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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 447 307
Rank change year-on-year +26 -140 -8
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 262 105 269
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.32% 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.86% 0.99% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 86 204
10th Percentile £364 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £608
90th Percentile £698 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £444
% change year-on-year - -4.23% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.76 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% - -
75th Percentile £25.13 £34.46 -
90th Percentile £26.15 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
% change year-on-year -27.51% - -

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 14,091 10,633 12,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.06% 32.76% 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,154 7,050 8,307
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £526
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -4.76% -4.45%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 293 344
10th Percentile £28.00 £29.01 £27.23
25th Percentile £47.88 £37.77 £46.23
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.68 £80.00 £78.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.50 £63.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.97% -3.08% +1.27%

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 8 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 8 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 +4 224 £453 +0.67% 149
London -16 120 £475 - 74
UK excluding London -25 113 £425 - 85
Work from Home -26 70 £513 +12.64% 120
North of England -35 50 £403 -10.50% 19
North West -28 35 £405 -10.00% 13
South East -43 30 £410 +9.30% 20
Yorkshire -28 15 £350 -6.67% 6
Scotland -18 12 £470 +17.50% 3
Midlands -56 9 £413 -2.94% 19
West Midlands -42 8 £413 -2.94% 16
South West -42 6 £588 +12.98% 10
Wales -14 3 £313 +38.27% 1
East of England -22 2 £425 - 13
Northern Ireland - 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 (10.69%) IIS
2 25 (9.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.44%) Confluence
4 5 (1.91%) Appian
4 5 (1.91%) Camunda
4 5 (1.91%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.38%) MTS
6 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 45 (17.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.67%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.67%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.91%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.38%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.38%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 91 (34.73%) Azure
2 83 (31.68%) Power Platform
3 36 (13.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 31 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (9.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 21 (8.02%) AWS
7 15 (5.73%) Power Automate
8 13 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (4.58%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.67%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.91%) Serverless
13 4 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.53%) GCP
13 4 (1.53%) GitHub
14 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.20%) Internet
1 11 (4.20%) SSL
2 5 (1.91%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.76%) DHCP
3 2 (0.76%) DNS
3 2 (0.76%) Firewall
3 2 (0.76%) LAN
3 2 (0.76%) PABX
3 2 (0.76%) VLAN
3 2 (0.76%) VoIP
3 2 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (71.76%) SQL Server
2 72 (27.48%) Power BI
3 70 (26.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (18.32%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (12.60%) Oracle Database
6 28 (10.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (9.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (6.87%) MySQL
9 12 (4.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (3.82%) MS Access
10 10 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (3.82%) Star Schema
11 9 (3.44%) OLAP
11 9 (3.44%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.44%) Tableau
12 8 (3.05%) Data Lake
13 7 (2.67%) Spark SQL
14 6 (2.29%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.91%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 24 (9.16%) Git
2 11 (4.20%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (3.05%) JIRA
4 8 (3.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (2.67%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.67%) tSQLt
6 3 (1.15%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.15%) Mocha
6 3 (1.15%) MSTest
7 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.38%) GitLab
8 1 (0.38%) Moq
8 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.38%) Toad
8 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (27.86%) Finance
2 72 (27.48%) Social Skills
3 47 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.27%) Banking
5 14 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.29%) Front Office
8 5 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.91%) Law
8 5 (1.91%) Legal
9 4 (1.53%) Advertising
9 4 (1.53%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.53%) Retail
10 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.76%) Billing
11 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.76%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 103 (39.31%) Developer
2 33 (12.60%) Data Engineer
3 32 (12.21%) SQL Developer
4 30 (11.45%) DBA
5 28 (10.69%) C# Developer
5 28 (10.69%) Lead
5 28 (10.69%) SQL DBA
6 27 (10.31%) Senior
7 22 (8.40%) .NET Developer
7 22 (8.40%) Consultant
8 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Engineer
9 13 (4.96%) Implementation Consultant
9 13 (4.96%) Lead Developer
10 12 (4.58%) Analyst
10 12 (4.58%) Applications Support
11 11 (4.20%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.82%) SQL Server DBA
13 9 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (3.05%) C# .NET Developer
14 8 (3.05%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (33.21%) .NET
2 34 (12.98%) .NET Framework
3 30 (11.45%) XML
4 23 (8.78%) ASP.NET
5 22 (8.40%) WinForms
6 18 (6.87%) HTML
7 14 (5.34%) JSON
7 14 (5.34%) XSLT
8 13 (4.96%) PySpark
9 12 (4.58%) REST
9 12 (4.58%) WPF
10 11 (4.20%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (4.20%) React
11 10 (3.82%) CSS
12 9 (3.44%) WCF
12 9 (3.44%) Web Services
13 8 (3.05%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.05%) SOAP
13 8 (3.05%) SPFx
14 6 (2.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.78%) Replication
2 16 (6.11%) Clustering
3 14 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.44%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.67%) NHS
6 4 (1.53%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.15%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.76%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.76%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.76%) Derivative
8 2 (0.76%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.76%) Equities
8 2 (0.76%) Handset
8 2 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.76%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.34%) Windows
2 35 (13.36%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.67%) Linux
4 6 (2.29%) Unix
5 2 (0.76%) HPUX
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (32.06%) ETL
2 83 (31.68%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (26.34%) DevOps
4 64 (24.43%) Performance Tuning
5 52 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (19.08%) Data Modelling
7 49 (18.70%) Agile
8 48 (18.32%) CI/CD
9 45 (17.18%) Data Analysis
10 44 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (14.12%) AI
12 33 (12.60%) Analytics
13 32 (12.21%) Migration
14 30 (11.45%) Workflow
15 27 (10.31%) Change Management
15 27 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (10.31%) Data Integration
16 26 (9.92%) Lakehouse
17 24 (9.16%) Root Cause Analysis
18 23 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 258 (98.47%) SQL
2 89 (33.97%) C#
3 68 (25.95%) PL/SQL
4 48 (18.32%) Python
5 31 (11.83%) PowerShell
6 29 (11.07%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.02%) VBA
8 15 (5.73%) VB.NET
9 13 (4.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (4.58%) VB
10 12 (4.58%) XPath
11 8 (3.05%) VBScript
12 6 (2.29%) Java
13 3 (1.15%) Bash
13 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.38%) Bicep
14 1 (0.38%) R
14 1 (0.38%) Scala
14 1 (0.38%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 34 (12.98%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.07%) Degree
4 15 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.20%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.91%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CISA
9 1 (0.38%) CISSP
9 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.38%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (16.79%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.31%) QA
3 7 (2.67%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.58%) SCOM
2 3 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.38%) Ansible
3 1 (0.38%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 111 (42.37%) Microsoft
2 72 (27.48%) Oracle
3 27 (10.31%) Citrix
4 19 (7.25%) Databricks
5 16 (6.11%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.29%) Intapp
6 6 (2.29%) RedGate
6 6 (2.29%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.29%) Sybase
7 5 (1.91%) OpenText
8 4 (1.53%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.15%) BMC
9 3 (1.15%) Remedy
9 3 (1.15%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.76%) Google
10 2 (0.76%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.76%) Teradata
11 1 (0.38%) Foundry
11 1 (0.38%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.38%) Telerik