T-SQL Contract Job Trends
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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 435 | 455 | 324 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -131 | -29 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 248 | 106 | 245 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.70% | 0.98% | 2.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 182 | 86 | 176 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £375 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £450 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | -16.28% | +13.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £570 | £575 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £675 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £438 | £410 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.71% | -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 | £25.00 | - | - |
| 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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 14,580 | 10,797 | 11,879 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 26.48% | 32.54% | 32.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,493 | 7,051 | 7,737 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £343 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £729 | £765 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £489 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -2.86% | -2.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 572 | 302 | 314 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.25 | £29.00 | £25.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.50 | £41.68 | £40.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £57.50 | £63.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -9.09% | +1.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.44 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £78.18 | £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 20 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 20 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 | -18 | 203 | £453 | +0.67% | 141 |
| London | -34 | 119 | £464 | +3.11% | 52 |
| UK excluding London | -49 | 93 | £438 | +6.71% | 83 |
| Work from Home | -36 | 79 | £500 | +16.28% | 71 |
| North of England | -43 | 37 | £403 | +3.21% | 21 |
| North West | -30 | 26 | £405 | -3.57% | 8 |
| South East | -38 | 21 | £475 | +26.67% | 23 |
| Scotland | -13 | 15 | £475 | -32.14% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -29 | 11 | £400 | +6.67% | 12 |
| Midlands | -41 | 10 | £413 | -11.76% | 22 |
| West Midlands | -43 | 9 | £413 | - | 17 |
| South West | -39 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 5 |
| Wales | -14 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | 1 |
| East of England | -26 | 1 | £425 | - | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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 | 98.8% | 245 |
| 2 | C# | 35.9% | 89 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 23.0% | 57 |
| 4 | Python | 19.4% | 48 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 13.7% | 34 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 10.9% | 27 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.5% | 21 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.0% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.2% | 13 |
| 10 | VB | 4.8% | 12 |
| 10 | XPath | 4.8% | 12 |
| 12 | Bash | 3.2% | 8 |
| 12 | Shell Script | 3.2% | 8 |
| 12 | VBScript | 3.2% | 8 |
| 15 | Java | 2.8% | 7 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 1.6% | 4 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.8% | 2 |
| 18 | R | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Tcl | 0.4% | 1 |