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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to 3 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 455 | 446 | 322 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | -124 | -17 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 257 | 108 | 261 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.47% | 0.33% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.80% | 0.99% | 2.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 190 | 88 | 190 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | -14.29% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £575 | £605 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £675 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £425 | £433 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.85% | -8.84% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | +112.73% |
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 | 14,313 | 10,910 | 12,231 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 26.09% | 32.92% | 32.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,293 | 7,179 | 8,104 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £344 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £507 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.65% | -3.52% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £648 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £738 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £492 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.36% | -1.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 548 | 298 | 331 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.10 | £29.00 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.66 | £41.25 | £46.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -15.38% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.25 | £75.00 | £78.75 |
| 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 3 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 3 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 |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -12 | 214 | £453 | +0.56% | 202 |
| London | -13 | 126 | £453 | -2.05% | 88 |
| UK excluding London | -57 | 97 | £425 | - | 121 |
| Work from Home | -28 | 76 | £513 | +13.89% | 92 |
| North of England | -43 | 40 | £405 | -1.82% | 29 |
| North West | -29 | 28 | £475 | +5.56% | 18 |
| South East | -40 | 22 | £417 | +11.26% | 34 |
| Scotland | -14 | 15 | £475 | -32.14% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -27 | 12 | £350 | -6.67% | 9 |
| Midlands | -50 | 10 | £413 | -2.94% | 25 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 9 | £413 | -2.94% | 18 |
| South West | -36 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 8 |
| Wales | -15 | 3 | £313 | -38.12% | 1 |
| East of England | -24 | 1 | £425 | - | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||