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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 451 | 460 | 332 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -128 | -34 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 246 | 106 | 249 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.70% | 0.97% | 2.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 180 | 86 | 178 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £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 | £560 | £575 | £621 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £675 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £438 | £410 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.71% | -3.53% | -10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £34.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | - | £45.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.75 | - | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £25.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £25.13 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.75 | - | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +112.73% |
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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 14,490 | 10,872 | 11,985 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 26.36% | 32.65% | 32.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,419 | 7,103 | 7,816 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £344 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £732 | £772 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 573 | 304 | 321 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.25 | £29.00 | £25.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.50 | £41.85 | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -11.54% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.31 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.24 | £77.13 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
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 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 18 October 2026.
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 18 October 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 | -10 | 202 | £453 | +0.67% | 142 |
| London | -36 | 118 | £453 | +0.67% | 54 |
| UK excluding London | -39 | 93 | £438 | +6.71% | 83 |
| Work from Home | -40 | 78 | £506 | +17.73% | 71 |
| North of England | -31 | 37 | £403 | +3.21% | 22 |
| North West | -28 | 26 | £405 | -3.57% | 8 |
| South East | -39 | 21 | £475 | +26.67% | 23 |
| Scotland | -15 | 15 | £475 | -32.14% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -23 | 11 | £400 | +6.67% | 13 |
| Midlands | -41 | 10 | £413 | -11.76% | 21 |
| West Midlands | -42 | 9 | £413 | - | 17 |
| South West | -39 | 5 | £750 | +44.23% | 5 |
| Wales | -16 | 3 | £313 | -23.78% | 2 |
| East of England | -25 | 1 | £425 | - | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
T-SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 98.8% | 243 |
| 2 | C# | 35.8% | 88 |
| 3 | PL/SQL | 22.8% | 56 |
| 4 | Python | 18.7% | 46 |
| 5 | PowerShell | 13.4% | 33 |
| 6 | JavaScript | 11.0% | 27 |
| 7 | VBA | 8.5% | 21 |
| 8 | VB.NET | 6.1% | 15 |
| 9 | Data Analysis Expressions | 5.3% | 13 |
| 10 | VB | 4.9% | 12 |
| 10 | XPath | 4.9% | 12 |
| 12 | Shell Script | 3.3% | 8 |
| 12 | VBScript | 3.3% | 8 |
| 14 | Bash | 2.8% | 7 |
| 14 | Java | 2.8% | 7 |
| 16 | TypeScript | 1.6% | 4 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.8% | 2 |
| 18 | R | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Ruby | 0.4% | 1 |
| 18 | Tcl | 0.4% | 1 |