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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 446 321
Rank change year-on-year +15 -125 -16
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 255 106 264
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.32% 0.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.78% 0.97% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 88 194
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £531
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -15.29% +11.84%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £617
90th Percentile £708 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.83% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.75 - £65.00
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile £25.13 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.75 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

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 14,311 10,910 12,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.08% 32.98% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,300 7,204 8,174
10th Percentile £363 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 295 344
10th Percentile £24.97 £29.00 £26.06
25th Percentile £46.39 £41.25 £44.87
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.75 £78.38
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 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -4 212 £453 +0.56% 179
London -24 123 £453 -2.05% 72
UK excluding London -36 99 £417 -1.83% 121
Work from Home -8 74 £506 +17.73% 93
North of England -37 43 £400 -2.97% 26
North West -21 30 £405 -10.00% 18
South East -50 21 £410 +9.30% 32
Scotland -12 15 £475 -32.14% 11
Yorkshire -30 13 £350 -6.67% 8
Midlands -47 9 £413 -2.94% 23
West Midlands -41 8 £413 -2.94% 16
South West -37 6 £588 +12.98% 7
Wales -13 3 £313 -38.12% 2
East of England -34 1 £425 - 19
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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (10.98%) IIS
2 22 (8.63%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.31%) Confluence
4 5 (1.96%) Appian
4 5 (1.96%) Camunda
4 5 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.75%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.75%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.96%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 94 (36.86%) Azure
2 79 (30.98%) Power Platform
3 32 (12.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 31 (12.16%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (9.41%) AWS
6 19 (7.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.31%) Power Automate
9 10 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.53%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.75%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.75%) GitHub
12 6 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.35%) GCP
12 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.96%) Serverless
14 4 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.71%) SSL
2 11 (4.31%) Internet
3 5 (1.96%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.78%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) DNS
4 2 (0.78%) Firewall
4 2 (0.78%) LAN
4 2 (0.78%) PABX
4 2 (0.78%) VLAN
4 2 (0.78%) VoIP
4 2 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (75.29%) SQL Server
2 71 (27.84%) Power BI
3 67 (26.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 46 (18.04%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (12.94%) Oracle Database
6 29 (11.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (9.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (7.84%) MySQL
9 14 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (4.71%) Relational Database
11 10 (3.92%) MS Access
11 10 (3.92%) Star Schema
12 9 (3.53%) OLAP
12 9 (3.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (3.53%) Tableau
13 7 (2.75%) Data Lake
14 6 (2.35%) Spark SQL
15 4 (1.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (1.57%) Data Vault
15 4 (1.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (11.37%) Git
2 11 (4.31%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.92%) JIRA
3 10 (3.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 10 (3.92%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (3.14%) tSQLt
5 7 (2.75%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.18%) GitLab
6 3 (1.18%) Mocha
6 3 (1.18%) MSTest
7 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.78%) Subversion
8 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.39%) Moq
8 1 (0.39%) Toad
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (27.06%) Finance
2 67 (26.27%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.29%) Banking
5 13 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.14%) Front Office
7 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.57%) Law
8 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Billing
10 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.78%) Legal
10 2 (0.78%) Local Government
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (0.78%) Publishing
11 1 (0.39%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 104 (40.78%) Developer
2 35 (13.73%) Data Engineer
2 35 (13.73%) SQL Developer
3 32 (12.55%) DBA
4 31 (12.16%) Senior
5 29 (11.37%) SQL DBA
6 28 (10.98%) Lead
7 27 (10.59%) C# Developer
8 20 (7.84%) .NET Developer
9 17 (6.67%) Applications Support
10 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
11 13 (5.10%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.71%) Analyst
13 11 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (4.31%) SQL Server DBA
14 9 (3.53%) Consultant
14 9 (3.53%) Software Developer
14 9 (3.53%) SQL Server Developer
15 8 (3.14%) Senior Developer
16 7 (2.75%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (34.90%) .NET
2 34 (13.33%) .NET Framework
3 22 (8.63%) WinForms
4 21 (8.24%) ASP.NET
5 19 (7.45%) XML
6 18 (7.06%) HTML
7 14 (5.49%) XSLT
8 13 (5.10%) JSON
9 12 (4.71%) PySpark
9 12 (4.71%) WPF
10 11 (4.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (4.31%) REST
10 11 (4.31%) Web Services
11 10 (3.92%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.92%) CSS
11 10 (3.92%) React
11 10 (3.92%) SOAP
12 9 (3.53%) WCF
13 8 (3.14%) .NET Core
14 6 (2.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.63%) Replication
2 15 (5.88%) Clustering
3 14 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.75%) NHS
7 4 (1.57%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.18%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.18%) Derivative
8 3 (1.18%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.78%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.78%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.78%) Handset
9 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 75 (29.41%) Windows
2 39 (15.29%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.92%) Linux
4 6 (2.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) HPUX
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Rocky
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.16%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (31.76%) ETL
3 67 (26.27%) DevOps
4 62 (24.31%) Performance Tuning
5 52 (20.39%) CI/CD
6 51 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 50 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (19.22%) Agile
9 47 (18.43%) Disaster Recovery
10 44 (17.25%) Data Analysis
11 37 (14.51%) AI
12 33 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (12.55%) Migration
14 31 (12.16%) Analytics
15 26 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (9.80%) Lakehouse
16 25 (9.80%) Workflow
17 24 (9.41%) Data Integration
18 23 (9.02%) Change Management
18 23 (9.02%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 252 (98.82%) SQL
2 91 (35.69%) C#
3 66 (25.88%) PL/SQL
4 50 (19.61%) Python
5 31 (12.16%) PowerShell
6 30 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.24%) VBA
8 15 (5.88%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (4.71%) VB
9 12 (4.71%) XPath
10 8 (3.14%) VBScript
11 7 (2.75%) Bash
11 7 (2.75%) Java
12 5 (1.96%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.78%) Scala
13 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.39%) Bicep
14 1 (0.39%) Ruby
14 1 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (15.29%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.37%) Degree
4 14 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.71%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CISA
8 1 (0.39%) CISSP
8 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (16.86%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.59%) QA
3 6 (2.35%) GDPR
4 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.39%) ITGC
5 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.71%) SCOM
2 3 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.39%) Ansible
3 1 (0.39%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.39%) Puppet
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 109 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 74 (29.02%) Oracle
3 27 (10.59%) Citrix
4 19 (7.45%) Databricks
5 16 (6.27%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.35%) Intapp
6 6 (2.35%) RedGate
6 6 (2.35%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.35%) Sybase
7 5 (1.96%) OpenText
8 4 (1.57%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.57%) Google
9 3 (1.18%) SYSPRO
9 3 (1.18%) Teradata
10 2 (0.78%) BMC
10 2 (0.78%) eFront
10 2 (0.78%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.78%) Remedy
11 1 (0.39%) Commvault
11 1 (0.39%) Informatica