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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 415 338
Rank change year-on-year +7 -77 -57
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 231 111 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.38% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.79% 1.12% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 79 181
10th Percentile £350 £344 £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% -3.85% +9.47%
75th Percentile £578 £610 £588
90th Percentile £666 £695 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +6.25% -21.95% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £31.50 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.54 £6.57
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.96 £7.85
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% +319.87% -78.19%
75th Percentile £27.50 £34.38 £9.14
90th Percentile - £34.43 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.50 £32.96 £7.85
% change year-on-year -22.63% +319.87% -84.97%

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 12,888 9,891 12,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.71% 33.98% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,457 6,717 9,055
10th Percentile £356 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £711 £763 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.47% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 235 493
10th Percentile £38.15 £25.98 £32.25
25th Percentile £54.41 £35.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.36
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.23% +2.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £78.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +0.78% +3.20% -

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +5 209 £445 -11.00% 74
London -5 113 £445 -11.00% 21
UK excluding London -43 96 £425 +6.25% 60
Work from Home -35 55 £538 -2.27% 47
South East -14 48 £405 -7.43% 17
North of England -56 25 £500 +33.33% 19
North West -27 17 £513 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire -50 8 £408 +8.67% 9
South West -27 7 £475 -9.52% 6
Scotland -2 4 £470 - 2
East of England - 4 £211 - 9
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 3
Midlands -63 3 £398 -6.47% 5
West Midlands -60 2 £398 -6.47% 3
Wales -10 1 - - 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 22 (9.52%) IIS
2 11 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.73%) Confluence
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.43%) Appian
6 1 (0.43%) Camunda
6 1 (0.43%) Mule
6 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 46 (19.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.30%) SystmOne
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.43%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.43%) OpenText MBPM
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 89 (38.53%) Azure
2 67 (29.00%) Power Platform
3 49 (21.21%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (17.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 29 (12.55%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (8.23%) AWS
7 13 (5.63%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (3.90%) Serverless
10 8 (3.46%) Azure Key Vault
10 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (3.46%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.03%) GitHub
12 6 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (1.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (1.73%) Entra ID
15 3 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.19%) Internet
2 2 (0.87%) HTTP
3 1 (0.43%) LAN
3 1 (0.43%) SMTP
3 1 (0.43%) VPN
3 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 56 (24.24%) Power BI
3 52 (22.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 45 (19.48%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (12.99%) Oracle Database
6 28 (12.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 26 (11.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 22 (9.52%) Data Lake
9 17 (7.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (4.76%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (3.46%) Metadata
12 8 (3.46%) Spark SQL
13 7 (3.03%) Delta Lake
13 7 (3.03%) Power Query
14 6 (2.60%) DataStage
14 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 6 (2.60%) MySQL
15 5 (2.16%) OLAP
15 5 (2.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (7.79%) Git
2 14 (6.06%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.46%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (2.60%) JIRA
6 5 (2.16%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.16%) Mocha
6 5 (2.16%) MSTest
6 5 (2.16%) tSQLt
7 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.87%) Postman
9 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.43%) GitLab
9 1 (0.43%) Selenium
9 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Coded UI
9 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 61 (26.41%) Finance
2 53 (22.94%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (13.85%) Banking
4 11 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.16%) Legal
7 4 (1.73%) Advertising
7 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.73%) Law
8 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.87%) Local Government
10 1 (0.43%) Billing
10 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (35.93%) Developer
2 43 (18.61%) Data Engineer
3 35 (15.15%) C# Developer
3 35 (15.15%) Consultant
4 29 (12.55%) Implementation Consultant
5 25 (10.82%) SQL Developer
6 21 (9.09%) Senior
7 20 (8.66%) Microsoft Engineer
8 17 (7.36%) DBA
9 15 (6.49%) .NET Developer
9 15 (6.49%) SQL DBA
10 13 (5.63%) Payroll Consultant
11 10 (4.33%) Analyst
11 10 (4.33%) Architect
12 9 (3.90%) Applications Developer
12 9 (3.90%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.90%) C# Application Developer
12 9 (3.90%) Database Developer
13 8 (3.46%) C# .NET Developer
13 8 (3.46%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (25.11%) .NET
2 40 (17.32%) .NET Framework
3 34 (14.72%) XML
4 18 (7.79%) PySpark
5 15 (6.49%) CSS
5 15 (6.49%) WinForms
6 14 (6.06%) HTML
7 13 (5.63%) React
8 12 (5.19%) JSON
8 12 (5.19%) WPF
9 11 (4.76%) REST
10 10 (4.33%) RESTful
11 8 (3.46%) SPFx
12 6 (2.60%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.60%) ASP.NET
12 6 (2.60%) YAML
13 5 (2.16%) Entity Framework
13 5 (2.16%) Kafka
14 4 (1.73%) Middleware
15 3 (1.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.06%) Replication
2 13 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.46%) Clustering
5 6 (2.60%) NHS
5 6 (2.60%) Wiki
6 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.30%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.87%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.87%) Equities
9 2 (0.87%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.43%) Derivative
10 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.43%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.43%) Life Science
10 1 (0.43%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 46 (19.91%) Windows
2 24 (10.39%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.16%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) HPUX
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (39.39%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (35.06%) ETL
3 53 (22.94%) Analytics
4 51 (22.08%) Data Modelling
5 47 (20.35%) Agile
6 46 (19.91%) CI/CD
7 45 (19.48%) DevOps
7 45 (19.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (17.75%) Data Analysis
8 41 (17.75%) Performance Tuning
9 37 (16.02%) Migration
10 35 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (14.72%) Data Pipeline
12 27 (11.69%) Data Engineering
12 27 (11.69%) Unit Testing
13 25 (10.82%) AI
13 25 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (10.39%) Change Management
15 22 (9.52%) Dimensional Modelling
16 19 (8.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 226 (97.84%) SQL
2 65 (28.14%) C#
2 65 (28.14%) PL/SQL
3 57 (24.68%) Python
4 27 (11.69%) PowerShell
5 22 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (6.06%) VBA
8 13 (5.63%) VB
9 6 (2.60%) Bash
9 6 (2.60%) Bicep
10 5 (2.16%) Java
10 5 (2.16%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.43%) C
12 1 (0.43%) C++
12 1 (0.43%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) VBScript
12 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.36%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.93%) Degree
4 8 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.16%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) HP APS
8 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.35%) Data Quality
2 45 (19.48%) QA
3 3 (1.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.87%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (3.90%) Terraform
2 3 (1.30%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) Control-M
4 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 93 (40.26%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.54%) Oracle
3 33 (14.29%) Citrix
4 32 (13.85%) Databricks
5 6 (2.60%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.60%) VMware
6 4 (1.73%) Remedy
6 4 (1.73%) Sybase
7 3 (1.30%) BMC
8 2 (0.87%) Ab Initio
8 2 (0.87%) Google
8 2 (0.87%) Informatica
8 2 (0.87%) RedGate
8 2 (0.87%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.87%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.43%) Foundry
9 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.43%) Palantir
9 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.43%) Splunk