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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 357 349
Rank change year-on-year -45 -8 -91
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 174 123 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.50% 0.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.63% 1.49% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 86 144
10th Percentile £350 £338 £366
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £576
90th Percentile £638 £725 £638
UK median daily rate £439 £475 £469
% change year-on-year -7.63% +1.33% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £27.82 £7.85
25th Percentile £26.50 £30.17 £9.78
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.96 £14.28
Median % change year-on-year -18.08% +130.85% -59.21%
75th Percentile £27.50 £42.10 £18.76
90th Percentile - £55.84 £20.68
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £32.96 £14.28
% change year-on-year -18.08% +130.85% -59.21%

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 10,684 8,262 10,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 28.76% 33.81% 28.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,137 5,579 7,896
10th Percentile £352 £358 £350
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.42% -6.03%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 218 445
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.25 £35.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £38.69 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.55 £85.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -31 92 £415 -17.00% 36
South East -38 36 £481 -6.10% 29
North of England -65 23 £463 +29.92% 19
North West -22 17 £426 +26.04% 11
South West -21 6 £525 - 23
Yorkshire -60 6 £500 +33.33% 5
East of England - 4 £211 - 9
Midlands -68 3 £398 +11.66% 16
West Midlands -64 2 £398 -16.32% 10
East Midlands -37 1 - - 6
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 (12.07%) IIS
2 3 (1.72%) Confluence
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.57%) Apache
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.57%) Mule
4 1 (0.57%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 41 (23.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) InDesign
3 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.72%) SystmOne
2 2 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.57%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 65 (37.36%) Azure
2 39 (22.41%) Power Platform
3 38 (21.84%) Azure Data Factory
4 34 (19.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 27 (15.52%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.60%) AWS
6 8 (4.60%) Serverless
7 7 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (4.02%) GitHub
7 7 (4.02%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.45%) AtomSphere
8 6 (3.45%) Boomi
8 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (3.45%) SaaS
9 5 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.72%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.72%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.72%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.90%) Internet
2 2 (1.15%) DHCP
2 2 (1.15%) DNS
2 2 (1.15%) HTTP
2 2 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
3 1 (0.57%) SMTP
3 1 (0.57%) VPN
3 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (63.22%) SQL Server
2 41 (23.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 34 (19.54%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (18.97%) Power BI
5 23 (13.22%) Oracle Database
6 21 (12.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (10.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (10.34%) Data Lake
9 14 (8.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (4.60%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (4.02%) Delta Lake
11 7 (4.02%) Metadata
11 7 (4.02%) Power Query
11 7 (4.02%) Spark SQL
12 5 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (2.87%) Star Schema
13 4 (2.30%) Relational Database
14 3 (1.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (1.72%) DataStage
14 3 (1.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (8.62%) Visual Studio
2 11 (6.32%) Git
3 7 (4.02%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (3.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.72%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.72%) JIRA
5 3 (1.72%) Mocha
5 3 (1.72%) MSTest
5 3 (1.72%) tSQLt
6 2 (1.15%) GitLab
6 2 (1.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.57%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.57%) Selenium
7 1 (0.57%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Coded UI
7 1 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 52 (29.89%) Finance
2 42 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 27 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.07%) Banking
5 11 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.87%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.87%) Legal
8 4 (2.30%) Advertising
9 3 (1.72%) Law
10 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
11 1 (0.57%) Military
11 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 81 (46.55%) Developer
2 37 (21.26%) C# Developer
3 30 (17.24%) Consultant
4 29 (16.67%) Implementation Consultant
5 24 (13.79%) Data Engineer
6 18 (10.34%) SQL Developer
7 13 (7.47%) Payroll Consultant
8 12 (6.90%) .NET Developer
8 12 (6.90%) Senior
9 9 (5.17%) Architect
9 9 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 9 (5.17%) DBA
9 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Engineer
10 8 (4.60%) Azure Developer
10 8 (4.60%) C# .NET Developer
10 8 (4.60%) Data Architect
10 8 (4.60%) Workflow Consultant
11 7 (4.02%) Applications Developer
11 7 (4.02%) Database Developer
11 7 (4.02%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (29.89%) .NET
2 39 (22.41%) XML
3 38 (21.84%) .NET Framework
4 17 (9.77%) JSON
5 14 (8.05%) PySpark
5 14 (8.05%) WinForms
5 14 (8.05%) WPF
6 13 (7.47%) REST
7 10 (5.75%) SOAP
8 8 (4.60%) CSS
9 7 (4.02%) React
9 7 (4.02%) RESTful
9 7 (4.02%) YAML
10 6 (3.45%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.45%) HTML
10 6 (3.45%) WCF
11 4 (2.30%) ASP.NET
12 3 (1.72%) .NET Core
12 3 (1.72%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (1.72%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.75%) Replication
2 8 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.45%) Wiki
4 5 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.30%) Clustering
5 4 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.72%) NHS
6 3 (1.72%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.57%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.57%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.57%) Equities
8 1 (0.57%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.57%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.57%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 38 (21.84%) Windows
2 21 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.30%) Linux
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (39.66%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (28.74%) ETL
3 45 (25.86%) DevOps
4 43 (24.71%) Agile
4 43 (24.71%) CI/CD
5 39 (22.41%) Analytics
5 39 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (20.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 34 (19.54%) Data Modelling
8 33 (18.97%) Data Analysis
9 29 (16.67%) Migration
10 27 (15.52%) Data Pipeline
11 26 (14.94%) Performance Tuning
12 25 (14.37%) Unit Testing
13 20 (11.49%) Data Engineering
13 20 (11.49%) Dimensional Modelling
14 19 (10.92%) Change Management
14 19 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (9.77%) Data Architecture
16 16 (9.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 163 (93.68%) SQL
2 62 (35.63%) C#
3 52 (29.89%) PL/SQL
4 36 (20.69%) Python
5 19 (10.92%) PowerShell
6 18 (10.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (9.20%) JavaScript
8 12 (6.90%) VBA
9 11 (6.32%) VB
10 9 (5.17%) Java
11 7 (4.02%) Bicep
11 7 (4.02%) Groovy
12 5 (2.87%) Bash
13 3 (1.72%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.57%) C
14 1 (0.57%) C++
14 1 (0.57%) DataWeave
14 1 (0.57%) Scala
14 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 20 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.62%) Degree
3 11 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.30%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.57%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (24.71%) QA
2 27 (15.52%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.15%) GDPR
4 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.57%) IFRS
4 1 (0.57%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.57%) MiFID
4 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (2.30%) Terraform
2 3 (1.72%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.57%) Control-M
4 1 (0.57%) Grafana
4 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.57%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 68 (39.08%) Microsoft
2 46 (26.44%) Oracle
3 30 (17.24%) Citrix
4 24 (13.79%) Databricks
5 8 (4.60%) VMware
6 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.72%) Sybase
7 2 (1.15%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.15%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.15%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.15%) Informatica
7 2 (1.15%) SAP
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe
8 1 (0.57%) Google
8 1 (0.57%) HP
8 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.57%) Remedy
8 1 (0.57%) Sage
8 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.57%) Splunk