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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 430 | 396 | 336 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | -60 | -63 |
| Contract jobs citing T-SQL | 197 | 124 | 260 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.44% | 0.43% | 0.59% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.54% | 1.26% | 2.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 122 | 89 | 175 |
| 10th Percentile | £352 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £385 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.75% | +5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £584 | £619 | £585 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £725 | £645 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £400 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -23.81% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £27.29 | £7.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.50 | £28.86 | £9.78 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.81 | £14.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.71% | +129.80% | -59.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £27.50 | £34.31 | £18.76 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £34.40 | £20.68 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.00 | £32.81 | £14.28 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.71% | +129.80% | -59.21% |
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 | 12,786 | 9,872 | 12,895 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 28.50% | 33.95% | 29.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,513 | 6,627 | 9,117 |
| 10th Percentile | £353 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £415 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £719 | £758 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £477 | £479 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.42% | -1.74% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 529 | 244 | 480 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.52 | £22.30 | £30.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £54.55 | £32.88 | £46.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.56 | £67.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £73.82 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +3.90% | -1.44% |
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 3 April 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 3 April 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 | -33 | 183 | £425 | -15.00% | 98 |
| London | -38 | 98 | £415 | -17.00% | 23 |
| UK excluding London | -59 | 83 | £425 | +6.25% | 91 |
| Work from Home | -30 | 52 | £550 | +4.76% | 47 |
| South East | -27 | 36 | £481 | -8.33% | 23 |
| North of England | -53 | 27 | £450 | +20.00% | 16 |
| North West | -32 | 20 | £402 | +12.92% | 9 |
| South West | -21 | 7 | £475 | -9.52% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -60 | 7 | £500 | +33.33% | 6 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £211 | - | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +6 | 2 | £465 | - | 8 |
| Wales | -9 | 2 | £410 | +145.41% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -66 | 2 | £398 | -16.32% | 8 |
| Midlands | -70 | 2 | £398 | -0.63% | 19 |
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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