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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 454 311
Rank change year-on-year +30 -143 -14
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 255 105 261
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.32% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.80% 0.97% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 87 192
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £404 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £608
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £417 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.83% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
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 - - +44.44%

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 14,136 10,815 12,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 25.99% 32.96% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,194 7,136 8,127
10th Percentile £363 £342 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £646
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 294 337
10th Percentile £24.05 £29.00 £26.14
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.25 £46.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.90 £75.00 £78.00
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 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -6 212 £453 +0.56% 143
London -23 123 £453 -2.05% 49
UK excluding London -27 99 £417 -1.83% 99
Work from Home -15 74 £514 +19.48% 77
North of England -34 43 £400 -2.97% 24
North West -32 30 £405 -10.00% 15
South East -39 21 £410 +9.30% 24
Scotland -15 15 £475 -32.14% 9
Yorkshire -29 13 £350 -6.67% 8
Midlands -44 9 £413 -2.94% 20
West Midlands -40 8 £413 -2.94% 16
South West -35 6 £588 +12.98% 5
Wales -17 3 £313 -38.12% 1
East of England -21 1 £425 - 16
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 28 (10.98%) IIS
2 22 (8.63%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.31%) Confluence
4 5 (1.96%) Appian
4 5 (1.96%) Camunda
4 5 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) MTS
6 1 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.75%) OpenText MBPM
1 7 (2.75%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (1.96%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.18%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 92 (36.08%) Azure
2 78 (30.59%) Power Platform
3 31 (12.16%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 24 (9.41%) AWS
6 17 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (4.31%) Power Automate
9 10 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.53%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.75%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.75%) GitHub
12 6 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.35%) GCP
13 5 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.96%) Serverless
14 4 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.71%) SSL
2 11 (4.31%) Internet
3 5 (1.96%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.78%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) DNS
4 2 (0.78%) Firewall
4 2 (0.78%) LAN
4 2 (0.78%) PABX
4 2 (0.78%) VLAN
4 2 (0.78%) VoIP
4 2 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (75.69%) SQL Server
2 70 (27.45%) Power BI
3 67 (26.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 45 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (12.94%) Oracle Database
6 30 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (9.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (7.84%) MySQL
9 14 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (4.71%) Relational Database
11 10 (3.92%) MS Access
12 9 (3.53%) Star Schema
12 9 (3.53%) Tableau
13 8 (3.14%) OLAP
13 8 (3.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.96%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.96%) Spark SQL
15 4 (1.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 4 (1.57%) Data Vault
15 4 (1.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 28 (10.98%) Git
2 11 (4.31%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.92%) JIRA
3 10 (3.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 10 (3.92%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (3.14%) tSQLt
5 7 (2.75%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.18%) GitLab
6 3 (1.18%) Mocha
6 3 (1.18%) MSTest
7 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.78%) Subversion
8 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.39%) Moq
8 1 (0.39%) Toad
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (27.45%) Finance
2 66 (25.88%) Social Skills
3 42 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.29%) Banking
5 13 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.14%) Front Office
7 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.57%) Law
8 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.18%) Legal
9 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Billing
10 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.78%) Local Government
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (0.78%) Publishing
11 1 (0.39%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 104 (40.78%) Developer
2 35 (13.73%) SQL Developer
3 34 (13.33%) Data Engineer
4 32 (12.55%) DBA
5 31 (12.16%) Senior
6 29 (11.37%) SQL DBA
7 28 (10.98%) Lead
8 27 (10.59%) C# Developer
9 20 (7.84%) .NET Developer
10 18 (7.06%) Applications Support
11 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
12 13 (5.10%) Lead Developer
13 12 (4.71%) Analyst
14 11 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (4.31%) SQL Server DBA
15 10 (3.92%) Consultant
16 9 (3.53%) Software Developer
16 9 (3.53%) SQL Server Developer
17 8 (3.14%) Senior Developer
18 7 (2.75%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (35.29%) .NET
2 34 (13.33%) .NET Framework
3 22 (8.63%) WinForms
4 21 (8.24%) ASP.NET
5 19 (7.45%) XML
6 18 (7.06%) HTML
7 14 (5.49%) XSLT
8 13 (5.10%) JSON
9 12 (4.71%) WPF
10 11 (4.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (4.31%) PySpark
10 11 (4.31%) REST
10 11 (4.31%) Web Services
11 10 (3.92%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.92%) CSS
11 10 (3.92%) React
11 10 (3.92%) SOAP
12 9 (3.53%) WCF
13 8 (3.14%) .NET Core
14 6 (2.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.63%) Replication
2 15 (5.88%) Clustering
3 14 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.75%) NHS
8 4 (1.57%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.18%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.18%) Derivative
9 3 (1.18%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.78%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.78%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.78%) Equities
10 2 (0.78%) Handset
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 76 (29.80%) Windows
2 40 (15.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.92%) Linux
4 6 (2.35%) Unix
5 2 (0.78%) HPUX
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Rocky
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.76%) Business Intelligence
2 80 (31.37%) ETL
3 67 (26.27%) DevOps
4 61 (23.92%) Performance Tuning
5 51 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 50 (19.61%) Data Modelling
6 50 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (19.22%) Agile
8 48 (18.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 44 (17.25%) Data Analysis
10 36 (14.12%) AI
11 34 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.55%) Migration
13 29 (11.37%) Analytics
14 27 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 25 (9.80%) Workflow
16 24 (9.41%) Lakehouse
17 23 (9.02%) Change Management
17 23 (9.02%) Data Integration
17 23 (9.02%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 252 (98.82%) SQL
2 92 (36.08%) C#
3 66 (25.88%) PL/SQL
4 50 (19.61%) Python
5 31 (12.16%) PowerShell
6 30 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 21 (8.24%) VBA
8 15 (5.88%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.71%) VB
9 12 (4.71%) XPath
10 11 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (3.14%) VBScript
12 7 (2.75%) Bash
12 7 (2.75%) Java
13 5 (1.96%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.78%) Scala
14 2 (0.78%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.39%) R
15 1 (0.39%) Ruby
15 1 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 38 (14.90%) Security Cleared
2 33 (12.94%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.37%) Degree
4 14 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.71%) Azure Certification
6 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CISA
9 1 (0.39%) CISSP
9 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (16.86%) Data Quality
2 27 (10.59%) QA
3 6 (2.35%) GDPR
4 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.39%) ITGC
5 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (4.71%) SCOM
2 3 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.39%) Ansible
3 1 (0.39%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.39%) Puppet
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 107 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 75 (29.41%) Oracle
3 27 (10.59%) Citrix
4 20 (7.84%) Databricks
5 16 (6.27%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.35%) Intapp
6 6 (2.35%) RedGate
6 6 (2.35%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.35%) Sybase
7 5 (1.96%) OpenText
8 4 (1.57%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.57%) Google
9 3 (1.18%) eFront
9 3 (1.18%) SYSPRO
9 3 (1.18%) Teradata
10 2 (0.78%) BMC
10 2 (0.78%) NetCracker
10 2 (0.78%) Remedy
11 1 (0.39%) Commvault
11 1 (0.39%) Informatica