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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 454 | 350 | 311 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -104 | -39 | -54 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 120 | 180 | 302 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.57% | 0.70% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.08% | 1.74% | 2.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 81 | 123 | 186 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £378 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £475 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.63% | -1.04% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £591 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £625 | £694 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £9.19 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £13.13 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £18.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +253.12% | -47.41% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £23.29 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £25.67 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £16.11 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +303.48% | -53.97% |
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 | 11,145 | 10,321 | 12,977 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.75% | 32.75% | 30.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,384 | 6,550 | 9,218 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -3.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £640 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.28% | -2.50% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 386 | 238 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £35.63 | £21.25 | £34.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.38 | £36.00 | £46.67 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | -0.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £68.56 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £85.00 | £78.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | -3.08% | - |
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 12 January 2026.
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 12 January 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 |
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| England | -121 | 104 | £415 | -17.00% | 184 |
| London | -33 | 67 | £415 | -20.95% | 58 |
| Work from Home | -38 | 41 | £463 | +0.54% | 169 |
| UK excluding London | -85 | 38 | £450 | - | 198 |
| North of England | -53 | 14 | £450 | +23.12% | 32 |
| North West | -29 | 10 | £450 | +33.14% | 20 |
| Wales | +1 | 5 | £600 | +272.67% | 14 |
| South West | -14 | 5 | £550 | +15.79% | 27 |
| South East | -42 | 5 | £475 | -9.52% | 57 |
| Yorkshire | -41 | 4 | £375 | - | 9 |
| Midlands | -57 | 4 | £550 | +22.22% | 23 |
| Scotland | +2 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 25 |
| East Midlands | -22 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 16 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | -43 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 24 |
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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