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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 419 311
Rank change year-on-year -32 -108 -18
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 202 93 235
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.33% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.65% 1.01% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 73 168
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -18.18% +14.58%
75th Percentile £603 £556 £623
90th Percentile £730 £645 £675
UK median daily rate £453 £450 £531
% change year-on-year +0.67% -15.29% +11.84%
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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,229 9,210 10,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.12% 32.65% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,910 6,136 6,903
10th Percentile £363 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.53% -1.36%
75th Percentile £631 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 272 287
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £47.88 £42.44 £47.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -9.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.63 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.40 £78.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% +4.00%

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 16 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 16 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 -30 117 £453 +0.67% 48
North of England -40 37 £403 +3.21% 21
North West -28 26 £405 -3.57% 8
South East -39 21 £475 +26.67% 27
Yorkshire -25 11 £400 +6.67% 12
Midlands -46 10 £413 -11.76% 20
West Midlands -37 9 £413 - 16
South West -34 5 £750 +44.23% 4
East of England -27 1 £425 - 10
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
1SQL98.5%199
2C#38.1%77
3PL/SQL23.3%47
4Python15.8%32
5JavaScript12.9%26
6PowerShell11.4%23
7VBA6.9%14
8Data Analysis Expressions5.9%12
9VB5.4%11
10Shell Script3.5%7
11Bash2.5%5
11VB.NET2.5%5
11XPath2.5%5
14Java2.0%4
14TypeScript2.0%4
16Tcl0.5%1
16VBScript0.5%1