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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 435 320
Rank change year-on-year +38 -115 -33
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 274 116 258
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.35% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.95% 1.07% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 93 203
10th Percentile £356 £322 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £425
% change year-on-year - - -10.53%
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 14,083 10,864 12,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.32% 32.82% 31.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,161 7,261 8,533
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £534
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -5.81% -3.00%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 280 397
10th Percentile £29.97 £28.24 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.38 £36.19 £44.49
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.95 £83.11 £77.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% +8.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +10 238 £453 -9.40% 79
UK excluding London -3 130 £425 - 56
London -30 116 £490 -2.00% 32
Work from Home -19 79 £513 -6.82% 37
North of England -32 49 £403 -10.50% 19
South East -15 48 £404 +15.36% 18
North West -14 35 £403 -10.50% 11
Yorkshire -22 14 £400 - 6
Scotland -4 11 £470 +17.50% 1
Midlands -45 10 £400 -5.88% 6
West Midlands -47 9 £400 -5.88% 6
South West -37 7 £475 -8.65% 4
Wales -13 3 £313 +53.00% 1
East of England -20 1 - - 8
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 30 (10.95%) IIS
2 23 (8.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.55%) Confluence
4 6 (2.19%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.82%) Appian
5 5 (1.82%) Camunda
6 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.73%) Apache
7 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.36%) MTS
8 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 56 (20.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.55%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.82%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 94 (34.31%) Azure
2 78 (28.47%) Power Platform
3 40 (14.60%) Azure Data Factory
4 31 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (9.12%) AWS
5 25 (9.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 15 (5.47%) Power Automate
7 13 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (4.01%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.55%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.19%) Serverless
12 5 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.82%) GitHub
13 4 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.46%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.65%) Internet
2 7 (2.55%) SSL
3 5 (1.82%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.73%) DHCP
4 2 (0.73%) DNS
4 2 (0.73%) Firewall
4 2 (0.73%) LAN
4 2 (0.73%) PABX
4 2 (0.73%) VLAN
4 2 (0.73%) VoIP
4 2 (0.73%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (67.52%) SQL Server
2 67 (24.45%) Power BI
2 67 (24.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 50 (18.25%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (12.77%) Oracle Database
5 30 (10.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (7.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (5.84%) MySQL
7 16 (5.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (4.01%) MS Access
10 9 (3.28%) Data Lake
10 9 (3.28%) OLAP
11 8 (2.92%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.92%) Star Schema
12 7 (2.55%) Tableau
13 6 (2.19%) Metadata
13 6 (2.19%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (2.19%) Spark SQL
14 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (8.03%) Git
2 12 (4.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 12 (4.38%) Visual Studio
3 9 (3.28%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.55%) tSQLt
5 6 (2.19%) JIRA
6 4 (1.46%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.46%) Mocha
6 4 (1.46%) MSTest
7 2 (0.73%) GitLab
8 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Moq
8 1 (0.36%) Postman
8 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.36%) Toad
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 69 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.82%) Finance
3 40 (14.60%) Banking
4 39 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.19%) Legal
8 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.82%) Law
9 4 (1.46%) Advertising
9 4 (1.46%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.09%) Front Office
11 2 (0.73%) Billing
11 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.73%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (0.73%) Retail
12 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.36%) Local Government
12 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (39.42%) Developer
2 38 (13.87%) Consultant
3 35 (12.77%) Data Engineer
4 34 (12.41%) SQL Developer
5 32 (11.68%) C# Developer
6 28 (10.22%) DBA
6 28 (10.22%) Implementation Consultant
7 27 (9.85%) Senior
8 25 (9.12%) .NET Developer
8 25 (9.12%) SQL DBA
9 24 (8.76%) Lead
10 18 (6.57%) Microsoft Engineer
11 13 (4.74%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (4.38%) Analyst
12 12 (4.38%) Lead Developer
13 11 (4.01%) Software Developer
13 11 (4.01%) SQL Server DBA
14 10 (3.65%) C# .NET Developer
14 10 (3.65%) Senior Data Engineer
15 8 (2.92%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (31.75%) .NET
2 45 (16.42%) XML
3 39 (14.23%) .NET Framework
4 23 (8.39%) ASP.NET
5 21 (7.66%) WinForms
6 19 (6.93%) HTML
7 14 (5.11%) JSON
7 14 (5.11%) REST
7 14 (5.11%) XSLT
8 12 (4.38%) CSS
8 12 (4.38%) PySpark
8 12 (4.38%) React
9 11 (4.01%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (4.01%) WPF
10 9 (3.28%) WCF
11 8 (2.92%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.92%) RESTful
11 8 (2.92%) SOAP
11 8 (2.92%) SPFx
11 8 (2.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.30%) Replication
2 16 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.11%) Clustering
4 9 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.55%) NHS
6 6 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.09%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.73%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.73%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.73%) Derivative
9 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.73%) Equities
9 2 (0.73%) Handset
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.73%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.73%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.73%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 61 (22.26%) Windows
2 29 (10.58%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.28%) Linux
4 6 (2.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.73%) HPUX
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (32.12%) ETL
2 82 (29.93%) Business Intelligence
3 70 (25.55%) DevOps
4 59 (21.53%) Performance Tuning
5 53 (19.34%) Data Modelling
6 49 (17.88%) Agile
7 48 (17.52%) CI/CD
8 47 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (16.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 43 (15.69%) Data Analysis
11 40 (14.60%) Migration
12 37 (13.50%) Analytics
13 35 (12.77%) AI
14 34 (12.41%) Workflow
15 25 (9.12%) Data Pipeline
16 24 (8.76%) Change Management
16 24 (8.76%) Data Integration
17 23 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
18 22 (8.03%) Data Engineering
19 21 (7.66%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 270 (98.54%) SQL
2 87 (31.75%) C#
3 70 (25.55%) PL/SQL
4 47 (17.15%) Python
5 29 (10.58%) JavaScript
6 27 (9.85%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.66%) VBA
8 16 (5.84%) VB.NET
9 14 (5.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (4.38%) XPath
11 11 (4.01%) VB
12 8 (2.92%) VBScript
13 7 (2.55%) Java
14 5 (1.82%) Bash
15 3 (1.09%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.73%) Bicep
16 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
17 1 (0.36%) R
17 1 (0.36%) Scala
17 1 (0.36%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 37 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.76%) Degree
4 11 (4.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.82%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CISA
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.69%) Data Quality
2 32 (11.68%) QA
3 5 (1.82%) GDPR
4 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) IFRS
5 1 (0.36%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.55%) SCOM
2 5 (1.82%) Terraform
3 3 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.36%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (39.78%) Microsoft
2 69 (25.18%) Oracle
3 30 (10.95%) Citrix
4 19 (6.93%) Databricks
5 12 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.55%) Sybase
7 6 (2.19%) Intapp
8 5 (1.82%) OpenText
8 5 (1.82%) RedGate
8 5 (1.82%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.46%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.46%) Remedy
10 3 (1.09%) BMC
10 3 (1.09%) Google
10 3 (1.09%) SYSPRO
11 2 (0.73%) NetCracker
12 1 (0.36%) Foundry
12 1 (0.36%) MarketAxess
12 1 (0.36%) Palantir
12 1 (0.36%) Tradeweb