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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 447 | 322 | 294 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -125 | -28 | -36 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 110 | 245 | 392 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.66% | 0.82% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.01% | 2.06% | 2.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 87 | 176 | 263 |
| 10th Percentile | £295 | £363 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £410 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £538 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.28% | +13.16% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £623 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £710 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £17.41 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £20.54 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £26.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +145.28% | -24.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £37.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £43.45 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £30.56 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +112.73% | -12.70% |
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 | 10,910 | 11,880 | 15,228 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.61% | 32.06% | 31.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,138 | 7,737 | 10,860 |
| 10th Percentile | £344 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £440 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £649 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £732 | £765 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.96% | -2.10% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 301 | 314 | 440 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £25.26 | £32.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.60 | £40.75 | £47.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £63.25 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +1.20% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.25 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.25 | £75.00 | £79.55 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.77% |
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 21 October 2025.
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 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -119 | 98 | £450 | -18.18% | 91 |
| London | -72 | 61 | £450 | -21.74% | 20 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 38 | £430 | -14.00% | 54 |
| UK excluding London | -53 | 38 | £410 | -3.53% | 87 |
| North of England | -39 | 14 | £390 | -5.45% | 23 |
| North West | -20 | 10 | £420 | -6.67% | 11 |
| Midlands | -25 | 8 | £468 | +3.89% | 14 |
| Wales | +4 | 7 | £410 | +154.66% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -7 | 7 | £468 | +27.21% | 6 |
| South West | +12 | 4 | £520 | +26.06% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | -34 | 4 | £375 | +21.60% | 7 |
| Scotland | 0 | 3 | £700 | +66.67% | 4 |
| South East | -19 | 3 | £375 | -28.57% | 31 |
| East of England | -7 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| West Midlands | -26 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
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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