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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 459 | 339 | 302 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -120 | -37 | -44 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 123 | 212 | 345 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.34% | 0.59% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.08% | 1.83% | 2.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 92 | 143 | 220 |
| 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 | £619 | £599 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £675 | £701 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £410 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.29% | -7.89% | +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 | 11,393 | 11,557 | 14,015 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.40% | 32.36% | 30.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,515 | 7,415 | 9,980 |
| 10th Percentile | £349 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | -3.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £476 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.94% | -1.00% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 343 | 282 | 433 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.02 | £22.00 | £31.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.75 | £40.19 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £64.50 | £62.50 | £60.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.20% | +3.31% | -3.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £80.00 | £78.00 |
| 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 9 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 9 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 | -117 | 107 | £415 | -20.95% | 83 |
| London | -45 | 68 | £415 | -27.83% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | -85 | 39 | £410 | -6.29% | 115 |
| Work from Home | -46 | 35 | £410 | -11.11% | 101 |
| North of England | -48 | 17 | £396 | +2.19% | 19 |
| North West | -13 | 13 | £402 | -5.41% | 16 |
| Midlands | -41 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 1 |
| Wales | +2 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -45 | 4 | £375 | +55.09% | 3 |
| Scotland | +3 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 39 |
| South West | -12 | 3 | £520 | +22.35% | 12 |
| South East | -42 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 23 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | -15 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 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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