Transact-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring T-SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 464 | 354 | 300 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -110 | -54 | -41 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 122 | 204 | 314 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.60% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.06% | 1.85% | 2.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 88 | 140 | 197 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £513 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.17% | +6.77% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £561 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £696 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £16.14 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £17.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £20.71 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +213.93% | -40.84% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.61 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £26.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £18.41 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +253.12% | -47.41% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 11,512 | 11,049 | 13,245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.12% | 32.55% | 30.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,607 | 7,086 | 9,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £618 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 377 | 252 | 407 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £21.33 | £35.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £40.06 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £85.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | -1.54% | - |
T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing T-SQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
T-SQL
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.
T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Top 16 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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 |
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| England | -107 | 104 | £415 | -20.95% | 78 |
| London | -45 | 69 | £415 | -27.83% | 28 |
| Work from Home | -28 | 39 | £456 | -2.67% | 68 |
| UK excluding London | -87 | 37 | £450 | - | 83 |
| North of England | -59 | 14 | £450 | +16.13% | 15 |
| North West | -32 | 10 | £450 | +12.50% | 7 |
| Wales | 0 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | |
| South East | -38 | 5 | £475 | -9.52% | 27 |
| Scotland | +3 | 4 | £700 | +80.65% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | -38 | 4 | £375 | - | 4 |
| Midlands | -56 | 4 | £550 | +22.22% | 12 |
| South West | -4 | 3 | £469 | +10.29% | 10 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
T-SQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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