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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 458 334
Rank change year-on-year +35 -124 -47
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 261 105 266
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.32% 0.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.86% 0.98% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 87 203
10th Percentile £365 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £551 £555 £604
90th Percentile £697 £660 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £435
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -8.37%
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 14,011 10,681 12,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.15% 32.84% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,112 7,106 8,422
10th Percentile £363 £341 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £742 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 525 298 357
10th Percentile £28.00 £29.00 £30.00
25th Percentile £48.00 £36.69 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.45 £79.13 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 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 2 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 2 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 +14 223 £453 +0.67% 145
London -19 117 £475 +1.33% 77
UK excluding London -21 115 £425 - 82
Work from Home -21 71 £506 +23.48% 53
North of England -40 49 £405 -10.00% 17
North West -23 35 £405 -10.00% 13
South East -34 33 £427 +13.96% 24
Yorkshire -28 14 £400 +6.67% 3
Scotland -14 12 £470 +17.50% 4
Midlands -55 9 £413 -2.94% 13
West Midlands -43 8 £413 -2.94% 10
South West -37 6 £425 -18.27% 10
Wales -15 3 £313 +38.27% 1
East of England -22 2 £425 - 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 29 (11.11%) IIS
2 23 (8.81%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.30%) Confluence
4 5 (1.92%) Appian
4 5 (1.92%) Camunda
4 5 (1.92%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) 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 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.53%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.68%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.68%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.92%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.77%) 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 92 (35.25%) Azure
2 82 (31.42%) Power Platform
3 36 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
4 32 (12.26%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (8.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 21 (8.05%) AWS
7 16 (6.13%) Power Automate
8 13 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (4.60%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.92%) Serverless
12 4 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.53%) GCP
12 4 (1.53%) GitHub
13 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.21%) Internet
1 11 (4.21%) SSL
2 5 (1.92%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.77%) DHCP
3 2 (0.77%) DNS
3 2 (0.77%) Firewall
3 2 (0.77%) LAN
3 2 (0.77%) PABX
3 2 (0.77%) VLAN
3 2 (0.77%) VoIP
3 2 (0.77%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (71.26%) SQL Server
2 71 (27.20%) Power BI
3 68 (26.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (18.39%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (12.64%) Oracle Database
6 28 (10.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (8.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (6.90%) MySQL
9 12 (4.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 10 (3.83%) MS Access
10 10 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (3.45%) OLAP
11 9 (3.45%) Relational Database
11 9 (3.45%) Tableau
12 8 (3.07%) Star Schema
13 7 (2.68%) Data Lake
14 6 (2.30%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (2.30%) Spark SQL
15 5 (1.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 23 (8.81%) Git
2 12 (4.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 12 (4.60%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.07%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.68%) tSQLt
5 5 (1.92%) JIRA
6 3 (1.15%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.15%) Mocha
6 3 (1.15%) MSTest
7 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.38%) GitLab
8 1 (0.38%) Moq
8 1 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.38%) Toad
8 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (26.44%) Social Skills
2 67 (25.67%) Finance
3 46 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.18%) Banking
5 15 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.30%) Front Office
8 5 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.92%) Law
8 5 (1.92%) Legal
9 4 (1.53%) Advertising
9 4 (1.53%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.77%) Billing
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.77%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (0.77%) Retail
12 1 (0.38%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.38%) Local Government
12 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 103 (39.46%) Developer
2 32 (12.26%) Data Engineer
2 32 (12.26%) SQL Developer
3 30 (11.49%) DBA
4 28 (10.73%) C# Developer
4 28 (10.73%) Lead
4 28 (10.73%) SQL DBA
5 24 (9.20%) Senior
6 23 (8.81%) .NET Developer
6 23 (8.81%) Consultant
7 16 (6.13%) Microsoft Engineer
8 14 (5.36%) Implementation Consultant
9 13 (4.98%) Analyst
9 13 (4.98%) Lead Developer
10 11 (4.21%) Applications Support
10 11 (4.21%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.83%) SQL Server DBA
12 9 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
13 8 (3.07%) C# .NET Developer
13 8 (3.07%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (33.72%) .NET
2 35 (13.41%) .NET Framework
3 31 (11.88%) XML
4 23 (8.81%) ASP.NET
5 22 (8.43%) WinForms
6 18 (6.90%) HTML
7 15 (5.75%) JSON
8 14 (5.36%) XSLT
9 13 (4.98%) REST
10 12 (4.60%) PySpark
10 12 (4.60%) React
10 12 (4.60%) WPF
11 11 (4.21%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (4.21%) CSS
12 9 (3.45%) SOAP
12 9 (3.45%) WCF
12 9 (3.45%) Web Services
13 8 (3.07%) AngularJS
13 8 (3.07%) SPFx
14 7 (2.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.81%) Replication
2 16 (6.13%) Clustering
3 14 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.68%) NHS
7 5 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.77%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.77%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.77%) Derivative
10 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.77%) Equities
10 2 (0.77%) Handset
10 2 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.77%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 68 (26.05%) Windows
2 35 (13.41%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.68%) Linux
4 6 (2.30%) Unix
5 2 (0.77%) 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 82 (31.42%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (31.03%) ETL
3 70 (26.82%) DevOps
4 63 (24.14%) Performance Tuning
5 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (19.16%) Agile
7 49 (18.77%) Data Modelling
8 47 (18.01%) CI/CD
9 45 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 44 (16.86%) Data Analysis
11 36 (13.79%) AI
12 33 (12.64%) Analytics
13 31 (11.88%) Migration
14 29 (11.11%) Workflow
15 27 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (9.58%) Data Integration
16 25 (9.58%) Lakehouse
17 24 (9.20%) Change Management
18 22 (8.43%) Data Pipeline
19 21 (8.05%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 257 (98.47%) SQL
2 90 (34.48%) C#
3 67 (25.67%) PL/SQL
4 48 (18.39%) Python
5 31 (11.88%) PowerShell
6 30 (11.49%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.05%) VBA
8 15 (5.75%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (4.60%) VB
9 12 (4.60%) XPath
10 8 (3.07%) VBScript
11 6 (2.30%) Java
12 3 (1.15%) Bash
12 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.38%) Bicep
13 1 (0.38%) R
13 1 (0.38%) Scala
13 1 (0.38%) Tcl
13 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 35 (13.41%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.11%) Degree
4 15 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.92%) 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 (16.86%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.34%) QA
3 6 (2.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.60%) 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%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 109 (41.76%) Microsoft
2 71 (27.20%) Oracle
3 27 (10.34%) Citrix
4 18 (6.90%) Databricks
5 16 (6.13%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.30%) Intapp
6 6 (2.30%) RedGate
6 6 (2.30%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.30%) Sybase
7 5 (1.92%) OpenText
8 4 (1.53%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.15%) BMC
9 3 (1.15%) Remedy
9 3 (1.15%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.77%) Google
10 2 (0.77%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.77%) Teradata
11 1 (0.38%) Foundry
11 1 (0.38%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.38%) Telerik