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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 457 | 339 | 309 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -118 | -30 | -51 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 113 | 227 | 357 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.33% | 0.62% | 0.77% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.01% | 1.94% | 2.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 89 | 158 | 228 |
| 10th Percentile | £304 | £363 | £397 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £679 | £696 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £410 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.53% | -10.53% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.00 | £16.56 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45.63 | £18.41 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +175.39% | -32.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £32.31 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £41.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £20.71 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +213.93% | -40.84% |
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 | 11,193 | 11,702 | 14,523 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.37% | 32.04% | 31.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,353 | 7,566 | 10,347 |
| 10th Percentile | £342 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £645 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 314 | 284 | 438 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £25.14 | £33.67 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.81 | £40.06 | £47.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £61.92 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +0.94% | +0.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £75.00 | £78.23 |
| 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 5 November 2025.
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 5 November 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 | -110 | 100 | £450 | -16.28% | 340 |
| London | -50 | 64 | £450 | -23.73% | 138 |
| Work from Home | -34 | 39 | £450 | -6.49% | 347 |
| UK excluding London | -83 | 37 | £410 | -3.53% | 369 |
| North of England | -56 | 14 | £390 | -2.50% | 57 |
| North West | -30 | 10 | £420 | -1.18% | 17 |
| Wales | +6 | 7 | £410 | +154.66% | 23 |
| Midlands | -26 | 7 | £550 | +22.22% | 28 |
| East Midlands | -13 | 6 | £550 | +54.49% | 8 |
| South West | +11 | 4 | £520 | +26.06% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | -34 | 4 | £375 | +21.60% | 15 |
| Scotland | -4 | 3 | £700 | +66.67% | 77 |
| South East | -25 | 3 | £375 | -31.82% | 151 |
| East of England | -20 | 1 | - | - | 31 |
| West Midlands | -24 | 1 | - | - | 18 |
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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