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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 462 | 368 | 324 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -94 | -44 | -55 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 128 | 164 | 297 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.52% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.09% | 1.56% | 2.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 108 | 183 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £324 | £365 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £383 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £585 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £629 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £456 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.39% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £27.82 | £9.19 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £30.17 | £13.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £48.91 | £18.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +165.68% | -47.41% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65.00 | £23.29 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.67 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £48.91 | £16.11 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +203.57% | -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 | 11,716 | 10,515 | 13,324 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.40% | 33.48% | 29.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,764 | 6,634 | 9,448 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | -4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £716 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £482 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.98% | -1.65% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 441 | 243 | 508 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.60 | £21.25 | £35.52 |
| 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 | £70.00 | £68.00 | £69.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £85.00 | £77.50 |
| 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 | -95 | 111 | £415 | -17.00% | 162 |
| London | -36 | 71 | £415 | -20.95% | 66 |
| Work from Home | -27 | 43 | £513 | +11.41% | 167 |
| UK excluding London | -92 | 40 | £456 | +1.39% | 170 |
| North of England | -68 | 12 | £402 | +9.99% | 32 |
| North West | -27 | 8 | £426 | +26.04% | 24 |
| South East | -38 | 8 | £525 | -4.55% | 50 |
| Wales | -1 | 5 | £600 | +272.67% | 11 |
| South West | -19 | 5 | £550 | +15.79% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | -56 | 4 | £375 | - | 7 |
| Scotland | +9 | 3 | £700 | +105.58% | 25 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 11 |
| Midlands | -66 | 3 | £550 | +22.22% | 19 |
| East of England | - | 3 | £211 | - | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - |
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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