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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 432 | 384 | 338 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -48 | -46 | -58 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 191 | 136 | 262 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.43% | 0.47% | 0.59% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.51% | 1.37% | 2.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 117 | 95 | 174 |
| 10th Percentile | £362 | £324 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £500 | £469 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +6.67% | -1.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £610 | £576 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £716 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £444 | £375 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.33% | -16.67% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £27.29 | £7.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.50 | £28.86 | £9.78 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.81 | £14.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.71% | +129.80% | -59.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £27.50 | £34.31 | £18.76 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £34.40 | £20.68 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.81 | £14.28 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.71% | +129.80% | -52.61% |
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 | 12,638 | 9,914 | 12,919 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 28.74% | 34.11% | 29.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,394 | 6,649 | 9,142 |
| 10th Percentile | £353 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £419 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £483 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.66% | -0.92% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 509 | 243 | 485 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £22.04 | £30.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £53.75 | £32.51 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.25 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.00 | £85.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +3.90% | -4.31% |
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 26 March 2026.
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 26 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 |
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| England | -46 | 176 | £420 | -16.00% | 98 |
| London | -23 | 94 | £415 | -17.00% | 23 |
| UK excluding London | -66 | 79 | £444 | +18.33% | 91 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 53 | £550 | +15.79% | 47 |
| South East | -29 | 36 | £481 | -8.33% | 23 |
| North of England | -58 | 23 | £500 | +36.80% | 16 |
| North West | -28 | 17 | £426 | +19.66% | 9 |
| South West | -20 | 6 | £525 | - | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -54 | 6 | £500 | +33.33% | 6 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £211 | - | 10 |
| Midlands | -66 | 3 | £398 | +5.16% | 19 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +6 | 2 | £465 | +36.56% | 8 |
| Wales | -13 | 2 | £410 | +150.71% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -63 | 2 | £398 | -16.32% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -33 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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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