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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 452 | 334 | 308 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -118 | -26 | -49 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 118 | 222 | 355 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.61% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.03% | 1.89% | 2.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 94 | 155 | 228 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £363 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £379 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £525 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.24% | +9.38% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £689 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £410 | £433 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.31% | -8.84% | +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 | 11,446 | 11,729 | 14,641 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.23% | 32.02% | 31.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,541 | 7,557 | 10,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 335 | 281 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.13 | £22.00 | £31.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.88 | £38.50 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67.92 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £78.00 |
| 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 2025.
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 15 November 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 |
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| England | -124 | 105 | £440 | -16.19% | 136 |
| London | -52 | 69 | £415 | -28.91% | 55 |
| Work from Home | -26 | 38 | £430 | -9.47% | 81 |
| UK excluding London | -79 | 37 | £410 | -5.31% | 97 |
| North of England | -52 | 14 | £390 | -5.45% | 21 |
| North West | -21 | 10 | £420 | -6.67% | 8 |
| Wales | +5 | 7 | £410 | +154.66% | 5 |
| Midlands | -36 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 25 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 16 |
| South West | +3 | 4 | £520 | +26.06% | 16 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 4 | £375 | +21.60% | 10 |
| Scotland | -7 | 3 | £700 | +66.67% | 6 |
| South East | -20 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 17 |
| East of England | -25 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
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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