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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 423 | 410 | 341 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | -69 | -52 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 210 | 124 | 255 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.46% | 0.42% | 0.58% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.64% | 1.24% | 1.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 137 | 89 | 176 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +5.26% | +1.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £619 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £725 | £644 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £413 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.03% | -21.43% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31.50 | £7.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.50 | £31.54 | £9.78 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.96 | £14.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.08% | +130.85% | -59.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £27.50 | £34.38 | £18.76 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £34.43 | £20.68 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.96 | £14.28 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.08% | +130.85% | -59.21% |
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 | 12,828 | 10,002 | 12,852 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 27.88% | 34.07% | 29.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,540 | 6,762 | 9,133 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | £358 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £419 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £763 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £477 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.42% | -2.15% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 547 | 241 | 476 |
| 10th Percentile | £42.28 | £22.50 | £30.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £35.00 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.50 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +2.40% | - |
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 17 April 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 17 April 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 |
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| England | -29 | 197 | £415 | -17.00% | 91 |
| London | -31 | 108 | £415 | -20.95% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 86 | £425 | +3.03% | 70 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 51 | £550 | +2.33% | 61 |
| South East | -24 | 39 | £417 | -20.53% | 18 |
| North of England | -55 | 28 | £475 | +26.67% | 23 |
| North West | -21 | 20 | £475 | +33.43% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | -50 | 8 | £408 | +8.67% | 5 |
| South West | -24 | 7 | £475 | -9.52% | 3 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £211 | - | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +2 | 2 | £465 | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | -62 | 2 | £398 | -6.47% | 2 |
| Midlands | -81 | 2 | £398 | -6.47% | 13 |
| Wales | -10 | 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:
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