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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 441 312
Rank change year-on-year +16 -129 -17
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 256 109 272
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.33% 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.81% 1.01% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 89 205
10th Percentile £367 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £606
90th Percentile £695 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.76 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% - -
75th Percentile £25.13 £34.46 -
90th Percentile £26.15 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
% change year-on-year -27.51% - -

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 14,179 10,823 12,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.02% 32.81% 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,205 7,174 8,294
10th Percentile £363 £344 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 297 340
10th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £37.77 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.50 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% -

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

T-SQL
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.

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 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.

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 10 September 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 -2 216 £453 -0.71% 79
London -20 122 £453 -4.63% 29
UK excluding London -47 104 £425 - 58
Work from Home -28 71 £514 +12.91% 35
North of England -36 46 £403 -10.50% 9
North West -32 31 £405 -10.00% 7
South East -42 24 £410 +9.30% 16
Yorkshire -32 15 £350 -6.67% 2
Scotland -33 13 £470 -32.86% 1
Midlands -54 9 £413 -2.94% 16
West Midlands -39 8 £413 -2.94% 14
South West -40 6 £588 +12.98% 8
Wales -13 3 £313 -47.92% 1
East of England -27 2 £425 - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (10.94%) IIS
2 25 (9.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.52%) Confluence
4 5 (1.95%) Appian
4 5 (1.95%) Camunda
4 5 (1.95%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 36 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.73%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.73%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.95%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.39%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 91 (35.55%) Azure
2 82 (32.03%) Power Platform
3 35 (13.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 31 (12.11%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (8.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 21 (8.20%) AWS
7 14 (5.47%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (4.69%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.73%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.95%) Serverless
13 4 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.56%) GCP
13 4 (1.56%) GitHub
14 3 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.17%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.69%) SSL
2 11 (4.30%) Internet
3 5 (1.95%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.78%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) DNS
4 2 (0.78%) Firewall
4 2 (0.78%) LAN
4 2 (0.78%) PABX
4 2 (0.78%) VLAN
4 2 (0.78%) VoIP
4 2 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (74.61%) SQL Server
2 71 (27.73%) Power BI
2 71 (27.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 47 (18.36%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (12.89%) Oracle Database
5 28 (10.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 25 (9.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (7.03%) MySQL
8 12 (4.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (3.91%) MS Access
9 10 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (3.91%) Star Schema
10 9 (3.52%) OLAP
10 9 (3.52%) Relational Database
10 9 (3.52%) Tableau
11 8 (3.13%) Data Lake
12 7 (2.73%) Spark SQL
13 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.95%) Metadata
13 5 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (9.38%) Git
2 11 (4.30%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (3.13%) JIRA
4 8 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (2.73%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.73%) tSQLt
6 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.17%) Mocha
6 3 (1.17%) MSTest
7 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.39%) GitLab
8 1 (0.39%) Moq
8 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.39%) Toad
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 75 (29.30%) Finance
2 73 (28.52%) Social Skills
3 48 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.63%) Banking
5 14 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.34%) Front Office
8 5 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.95%) Legal
9 4 (1.56%) Advertising
9 4 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.56%) Law
9 4 (1.56%) Retail
10 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.78%) Billing
11 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.39%) Games
12 1 (0.39%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 103 (40.23%) Developer
2 33 (12.89%) Data Engineer
3 32 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 31 (12.11%) DBA
5 29 (11.33%) SQL DBA
6 28 (10.94%) C# Developer
6 28 (10.94%) Lead
7 27 (10.55%) Senior
8 22 (8.59%) .NET Developer
9 16 (6.25%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (5.47%) Applications Support
11 13 (5.08%) Consultant
11 13 (5.08%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.69%) Analyst
13 11 (4.30%) Software Developer
13 11 (4.30%) SQL Server DBA
14 9 (3.52%) Senior Data Engineer
15 8 (3.13%) C# .NET Developer
15 8 (3.13%) Lead .NET Developer
16 7 (2.73%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (34.77%) .NET
2 34 (13.28%) .NET Framework
3 23 (8.98%) ASP.NET
4 22 (8.59%) WinForms
5 21 (8.20%) XML
6 18 (7.03%) HTML
7 14 (5.47%) JSON
7 14 (5.47%) XSLT
8 13 (5.08%) PySpark
9 12 (4.69%) REST
9 12 (4.69%) WPF
10 11 (4.30%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (4.30%) React
11 10 (3.91%) CSS
12 9 (3.52%) WCF
12 9 (3.52%) Web Services
13 8 (3.13%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.13%) SOAP
13 8 (3.13%) SPFx
14 6 (2.34%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.98%) Replication
2 16 (6.25%) Clustering
3 15 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.73%) NHS
7 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.17%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.78%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.78%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.78%) Derivative
10 2 (0.78%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.78%) Equities
10 2 (0.78%) Handset
10 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.78%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.13%) Windows
2 36 (14.06%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.73%) Linux
4 6 (2.34%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) HPUX
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (32.42%) ETL
2 82 (32.03%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (26.95%) DevOps
4 63 (24.61%) Performance Tuning
5 52 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (19.53%) Agile
7 49 (19.14%) Data Modelling
8 48 (18.75%) CI/CD
9 46 (17.97%) Data Analysis
9 46 (17.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 38 (14.84%) AI
11 32 (12.50%) Analytics
11 32 (12.50%) Migration
12 28 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (10.55%) Change Management
13 27 (10.55%) Data Integration
14 26 (10.16%) Lakehouse
14 26 (10.16%) Workflow
15 25 (9.77%) Root Cause Analysis
16 24 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 252 (98.44%) SQL
2 91 (35.55%) C#
3 69 (26.95%) PL/SQL
4 48 (18.75%) Python
5 32 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 29 (11.33%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.20%) VBA
8 15 (5.86%) VB.NET
9 13 (5.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (4.69%) VB
10 12 (4.69%) XPath
11 8 (3.13%) VBScript
12 6 (2.34%) Java
13 3 (1.17%) Bash
13 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.39%) Bicep
14 1 (0.39%) R
14 1 (0.39%) Scala
14 1 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 41 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 35 (13.67%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.33%) Degree
4 15 (5.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.30%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.95%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CISA
9 1 (0.39%) CISSP
9 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (16.80%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.55%) QA
3 7 (2.73%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.69%) SCOM
2 3 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.39%) Ansible
3 1 (0.39%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 112 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 75 (29.30%) Oracle
3 27 (10.55%) Citrix
4 19 (7.42%) Databricks
5 16 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.34%) Intapp
6 6 (2.34%) RedGate
6 6 (2.34%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.34%) Sybase
7 5 (1.95%) OpenText
8 4 (1.56%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.17%) BMC
9 3 (1.17%) Remedy
9 3 (1.17%) SYSPRO
9 3 (1.17%) Teradata
10 2 (0.78%) Google
10 2 (0.78%) NetCracker
11 1 (0.39%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.39%) QAD
11 1 (0.39%) Telerik