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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 460 | 328 | 308 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -132 | -20 | -50 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 116 | 225 | 355 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.62% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.02% | 1.94% | 2.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 92 | 157 | 228 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £363 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £377 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £478 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +9.95% | +0.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £680 | £689 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £410 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.53% | -10.53% | +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 | 11,362 | 11,616 | 14,578 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 32.05% | 31.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,482 | 7,476 | 10,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £649 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 323 | 277 | 446 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £22.00 | £31.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.75 | £37.55 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.00 | £60.11 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.81% | +3.15% | +0.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.92 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.25 | £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 12 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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -123 | 103 | £450 | -14.29% | 131 |
| London | -49 | 67 | £428 | -27.54% | 58 |
| Work from Home | -31 | 39 | £450 | -2.70% | 77 |
| UK excluding London | -80 | 37 | £410 | -3.53% | 84 |
| North of England | -56 | 14 | £390 | -2.50% | 22 |
| North West | -23 | 10 | £420 | -1.18% | 8 |
| Wales | +1 | 7 | £410 | +154.66% | 4 |
| Midlands | -33 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 20 |
| East Midlands | -9 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 10 |
| South West | +5 | 4 | £520 | +26.06% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 4 | £375 | +21.60% | 10 |
| Scotland | +2 | 3 | £700 | +66.67% | 4 |
| South East | -18 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 16 |
| East of England | -19 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
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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