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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 466 | 358 | 300 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -108 | -58 | -41 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 125 | 218 | 355 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.35% | 0.60% | 0.77% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.09% | 1.87% | 2.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 97 | 151 | 228 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £356 | £387 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £624 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £675 | £696 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -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 | 11,456 | 11,631 | 14,256 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.00% | 32.03% | 30.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,559 | 7,427 | 10,147 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £621 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £756 | £753 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 339 | 298 | 437 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.87 | £22.00 | £32.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.75 | £40.19 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.50 | £62.75 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.20% | +4.58% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.25 | £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 25 November 2025.
T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Top 16 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 25 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 |
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| England | -101 | 112 | £450 | -18.18% | 75 |
| London | -42 | 72 | £428 | -25.97% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | -72 | 39 | £450 | +5.88% | 72 |
| Work from Home | -24 | 38 | £469 | -3.85% | 47 |
| North of England | -53 | 17 | £402 | +3.74% | 14 |
| North West | -17 | 13 | £426 | +0.24% | 7 |
| Midlands | -41 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 3 |
| Wales | +2 | 5 | £600 | +272.67% | 2 |
| South West | 0 | 4 | £520 | +26.06% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 4 | £375 | +55.09% | 7 |
| Scotland | -5 | 3 | £700 | +66.67% | 8 |
| South East | -26 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 21 |
| East of England | -19 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 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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