43%) Telerik