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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 415 341
Rank change year-on-year +3 -74 -49
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 242 109 253
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.38% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.83% 1.10% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 83 187
10th Percentile £329 £314 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £668 £685 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £421 £393 £500
% change year-on-year +7.29% -21.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £31.50 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.54 £6.57
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.96 £7.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.67% +319.87% -86.37%
75th Percentile £27.50 £34.38 £9.14
90th Percentile - £34.43 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £32.96 £7.85
% change year-on-year -25.67% +319.87% -90.09%

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 13,246 9,867 12,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.95% 34.17% 30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,666 6,714 9,166
10th Percentile £358 £358 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £713 £760 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.41% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 220 516
10th Percentile £36.25 £26.93 £32.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £33.91 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -7.63% -0.40%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -7 219 £448 -3.24% 57
London -16 114 £453 -9.50% 18
UK excluding London -23 105 £421 +7.29% 46
Work from Home -36 62 £525 - 30
South East -16 51 £405 -7.43% 19
North of England -60 30 £453 +20.67% 10
North West -32 21 £453 -4.74% 4
Yorkshire -61 9 £408 +8.67% 4
South West -29 7 £475 -9.52% 7
Scotland -2 4 £470 - 1
Midlands -65 4 £398 -6.47% 5
East of England - 4 £211 - 5
West Midlands -70 3 £398 -6.47% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Wales -14 2 £313 +71.23% 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 22 (9.09%) IIS
2 12 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.65%) Confluence
3 4 (1.65%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.24%) Apache
4 3 (1.24%) Appian
4 3 (1.24%) Camunda
4 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.41%) Mule
6 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 45 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.41%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.24%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.24%) SystmOne
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.41%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.19%) Azure
2 73 (30.17%) Power Platform
3 47 (19.42%) Azure Data Factory
4 39 (16.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 29 (11.98%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (8.26%) AWS
7 13 (5.37%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.13%) Serverless
9 8 (3.31%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (3.31%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.89%) GitHub
11 5 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.55%) Internet
2 2 (0.83%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) LAN
3 1 (0.41%) SMTP
3 1 (0.41%) VPN
3 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 61 (25.21%) Power BI
3 58 (23.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 46 (19.01%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (14.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (12.81%) Oracle Database
7 29 (11.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 22 (9.09%) Data Lake
9 21 (8.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (4.13%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (4.13%) Spark SQL
11 9 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (3.31%) Delta Lake
13 7 (2.89%) Metadata
13 7 (2.89%) Power Query
14 6 (2.48%) DataStage
14 6 (2.48%) MySQL
14 6 (2.48%) Tableau
15 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 5 (2.07%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 18 (7.44%) Git
2 12 (4.96%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (2.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (2.48%) JIRA
6 5 (2.07%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.07%) Mocha
6 5 (2.07%) MSTest
6 5 (2.07%) tSQLt
7 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.83%) Postman
8 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.41%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.41%) ERwin
8 1 (0.41%) GitLab
8 1 (0.41%) Moq
8 1 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 65 (26.86%) Finance
2 54 (22.31%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.05%) Banking
4 32 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.07%) Legal
8 4 (1.65%) Advertising
8 4 (1.65%) Law
9 3 (1.24%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.83%) Billing
10 2 (0.83%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Games
11 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 87 (35.95%) Developer
2 43 (17.77%) Data Engineer
3 35 (14.46%) Consultant
4 33 (13.64%) C# Developer
5 29 (11.98%) Implementation Consultant
6 28 (11.57%) SQL Developer
7 22 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
8 20 (8.26%) Senior
9 19 (7.85%) DBA
10 17 (7.02%) SQL DBA
11 14 (5.79%) .NET Developer
12 13 (5.37%) Payroll Consultant
13 10 (4.13%) Analyst
13 10 (4.13%) Architect
14 9 (3.72%) Database Developer
15 8 (3.31%) Applications Developer
15 8 (3.31%) C# Application Developer
15 8 (3.31%) Data Architect
15 8 (3.31%) Integration Engineer
15 8 (3.31%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (25.21%) .NET
2 40 (16.53%) .NET Framework
3 36 (14.88%) XML
4 18 (7.44%) PySpark
5 15 (6.20%) CSS
6 14 (5.79%) HTML
7 13 (5.37%) JSON
7 13 (5.37%) REST
7 13 (5.37%) WinForms
8 12 (4.96%) React
9 11 (4.55%) WPF
10 10 (4.13%) RESTful
11 8 (3.31%) SPFx
12 6 (2.48%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.48%) YAML
13 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
13 5 (2.07%) Entity Framework
13 5 (2.07%) Kafka
13 5 (2.07%) SOAP
13 5 (2.07%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.79%) Replication
1 14 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (4.13%) Clustering
2 10 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.89%) NHS
4 6 (2.48%) Wiki
5 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.24%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.83%) Data Fabric
7 2 (0.83%) Equities
7 2 (0.83%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.41%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.41%) Derivative
8 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.41%) Life Science
8 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.41%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.42%) Windows
2 23 (9.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.89%) Linux
4 4 (1.65%) Unix
5 2 (0.83%) HPUX
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (37.60%) Business Intelligence
2 86 (35.54%) ETL
3 52 (21.49%) Data Modelling
4 51 (21.07%) Analytics
5 49 (20.25%) DevOps
6 48 (19.83%) CI/CD
7 47 (19.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 46 (19.01%) Agile
9 44 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
10 41 (16.94%) Data Analysis
10 41 (16.94%) Migration
11 36 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (14.05%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (11.16%) AI
14 26 (10.74%) Data Engineering
14 26 (10.74%) Unit Testing
15 25 (10.33%) Change Management
16 24 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (9.92%) Workflow
17 22 (9.09%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 237 (97.93%) SQL
2 64 (26.45%) C#
2 64 (26.45%) PL/SQL
3 58 (23.97%) Python
4 29 (11.98%) PowerShell
5 20 (8.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (8.26%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.37%) VBA
7 12 (4.96%) VB
8 6 (2.48%) Bash
8 6 (2.48%) Bicep
9 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.65%) Java
10 4 (1.65%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.24%) XPath
12 1 (0.41%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) R
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (9.92%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.02%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.61%) Degree
4 8 (3.31%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.07%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (19.42%) Data Quality
2 43 (17.77%) QA
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.24%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (3.72%) Terraform
2 3 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (1.24%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.41%) Control-M
4 1 (0.41%) Grafana
4 1 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 96 (39.67%) Microsoft
2 59 (24.38%) Oracle
3 33 (13.64%) Citrix
4 30 (12.40%) Databricks
5 6 (2.48%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.48%) VMware
6 4 (1.65%) Remedy
6 4 (1.65%) Sybase
7 3 (1.24%) BMC
7 3 (1.24%) OpenText
7 3 (1.24%) SYSPRO
8 2 (0.83%) Ab Initio
8 2 (0.83%) Google
8 2 (0.83%) Informatica
8 2 (0.83%) Intapp
8 2 (0.83%) NetCracker
8 2 (0.83%) RedGate
8 2 (0.83%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.41%) Adobe
9 1 (0.41%) Foundry