Transact-SQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring T-SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited T-SQL over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 423 | 337 | 292 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -86 | -45 | -11 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 107 | 260 | 490 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.34% | 0.60% | 0.88% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.02% | 1.96% | 2.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 84 | 195 | 365 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £363 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £385 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +10.53% | -7.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £600 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £714 | £675 | £709 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £435 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.10% | -8.37% | -2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.50 | - | £24.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.54 | £6.57 | £30.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.96 | £7.85 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +319.87% | -82.56% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.38 | £9.14 | £79.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £34.43 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £32.96 | £7.85 | £62.10 |
| % change year-on-year | +319.87% | -87.36% | +77.41% |
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 | 10,441 | 13,271 | 18,749 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.66% | 30.58% | 33.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,047 | 9,322 | 13,425 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £511 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.67% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £753 | £775 | £790 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 253 | 538 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.46 | £31.25 | £28.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.75 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | - | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.74 | £75.00 | £79.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.25 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.23% | +4.00% | +18.92% |
T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
T-SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.
T-SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Top 14 Contract 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 July 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 | -77 | 96 | £500 | -4.76% | 469 |
| London | -57 | 66 | £500 | -9.09% | 182 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 33 | £400 | -8.10% | 308 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 33 | £600 | +26.32% | 218 |
| North of England | +4 | 13 | £375 | -6.25% | 86 |
| Midlands | +7 | 9 | £425 | +23.64% | 50 |
| North West | +8 | 8 | £395 | -7.06% | 48 |
| East Midlands | +3 | 5 | £385 | +24.19% | 21 |
| Scotland | +2 | 5 | £400 | -6.21% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 5 | £375 | +42.62% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 3 | £425 | +21.43% | 28 |
| Wales | +4 | 3 | £204 | -62.86% | 9 |
| South West | +27 | 2 | £520 | -3.26% | 32 |
| South East | +38 | 1 | £350 | -17.65% | 77 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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