Transact-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring T-SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited T-SQL over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 403 | 354 | 288 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -49 | -66 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 116 | 256 | 550 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.59% | 0.92% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.17% | 1.99% | 2.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 182 | 416 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £363 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £385 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | -7.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £601 | £587 | £577 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £648 | £703 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £413 | £525 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | +16.67% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.50 | £7.85 | £23.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.54 | £9.78 | £24.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.96 | £14.28 | £36.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +130.85% | -60.34% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.38 | £18.76 | £79.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £34.43 | £20.68 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £32.96 | £14.28 | £52.22 |
| % change year-on-year | +130.85% | -72.66% | +49.20% |
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 | 9,942 | 12,854 | 20,901 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.01% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,743 | 9,130 | 15,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £760 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 485 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | - | +26.21% |
T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
T-SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
T-SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Top 14 Contract 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 30 April 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 | -45 | 103 | £500 | +5.26% | 161 |
| London | -56 | 66 | £513 | +7.89% | 64 |
| Work from Home | +11 | 41 | £525 | +10.53% | 92 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 35 | £413 | -21.43% | 100 |
| North of England | +31 | 11 | £375 | -4.76% | 26 |
| Midlands | +22 | 10 | £425 | +9.68% | 20 |
| South East | +31 | 7 | £438 | -2.78% | 28 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 6 | £425 | -5.56% | 8 |
| North West | +13 | 6 | £410 | -0.61% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 5 | £375 | +15.38% | 9 |
| Scotland | -3 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Wales | -5 | 2 | £167 | -69.62% | 4 |
| South West | +34 | 1 | £525 | -2.33% | 10 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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