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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 456 310
Rank change year-on-year +23 -146 -20
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 249 103 279
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.31% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.76% 0.95% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 87 209
10th Percentile £365 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £606
90th Percentile £697 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
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 - - +44.44%

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 14,121 10,791 12,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.02% 32.76% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,165 7,144 8,276
10th Percentile £363 £343 £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 536 293 341
10th Percentile £27.75 £29.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £47.88 £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 £70.00 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% -

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 16 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 16 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 -27 209 £453 +0.67% 218
London -31 119 £453 -2.05% 101
UK excluding London -37 100 £425 - 137
Work from Home -16 69 £517 +25.98% 84
North of England -41 46 £405 -10.00% 38
North West -22 31 £440 -2.22% 27
South East -48 21 £410 +9.30% 30
Yorkshire -32 15 £350 -6.67% 10
Scotland -13 13 £475 -32.14% 10
Midlands -43 9 £413 -2.94% 27
West Midlands -47 8 £413 -2.94% 23
South West -44 6 £588 +12.98% 12
Wales -14 3 £313 -38.12% 1
East of England -22 1 £425 - 17
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 (11.24%) IIS
2 25 (10.04%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.02%) Confluence
4 5 (2.01%) Appian
4 5 (2.01%) Camunda
4 5 (2.01%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.80%) Apache
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) MTS
6 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (12.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.81%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.81%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (2.01%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.40%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 88 (35.34%) Azure
2 81 (32.53%) Power Platform
3 32 (12.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 29 (11.65%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.43%) AWS
6 20 (8.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (5.62%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (4.82%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.81%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.01%) Serverless
13 4 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.61%) GCP
13 4 (1.61%) GitHub
14 3 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.20%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.82%) SSL
2 11 (4.42%) Internet
3 5 (2.01%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.80%) DHCP
4 2 (0.80%) DNS
4 2 (0.80%) Firewall
4 2 (0.80%) LAN
4 2 (0.80%) PABX
4 2 (0.80%) VLAN
4 2 (0.80%) VoIP
4 2 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (74.70%) SQL Server
2 70 (28.11%) Power BI
2 70 (28.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 45 (18.07%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (13.25%) Oracle Database
5 27 (10.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 24 (9.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (7.23%) MySQL
8 11 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (4.02%) MS Access
9 10 (4.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (4.02%) Star Schema
10 9 (3.61%) Relational Database
10 9 (3.61%) Tableau
11 8 (3.21%) OLAP
12 7 (2.81%) Data Lake
13 5 (2.01%) Metadata
13 5 (2.01%) Spark SQL
14 4 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 4 (1.61%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 24 (9.64%) Git
2 11 (4.42%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (3.61%) JIRA
5 8 (3.21%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (2.81%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.81%) tSQLt
7 3 (1.20%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.20%) Mocha
7 3 (1.20%) MSTest
8 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.40%) GitLab
9 1 (0.40%) Moq
9 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.40%) Toad
9 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 69 (27.71%) Finance
3 41 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (16.06%) Banking
5 13 (5.22%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.41%) Front Office
7 5 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.61%) Law
8 4 (1.61%) Retail
9 3 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.80%) Billing
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.80%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.40%) Back Office
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (40.96%) Developer
2 34 (13.65%) Data Engineer
3 32 (12.85%) DBA
4 31 (12.45%) SQL Developer
5 30 (12.05%) SQL DBA
6 28 (11.24%) C# Developer
6 28 (11.24%) Lead
7 27 (10.84%) Senior
8 22 (8.84%) .NET Developer
9 16 (6.43%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (5.62%) Applications Support
11 13 (5.22%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.82%) SQL Server DBA
13 11 (4.42%) Analyst
13 11 (4.42%) Software Developer
14 10 (4.02%) Senior Data Engineer
15 9 (3.61%) Consultant
16 8 (3.21%) C# .NET Developer
16 8 (3.21%) Lead .NET Developer
17 7 (2.81%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (35.74%) .NET
2 34 (13.65%) .NET Framework
3 23 (9.24%) ASP.NET
4 22 (8.84%) WinForms
5 18 (7.23%) HTML
6 17 (6.83%) XML
7 14 (5.62%) XSLT
8 12 (4.82%) JSON
8 12 (4.82%) REST
8 12 (4.82%) WPF
9 11 (4.42%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (4.42%) PySpark
9 11 (4.42%) React
10 10 (4.02%) CSS
11 9 (3.61%) WCF
11 9 (3.61%) Web Services
12 8 (3.21%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.21%) SOAP
12 8 (3.21%) SPFx
13 6 (2.41%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.24%) Replication
2 16 (6.43%) Clustering
3 15 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.81%) NHS
7 5 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.80%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.80%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.80%) Derivative
10 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.80%) Equities
10 2 (0.80%) Handset
10 2 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.80%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.92%) Windows
2 36 (14.46%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.81%) Linux
4 6 (2.41%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) HPUX
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (32.53%) ETL
2 80 (32.13%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (26.91%) DevOps
4 62 (24.90%) Performance Tuning
5 52 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (19.68%) Agile
6 49 (19.68%) Data Modelling
7 48 (19.28%) CI/CD
8 47 (18.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 44 (17.67%) Data Analysis
10 37 (14.86%) AI
11 32 (12.85%) Analytics
12 29 (11.65%) Migration
13 28 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (10.44%) Change Management
14 26 (10.44%) Data Integration
14 26 (10.44%) Lakehouse
15 25 (10.04%) Workflow
16 24 (9.64%) Root Cause Analysis
16 24 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 245 (98.39%) SQL
2 91 (36.55%) C#
3 69 (27.71%) PL/SQL
4 47 (18.88%) Python
5 31 (12.45%) PowerShell
6 29 (11.65%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.43%) VBA
8 15 (6.02%) VB.NET
9 13 (5.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (4.82%) VB
10 12 (4.82%) XPath
11 8 (3.21%) VBScript
12 6 (2.41%) Java
13 3 (1.20%) Bash
13 3 (1.20%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.40%) Bicep
14 1 (0.40%) R
14 1 (0.40%) Scala
14 1 (0.40%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.65%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.65%) Degree
4 14 (5.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.42%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CISA
8 1 (0.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.40%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (16.06%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.84%) QA
3 7 (2.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.82%) SCOM
2 3 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.40%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 108 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 75 (30.12%) Oracle
3 27 (10.84%) Citrix
4 17 (6.83%) Databricks
5 16 (6.43%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.41%) Intapp
6 6 (2.41%) RedGate
6 6 (2.41%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.41%) Sybase
7 5 (2.01%) OpenText
8 4 (1.61%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.20%) BMC
9 3 (1.20%) Remedy
9 3 (1.20%) SYSPRO
9 3 (1.20%) Teradata
10 2 (0.80%) Google
10 2 (0.80%) NetCracker
11 1 (0.40%) MarketAxess
11 1 (0.40%) QAD
11 1 (0.40%) Tradeweb