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 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 480 | 467 | 349 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | -118 | -43 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 225 | 119 | 219 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.41% | 0.34% | 0.60% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.52% | 1.05% | 1.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 166 | 95 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £339 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £381 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | -14.29% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £561 | £566 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £665 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £410 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.76% | -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 | £25.19 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £60.63 | - | - |
| 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 15 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 14,776 | 11,378 | 11,710 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 26.76% | 32.22% | 32.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,629 | 7,494 | 7,532 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £523 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.96% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £650 |
| 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 | 615 | 337 | 283 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.08 | £29.20 | £22.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.50 | £46.00 | £40.03 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £67.84 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £75.00 | £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 15 November 2026.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 15 November 2026.
T-SQL Top 14 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 15 November 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 | -46 | 186 | £453 | +1.80% | 187 |
| London | -49 | 109 | £453 | +9.16% | 62 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 84 | £450 | +9.76% | 124 |
| Work from Home | -35 | 75 | £500 | +11.11% | 102 |
| North of England | -40 | 35 | £400 | +2.56% | 35 |
| North West | -37 | 25 | £403 | -4.17% | 18 |
| South East | -50 | 15 | £550 | +46.67% | 45 |
| Scotland | -12 | 14 | £450 | -35.71% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -22 | 10 | £400 | +6.67% | 11 |
| Midlands | -31 | 10 | £450 | -18.18% | 24 |
| West Midlands | -32 | 10 | £450 | - | 20 |
| South West | -32 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 9 |
| Wales | -17 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | |
| East of England | -20 | 2 | £431 | - | 4 |
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 | 99.1% | 223 |
| 2 | C# | 36.9% | 83 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 20.9% | 47 |
| 4 | Python | 19.6% | 44 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 16.4% | 37 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 10.2% | 23 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.9% | 20 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.7% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.8% | 13 |
| 10 | XPath | 5.3% | 12 |
| 11 | Bash | 4.4% | 10 |
| 11 | VB | 4.4% | 10 |
| 13 | Shell Script | 4.0% | 9 |
| 14 | VBScript | 3.6% | 8 |
| 15 | Java | 2.7% | 6 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 2.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.9% | 2 |
| 18 | JCL | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Tcl | 0.4% | 1 |