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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 464 | 339 | 316 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -125 | -23 | -57 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 122 | 191 | 307 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.59% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.07% | 1.82% | 2.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 84 | 130 | 189 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £330 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £377 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £500 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.00% | +4.17% | +1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £599 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | £639 | £690 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.86% | -7.89% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £16.14 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £17.38 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £20.71 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +213.93% | -40.84% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.61 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £26.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £18.41 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +253.12% | -47.41% |
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 | 11,367 | 10,514 | 12,961 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.87% | 32.65% | 30.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,543 | 6,699 | 9,234 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.29% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £640 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.54% | -2.50% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 389 | 241 | 410 |
| 10th Percentile | £34.50 | £21.25 | £34.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.21 | £38.50 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +0.52% | -1.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.45 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.40 | £85.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | -3.08% | - |
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 5 January 2026.
T-SQL
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing T-SQL.
T-SQL
Top 16 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 5 January 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 |
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| England | -117 | 106 | £415 | -19.02% | 341 |
| London | -30 | 69 | £415 | -20.95% | 221 |
| Work from Home | -37 | 41 | £456 | -0.82% | 392 |
| UK excluding London | -101 | 38 | £450 | +2.86% | 337 |
| North of England | -55 | 14 | £450 | +23.12% | 39 |
| North West | -25 | 10 | £450 | +33.14% | 15 |
| Wales | -1 | 5 | £600 | +272.49% | 10 |
| South West | -4 | 5 | £550 | +15.79% | 36 |
| South East | -48 | 5 | £475 | -9.52% | 159 |
| Yorkshire | -48 | 4 | £375 | - | 5 |
| Midlands | -49 | 4 | £550 | +22.22% | 22 |
| Scotland | 0 | 3 | £700 | +80.65% | 69 |
| East Midlands | -26 | 3 | £550 | +54.49% | 17 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -48 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 31 |
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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