T-SQL Contract Job Trends
Transact-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing T-SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 455 | 454 | 334 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -120 | -28 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 245 | 112 | 227 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.45% | 0.33% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.68% | 1.01% | 1.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 182 | 88 | 158 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £300 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -14.29% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £675 | £679 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £438 | £410 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.71% | -3.53% | -10.53% |
| 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 excluding London median hourly rate | £22.75 | - | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +213.93% |
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 citing coding skills.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 14,562 | 11,142 | 11,711 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 26.72% | 32.46% | 32.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,491 | 7,305 | 7,577 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £340 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £505 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.96% | -3.81% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £618 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 589 | 314 | 293 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.01 | £29.00 | £25.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.00 | £42.25 | £40.58 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £60.61 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.24% | -3.02% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £71.00 | £67.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.32 | £78.03 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
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 31 October 2026.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL Top 15 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 31 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -5 | 201 | £453 | +0.67% | 49 |
| London | -26 | 121 | £475 | +5.56% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | -34 | 89 | £438 | +6.71% | 41 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 77 | £508 | +12.78% | 32 |
| North of England | -51 | 36 | £400 | +2.56% | 9 |
| North West | -22 | 25 | £403 | -4.17% | 3 |
| South East | -42 | 19 | £475 | +26.67% | 11 |
| Scotland | -4 | 15 | £475 | -32.14% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 11 | £400 | +6.67% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 9 | £413 | - | 8 |
| Midlands | -45 | 9 | £413 | -25.00% | 12 |
| South West | -25 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 3 |
| Wales | -13 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | |
| East of England | -22 | 1 | £425 | - | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 98.8% | 242 |
| 2 | C# | 35.9% | 88 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 22.4% | 55 |
| 4 | Python | 20.8% | 51 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 14.3% | 35 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 11.0% | 27 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.2% | 20 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.1% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.3% | 13 |
| 10 | XPath | 4.9% | 12 |
| 11 | VB | 4.5% | 11 |
| 12 | Bash | 3.7% | 9 |
| 12 | Shell Script | 3.7% | 9 |
| 14 | VBScript | 3.3% | 8 |
| 15 | Java | 2.9% | 7 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 2.0% | 5 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.8% | 2 |
| 18 | R | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Tcl | 0.4% | 1 |