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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 395 327
Rank change year-on-year +13 -68 -60
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 219 97 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.40% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.97% 1.18% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 77 171
10th Percentile £327 £350 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -8.65% +9.47%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £668 £703 £650
UK median daily rate £451 £463 £525
% change year-on-year -2.43% -11.90% +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 11,136 8,250 11,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.63% 34.03% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,325 5,721 8,030
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.23% -3.98%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.72% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 195 471
10th Percentile £36.58 £28.27 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £35.50 £48.84
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.68 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -7.26% -0.80%

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 1 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 1 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 -18 114 £453 -9.50% 26
South East -13 51 £405 -7.43% 20
North of England -56 30 £453 +20.67% 17
North West -30 21 £453 -4.74% 8
Yorkshire -56 9 £408 +8.67% 7
South West -22 7 £475 -9.09% 8
Midlands -58 4 £398 -6.47% 6
East of England - 4 £211 - 8
West Midlands -57 3 £398 -6.47% 4
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 (9.59%) IIS
2 11 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.83%) Confluence
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.37%) Apache
4 3 (1.37%) Appian
4 3 (1.37%) Camunda
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.46%) Mule
6 1 (0.46%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 43 (19.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.37%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.37%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.37%) SystmOne
3 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.46%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 79 (36.07%) Azure
2 64 (29.22%) Power Platform
3 42 (19.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 38 (17.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 27 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.76%) AWS
7 13 (5.94%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.57%) Serverless
9 8 (3.65%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (3.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.65%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.20%) GitHub
11 5 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.02%) Internet
2 2 (0.91%) HTTP
3 1 (0.46%) LAN
3 1 (0.46%) SMTP
3 1 (0.46%) VPN
3 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (65.30%) SQL Server
2 53 (24.20%) Power BI
2 53 (24.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (18.72%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (15.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (13.70%) Oracle Database
6 29 (13.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 21 (9.59%) Data Lake
8 17 (7.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.57%) Spark SQL
10 9 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (3.65%) Delta Lake
11 8 (3.65%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (3.20%) Metadata
13 6 (2.74%) DataStage
13 6 (2.74%) MySQL
13 6 (2.74%) Power Query
14 5 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (2.28%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Git
2 11 (5.02%) Visual Studio
3 7 (3.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (3.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.74%) JIRA
5 5 (2.28%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.28%) Mocha
5 5 (2.28%) MSTest
5 5 (2.28%) tSQLt
6 2 (0.91%) Postman
7 1 (0.46%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.46%) ERwin
7 1 (0.46%) GitLab
7 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.46%) Moq
7 1 (0.46%) MSI
7 1 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 61 (27.85%) Finance
2 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.53%) Banking
4 32 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.02%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.28%) Legal
8 4 (1.83%) Advertising
8 4 (1.83%) Law
9 3 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.91%) Billing
10 2 (0.91%) Local Government
11 1 (0.46%) Games
11 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (36.07%) Developer
2 35 (15.98%) Consultant
3 34 (15.53%) Data Engineer
4 32 (14.61%) C# Developer
5 29 (13.24%) Implementation Consultant
6 24 (10.96%) SQL Developer
7 21 (9.59%) Microsoft Engineer
8 17 (7.76%) Senior
9 16 (7.31%) DBA
10 15 (6.85%) SQL DBA
11 13 (5.94%) .NET Developer
11 13 (5.94%) Payroll Consultant
12 9 (4.11%) Architect
12 9 (4.11%) Database Developer
13 8 (3.65%) Data Architect
13 8 (3.65%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (3.65%) Lead
13 8 (3.65%) Workflow Consultant
14 7 (3.20%) Azure Developer
14 7 (3.20%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (26.48%) .NET
2 39 (17.81%) .NET Framework
3 33 (15.07%) XML
4 16 (7.31%) PySpark
5 15 (6.85%) CSS
6 13 (5.94%) HTML
7 12 (5.48%) JSON
7 12 (5.48%) WinForms
8 11 (5.02%) React
8 11 (5.02%) REST
8 11 (5.02%) WPF
9 10 (4.57%) RESTful
10 8 (3.65%) SPFx
11 6 (2.74%) YAML
12 5 (2.28%) AngularJS
12 5 (2.28%) ASP.NET
12 5 (2.28%) Entity Framework
12 5 (2.28%) Kafka
13 4 (1.83%) Middleware
13 4 (1.83%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.94%) Replication
1 13 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (4.11%) Clustering
3 7 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.74%) NHS
4 6 (2.74%) Wiki
5 4 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.37%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.91%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.91%) Equities
7 2 (0.91%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.46%) Derivative
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.46%) Life Science
8 1 (0.46%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 44 (20.09%) Windows
2 21 (9.59%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.20%) Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Unix
5 2 (0.91%) HPUX
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (37.90%) Business Intelligence
2 76 (34.70%) ETL
3 49 (22.37%) Data Modelling
4 46 (21.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (20.55%) Analytics
5 45 (20.55%) DevOps
6 43 (19.63%) Agile
7 41 (18.72%) CI/CD
8 40 (18.26%) Data Analysis
9 36 (16.44%) Migration
9 36 (16.44%) Performance Tuning
10 35 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (13.70%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (11.87%) AI
12 26 (11.87%) Unit Testing
13 24 (10.96%) Change Management
13 24 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (10.50%) Data Engineering
14 23 (10.50%) Workflow
15 22 (10.05%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 214 (97.72%) SQL
2 62 (28.31%) C#
2 62 (28.31%) PL/SQL
3 47 (21.46%) Python
4 26 (11.87%) PowerShell
5 20 (9.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (9.13%) JavaScript
6 12 (5.48%) VBA
7 11 (5.02%) VB
8 6 (2.74%) Bash
8 6 (2.74%) Bicep
9 4 (1.83%) Java
10 3 (1.37%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.46%) C
12 1 (0.46%) C++
12 1 (0.46%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.46%) Groovy
12 1 (0.46%) Scala
12 1 (0.46%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.31%) Degree
3 14 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.65%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.28%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.18%) Data Quality
1 42 (19.18%) QA
2 5 (2.28%) GDPR
3 2 (0.91%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.46%) IFRS
4 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Terraform
2 3 (1.37%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) Control-M
4 1 (0.46%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 84 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 56 (25.57%) Oracle
3 33 (15.07%) Citrix
4 29 (13.24%) Databricks
5 6 (2.74%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.74%) VMware
6 4 (1.83%) Remedy
6 4 (1.83%) Sybase
7 3 (1.37%) BMC
7 3 (1.37%) OpenText
7 3 (1.37%) SYSPRO
8 2 (0.91%) Ab Initio
8 2 (0.91%) Informatica
8 2 (0.91%) NetCracker
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe
9 1 (0.46%) Foundry
9 1 (0.46%) Google
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.46%) Splunk
9 1 (0.46%) Telerik