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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 460 | 355 | 339 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -105 | -16 | -72 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 123 | 172 | 293 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.55% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.06% | 1.64% | 2.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 82 | 116 | 181 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £341 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £500 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.50% | +4.17% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £625 | £670 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £456 | £450 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.39% | -2.70% | +2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £9.19 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £13.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £18.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +253.12% | -47.41% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £23.29 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.67 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £16.11 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +303.48% | -53.97% |
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 | 11,561 | 10,463 | 13,051 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.68% | 33.23% | 30.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,695 | 6,642 | 9,246 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £355 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.29% | -2.78% | -4.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £640 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.79% | -2.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 419 | 247 | 468 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.20 | £21.25 | £35.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £35.38 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.35 | £68.00 | £69.72 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £85.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +0.80% | -3.85% |
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 21 January 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 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -117 | 106 | £415 | -17.00% | 236 |
| London | -40 | 68 | £415 | -20.95% | 59 |
| Work from Home | -40 | 40 | £475 | +3.26% | 180 |
| UK excluding London | -101 | 39 | £456 | +1.39% | 257 |
| North of England | -54 | 14 | £450 | +26.40% | 44 |
| North West | -31 | 10 | £450 | +33.14% | 26 |
| South East | -48 | 7 | £525 | -4.55% | 71 |
| Wales | +1 | 5 | £600 | +272.67% | 18 |
| South West | -10 | 5 | £550 | +15.79% | 38 |
| Yorkshire | -53 | 4 | £375 | - | 14 |
| Scotland | +10 | 3 | £700 | +105.58% | 27 |
| East Midlands | -31 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 21 |
| Midlands | -60 | 3 | £550 | +22.22% | 32 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 33 |
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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