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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 428 332
Rank change year-on-year +34 -96 -44
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 279 117 262
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.36% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.97% 1.09% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 93 199
10th Percentile £356 £322 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £673 £685 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £429
% change year-on-year +6.25% -6.76% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.50 -
25th Percentile £22.13 £31.54 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £32.96 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% - -
75th Percentile £26.38 £34.38 -
90th Percentile £27.50 £34.43 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £32.96 -
% change year-on-year -27.18% - -

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 14,143 10,777 12,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.86% 33.13% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,198 7,257 9,168
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 525 259 495
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.14 £30.88
25th Percentile £52.00 £36.37 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.59 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +6 247 £453 -5.87% 57
London -24 130 £492 -0.35% 18
UK excluding London -10 121 £425 +6.25% 47
Work from Home -12 78 £525 -8.10% 30
South East -15 50 £405 +15.71% 17
North of England -47 40 £405 +8.00% 12
North West -29 27 £403 +1.96% 8
Yorkshire -35 13 £450 +20.00% 4
Scotland -6 8 £475 +18.75% 1
Midlands -59 8 £425 - 7
South West -37 7 £425 -18.27% 4
West Midlands -56 7 £425 - 7
East of England - 4 £211 - 5
Wales -12 3 £313 +53.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 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 32 (11.47%) IIS
2 20 (7.17%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.51%) Confluence
4 6 (2.15%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.79%) Appian
5 5 (1.79%) Camunda
6 3 (1.08%) Apache
6 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.36%) Mule
8 1 (0.36%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 53 (19.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (2.15%) OpenText MBPM
1 6 (2.15%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.79%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.08%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.36%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.13%) Azure
2 80 (28.67%) Power Platform
3 39 (13.98%) Azure Data Factory
4 33 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (10.04%) AWS
6 27 (9.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.30%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.58%) Serverless
9 9 (3.23%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.51%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.51%) GitHub
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.94%) Internet
2 5 (1.79%) SSL
3 4 (1.43%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.36%) HTTP
4 1 (0.36%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (69.18%) SQL Server
2 76 (27.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 67 (24.01%) Power BI
4 54 (19.35%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (14.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 34 (12.19%) Oracle Database
7 27 (9.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 21 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (5.38%) Data Lake
10 13 (4.66%) MySQL
10 13 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (3.94%) MS Access
12 9 (3.23%) OLAP
13 7 (2.51%) Relational Database
13 7 (2.51%) Tableau
14 6 (2.15%) Metadata
14 6 (2.15%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (2.15%) Spark SQL
15 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (8.60%) Git
2 15 (5.38%) Visual Studio
3 13 (4.66%) Team Foundation Server
4 10 (3.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (2.51%) Jenkins
6 6 (2.15%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.15%) JIRA
6 6 (2.15%) Mocha
6 6 (2.15%) MSTest
6 6 (2.15%) tSQLt
7 2 (0.72%) GitLab
7 2 (0.72%) Postman
8 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.36%) Moq
8 1 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 74 (26.52%) Finance
2 69 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.70%) Banking
4 40 (14.34%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.79%) Legal
7 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Advertising
9 3 (1.08%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Law
9 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Billing
10 2 (0.72%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 113 (40.50%) Developer
2 42 (15.05%) SQL Developer
3 40 (14.34%) Data Engineer
4 35 (12.54%) C# Developer
4 35 (12.54%) Consultant
5 28 (10.04%) DBA
5 28 (10.04%) Implementation Consultant
6 27 (9.68%) Senior
7 25 (8.96%) SQL DBA
8 24 (8.60%) .NET Developer
9 20 (7.17%) Lead
9 20 (7.17%) Microsoft Engineer
10 13 (4.66%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (4.30%) Analyst
12 11 (3.94%) Lead Developer
12 11 (3.94%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.94%) SQL Server DBA
13 10 (3.58%) C# .NET Developer
13 10 (3.58%) Senior Data Engineer
14 9 (3.23%) Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (31.54%) .NET
2 49 (17.56%) XML
3 42 (15.05%) .NET Framework
4 22 (7.89%) HTML
4 22 (7.89%) WinForms
5 21 (7.53%) ASP.NET
6 19 (6.81%) JSON
7 16 (5.73%) CSS
7 16 (5.73%) REST
8 14 (5.02%) XSLT
9 13 (4.66%) React
10 12 (4.30%) PySpark
10 12 (4.30%) WPF
11 11 (3.94%) RESTful
12 10 (3.58%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (3.23%) AngularJS
13 9 (3.23%) WCF
14 8 (2.87%) SOAP
14 8 (2.87%) SPFx
15 7 (2.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.24%) Replication
2 16 (5.73%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.02%) Clustering
4 10 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.23%) NHS
6 6 (2.15%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.15%) Wiki
7 4 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.43%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.08%) Equities
8 3 (1.08%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.72%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.72%) Derivative
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.72%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.36%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (21.86%) Windows
2 27 (9.68%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.23%) Linux
4 4 (1.43%) Unix
5 2 (0.72%) HPUX
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (32.97%) ETL
3 67 (24.01%) DevOps
4 60 (21.51%) Performance Tuning
5 56 (20.07%) Agile
6 51 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (17.56%) Data Modelling
8 48 (17.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 47 (16.85%) CI/CD
10 42 (15.05%) Data Analysis
10 42 (15.05%) Migration
11 39 (13.98%) Analytics
12 33 (11.83%) Workflow
13 32 (11.47%) AI
13 32 (11.47%) Data Pipeline
14 31 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (8.96%) Data Engineering
15 25 (8.96%) Unit Testing
16 24 (8.60%) Change Management
17 23 (8.24%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 274 (98.21%) SQL
2 93 (33.33%) C#
3 74 (26.52%) PL/SQL
4 50 (17.92%) Python
5 31 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 30 (10.75%) JavaScript
7 21 (7.53%) VBA
8 17 (6.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (5.73%) VB.NET
10 12 (4.30%) VB
10 12 (4.30%) XPath
11 8 (2.87%) VBScript
12 7 (2.51%) Java
13 6 (2.15%) Bash
13 6 (2.15%) Bicep
14 3 (1.08%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.72%) Scala
16 1 (0.36%) DataWeave
16 1 (0.36%) Groovy
16 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.04%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.24%) Degree
4 9 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.51%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.70%) Data Quality
1 41 (14.70%) QA
2 6 (2.15%) GDPR
3 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.36%) IFRS
4 1 (0.36%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.15%) Terraform
2 5 (1.79%) SCOM
3 3 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.72%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Control-M
5 1 (0.36%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 112 (40.14%) Microsoft
2 70 (25.09%) Oracle
3 33 (11.83%) Citrix
4 17 (6.09%) Databricks
5 10 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.79%) Intapp
6 5 (1.79%) OpenText
6 5 (1.79%) Sybase
6 5 (1.79%) VMware
7 4 (1.43%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.43%) RedGate
7 4 (1.43%) Remedy
7 4 (1.43%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.08%) BMC
8 3 (1.08%) Google
8 3 (1.08%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.72%) NetCracker
10 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.36%) Telerik
10 1 (0.36%) Teradata