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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 471 | 342 | 297 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -129 | -45 | -36 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 123 | 213 | 346 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.34% | 0.59% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.07% | 1.83% | 2.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 92 | 142 | 222 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.95% | +10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £620 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £675 | £699 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £410 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.53% | -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 | 11,469 | 11,649 | 13,970 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.46% | 32.37% | 30.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,571 | 7,464 | 9,944 |
| 10th Percentile | £347 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £754 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.00% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 344 | 285 | 430 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.08 | £22.00 | £31.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.44 | £40.58 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.75 | £63.00 | £60.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.19% | +4.13% | -3.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £79.00 | £78.08 |
| 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 | -100 | 107 | £415 | -20.95% | 85 |
| London | -44 | 68 | £415 | -27.83% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | -94 | 39 | £410 | -3.53% | 124 |
| Work from Home | -43 | 35 | £410 | -11.11% | 103 |
| North of England | -54 | 17 | £396 | +2.19% | 20 |
| North West | -22 | 13 | £402 | -5.41% | 15 |
| Midlands | -44 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -14 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 1 |
| Wales | -1 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | -40 | 4 | £375 | +55.09% | 4 |
| Scotland | +1 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 42 |
| South West | -1 | 3 | £520 | +26.06% | 15 |
| South East | -32 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 24 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | -14 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
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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