T-SQL Contract Job Trends
Transact-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing T-SQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 484 | 448 | 336 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | -112 | -22 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 229 | 117 | 226 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.41% | 0.33% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.53% | 1.02% | 1.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 169 | 93 | 158 |
| 10th Percentile | £346 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £378 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £440 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.95% | -16.19% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £556 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £650 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £410 | £429 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.76% | -4.43% | -9.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £34.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | - | £45.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.75 | - | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £25.19 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £60.63 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.75 | - | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +213.93% |
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 citing coding skills.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 14,995 | 11,456 | 11,781 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 26.85% | 32.24% | 32.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,765 | 7,545 | 7,594 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £348 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £505 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.96% | -3.81% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £623 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 618 | 337 | 285 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.08 | £29.00 | £22.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.50 | £45.75 | £37.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £61.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +1.63% | +2.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £76.25 | £75.00 |
| 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 14 November 2026.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.
T-SQL Top 14 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 14 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -24 | 190 | £453 | +5.96% | 193 |
| London | -53 | 111 | £453 | +9.16% | 60 |
| UK excluding London | -50 | 86 | £450 | +9.76% | 130 |
| Work from Home | -34 | 75 | £500 | +16.28% | 108 |
| North of England | -42 | 35 | £400 | +2.56% | 41 |
| North West | -35 | 25 | £403 | -4.17% | 20 |
| South East | -46 | 17 | £550 | +46.67% | 47 |
| Scotland | -20 | 14 | £450 | -35.71% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | -21 | 10 | £400 | +6.67% | 15 |
| West Midlands | -27 | 10 | £450 | - | 19 |
| Midlands | -39 | 10 | £450 | -18.18% | 23 |
| South West | -28 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 9 |
| Wales | -14 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | |
| East of England | -22 | 2 | £431 | - | 4 |
T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 99.1% | 227 |
| 2 | C# | 36.2% | 83 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 21.0% | 48 |
| 4 | Python | 19.7% | 45 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 16.2% | 37 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 10.0% | 23 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.7% | 20 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.6% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.7% | 13 |
| 10 | XPath | 5.2% | 12 |
| 11 | Bash | 4.4% | 10 |
| 11 | VB | 4.4% | 10 |
| 13 | Shell Script | 3.9% | 9 |
| 14 | VBScript | 3.5% | 8 |
| 15 | Java | 2.6% | 6 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 2.2% | 5 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.9% | 2 |
| 18 | JCL | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Tcl | 0.4% | 1 |