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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 467 | 351 | 316 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -116 | -35 | -60 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 121 | 194 | 311 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.58% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.05% | 1.80% | 2.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 85 | 132 | 193 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £333 | £377 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £380 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £500 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.00% | +4.17% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £665 | £650 | £699 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.86% | -7.89% | +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 | 11,483 | 10,803 | 13,073 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.95% | 32.57% | 30.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,613 | 6,900 | 9,306 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.29% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £618 | £645 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £478 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.95% | -2.50% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 379 | 244 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.32 | £21.25 | £35.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.11 | £38.44 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | -0.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.72 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.40 | £85.00 | £78.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | -3.08% | - |
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 1 January 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 1 January 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 | -112 | 105 | £415 | -19.02% | 68 |
| London | -43 | 69 | £415 | -24.55% | 22 |
| Work from Home | -33 | 40 | £456 | -0.82% | 61 |
| UK excluding London | -94 | 37 | £450 | +2.86% | 65 |
| North of England | -60 | 14 | £450 | +23.12% | 9 |
| North West | -25 | 10 | £450 | +33.14% | 6 |
| Wales | -1 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | |
| South East | -37 | 5 | £475 | -9.52% | 15 |
| South West | -6 | 4 | £550 | +15.79% | 9 |
| Midlands | -50 | 4 | £550 | +22.22% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | -55 | 4 | £375 | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +8 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 18 |
| East Midlands | -20 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -40 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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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