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 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 473 | 461 | 328 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -133 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 236 | 116 | 225 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.42% | 0.33% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.58% | 1.02% | 1.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 175 | 92 | 157 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £377 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £453 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | -14.29% | +9.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £673 | £680 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £410 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.76% | -3.53% | -10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £34.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | - | £45.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | - | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £25.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £25.15 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.50 | - | £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 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 14,975 | 11,362 | 11,616 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 26.81% | 32.29% | 32.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,764 | 7,482 | 7,476 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £345 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £523 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.96% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £494 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.85% | -1.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 610 | 323 | 277 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.08 | £29.00 | £22.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.36 | £44.75 | £37.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +0.81% | +3.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.19 | £67.92 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £77.25 | £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 12 November 2026.
T-SQL Hourly Rate Trend
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 12 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 | -22 | 195 | £453 | +0.67% | 192 |
| London | -35 | 117 | £464 | +8.54% | 55 |
| UK excluding London | -57 | 86 | £450 | +9.76% | 136 |
| Work from Home | -34 | 76 | £500 | +11.11% | 109 |
| North of England | -41 | 35 | £400 | +2.56% | 41 |
| North West | -23 | 25 | £403 | -4.17% | 20 |
| South East | -44 | 17 | £525 | +40.00% | 51 |
| Scotland | -24 | 14 | £450 | -35.71% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -23 | 10 | £400 | +6.67% | 16 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 9 | £413 | - | 19 |
| Midlands | -43 | 9 | £413 | -25.00% | 23 |
| South West | -25 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 10 |
| Wales | -15 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | |
| East of England | -23 | 2 | £431 | - | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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 | 99.2% | 234 |
| 2 | C# | 36.9% | 87 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 22.5% | 53 |
| 4 | Python | 20.8% | 49 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 15.3% | 36 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 10.6% | 25 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.9% | 21 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.4% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.9% | 14 |
| 10 | VB | 5.1% | 12 |
| 10 | XPath | 5.1% | 12 |
| 12 | Bash | 4.2% | 10 |
| 13 | Shell Script | 3.8% | 9 |
| 14 | VBScript | 3.4% | 8 |
| 15 | Java | 2.5% | 6 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 2.1% | 5 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.8% | 2 |
| 18 | JCL | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | R | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |