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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 482 | 347 | 303 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -135 | -44 | -39 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 121 | 203 | 327 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.59% | 0.74% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.05% | 1.83% | 2.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 90 | 137 | 210 |
| 10th Percentile | £348 | £350 | £384 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £513 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.59% | +7.89% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £549 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £694 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £430 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.44% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £16.56 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £18.41 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +175.39% | -32.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £32.31 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £41.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £20.71 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +213.93% | -40.84% |
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 | 11,513 | 11,120 | 13,573 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.36% | 32.48% | 30.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,608 | 7,150 | 9,660 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.76% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £751 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 367 | 264 | 419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £21.48 | £32.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £40.06 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £68.19 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £85.00 | £78.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.87 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.77% | -1.73% | - |
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 16 December 2025.
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 16 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -116 | 104 | £415 | -20.95% | 85 |
| London | -36 | 69 | £415 | -27.83% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | -103 | 36 | £430 | -4.44% | 91 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 35 | £456 | -1.35% | 87 |
| North of England | -51 | 15 | £426 | +9.94% | 13 |
| North West | -33 | 11 | £450 | +9.09% | 10 |
| Wales | +1 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | 3 |
| Midlands | -49 | 5 | £550 | +22.22% | 9 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 4 | £550 | +54.49% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -46 | 4 | £375 | +21.60% | 2 |
| Scotland | +3 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 26 |
| South West | -7 | 3 | £469 | +10.29% | 9 |
| South East | -45 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 25 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -39 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||