Transact-SQL
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for T-SQL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited T-SQL over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 288 279
Rank change year-on-year -66 -9 -10
Contract jobs citing T-SQL 256 550 879
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.92% 0.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.99% 2.63% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 416 706
10th Percentile £363 £375 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +13.89%
75th Percentile £587 £577 £609
90th Percentile £648 £703 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +16.67% -9.09% +23.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £7.85 £23.40 £25.95
25th Percentile £9.78 £24.31 £30.63
Median hourly rate £14.28 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.34% +2.86% -36.36%
75th Percentile £18.76 £79.19 £61.80
90th Percentile £20.68 - £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.28 £52.22 £35.00
% change year-on-year -72.66% +49.20% -36.36%

All Programming Languages
UK

T-SQL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,854 20,901 32,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.49% 35.02% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,130 15,092 23,463
10th Percentile £350 £400 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £760 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.20% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 471 514
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £60.70 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +21.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.52
% change year-on-year - +26.21% +16.52%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing T-SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.

Daily rate trend for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing T-SQL.

Hourly rate trend for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for T-SQL in the UK

T-SQL
Top 14 Contract 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 29 April 2024. 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 -67 219 £475 - 186
London -24 162 £475 - 63
Work from Home -45 80 £475 +5.56% 106
UK excluding London -16 79 £525 +16.67% 135
South East +8 19 £450 -5.26% 20
Scotland +30 16 £563 +32.35% 14
Wales +23 12 £550 +29.41%
South West +18 12 £538 +19.44% 12
Midlands +18 12 £388 -18.42% 43
North of England -10 8 £394 -7.35% 37
West Midlands +18 7 £450 -11.11% 25
East Midlands +23 5 £310 -29.14% 18
Yorkshire +9 4 £325 -32.99% 20
North West +3 4 £413 -0.60% 15

T-SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.30%) IIS
1 11 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.52%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (3.52%) Confluence
3 6 (2.34%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.56%) Apache
5 3 (1.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.78%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (13.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.86%) MS Visio
3 11 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.95%) Endur
3 2 (0.78%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.78%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 107 (41.80%) Azure
2 75 (29.30%) Power Platform
3 45 (17.58%) Azure Data Factory
4 32 (12.50%) AWS
5 27 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (5.47%) PaaS
8 13 (5.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (5.08%) Power Automate
9 12 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (4.30%) Azure Functions
10 11 (4.30%) Serverless
11 10 (3.91%) Azure Storage
12 9 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.13%) Azure AKS
13 8 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (3.13%) Collibra
13 8 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (2.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.52%) Internet
2 3 (1.17%) BGP
2 3 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (1.17%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 78 (30.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 64 (25.00%) Power BI
4 56 (21.88%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (17.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 42 (16.41%) Relational Database
7 31 (12.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 28 (10.94%) Data Lake
9 27 (10.55%) Oracle Database
10 26 (10.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (7.42%) Tableau
13 17 (6.64%) Metadata
13 17 (6.64%) MongoDB
14 16 (6.25%) NoSQL
15 15 (5.86%) RDBMS
16 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 13 (5.08%) MySQL
17 10 (3.91%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 10 (3.91%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (7.42%) Git
2 17 (6.64%) JIRA
3 13 (5.08%) Visual Studio
4 8 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (1.95%) MSI
6 5 (1.95%) WiX
7 4 (1.56%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.56%) Selenium
7 4 (1.56%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.17%) Deequ
9 2 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.78%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.39%) Hudson
10 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.39%) Postman
10 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.39%) tSQLt
10 1 (0.39%) Vagrant
General
1 72 (28.13%) Finance
2 41 (16.02%) Social Skills
3 37 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.64%) Banking
6 10 (3.91%) Investment Banking
6 10 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.52%) Publishing
7 9 (3.52%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.13%) Marketing
9 7 (2.73%) Back Office
9 7 (2.73%) Electronics
10 6 (2.34%) Legal
11 4 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Front Office
13 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Retail
14 1 (0.39%) Advertising
14 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (45.31%) Developer
2 38 (14.84%) C# Developer
2 38 (14.84%) Data Engineer
3 31 (12.11%) .NET Developer
4 30 (11.72%) Senior
5 26 (10.16%) DBA
6 21 (8.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 20 (7.81%) SQL Developer
8 19 (7.42%) Analyst
8 19 (7.42%) C# .NET Developer
9 16 (6.25%) SQL DBA
10 13 (5.08%) Architect
11 12 (4.69%) Azure Data Engineer
11 12 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (4.69%) Power BI Developer
11 12 (4.69%) Senior Developer
12 11 (4.30%) Full Stack Developer
13 10 (3.91%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.91%) WPF Developer
14 9 (3.52%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (29.30%) .NET
2 28 (10.94%) .NET Framework
3 22 (8.59%) .NET Core
3 22 (8.59%) JSON
4 17 (6.64%) XML
5 15 (5.86%) Blazor
5 15 (5.86%) REST
5 15 (5.86%) WPF
6 14 (5.47%) ASP.NET
6 14 (5.47%) WCF
7 12 (4.69%) Entity Framework
7 12 (4.69%) PySpark
8 11 (4.30%) CSS
9 9 (3.52%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.52%) LINQ
9 9 (3.52%) WinForms
10 8 (3.13%) HTML
10 8 (3.13%) React
11 5 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (1.95%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.47%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.30%) Replication
3 9 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (3.13%) Reference Data
5 5 (1.95%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.95%) NHS
5 5 (1.95%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.95%) Web 2.0
6 4 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.56%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.19%) Windows
2 29 (11.33%) Linux
3 14 (5.47%) Unix
4 7 (2.73%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.95%) CentOS
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.08%) ETL
2 73 (28.52%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (21.88%) Agile
4 48 (18.75%) DevOps
5 47 (18.36%) Data Modelling
6 46 (17.97%) Data Analysis
7 37 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (13.28%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (10.94%) Scrum
9 28 (10.94%) Software Engineering
10 26 (10.16%) Data Integration
10 26 (10.16%) Migration
11 25 (9.77%) Analytics
11 25 (9.77%) SDLC
12 24 (9.38%) CI/CD
13 18 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (6.25%) Data Governance
15 15 (5.86%) Data Pipeline
16 14 (5.47%) Data Lineage
16 14 (5.47%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 240 (93.75%) SQL
2 85 (33.20%) C#
3 60 (23.44%) PL/SQL
4 48 (18.75%) Python
5 38 (14.84%) PowerShell
6 25 (9.77%) VB
6 25 (9.77%) VBA
7 24 (9.38%) JavaScript
8 23 (8.98%) VB.NET
9 18 (7.03%) Java
10 13 (5.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (3.91%) Bash
12 9 (3.52%) C++
12 9 (3.52%) Go
13 7 (2.73%) TypeScript
14 6 (2.34%) Perl
15 5 (1.95%) R
15 5 (1.95%) Scala
16 4 (1.56%) PHP
16 4 (1.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 43 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 31 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.25%) Degree
4 10 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.41%) QA
2 15 (5.86%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.73%) SLA
4 4 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.56%) GDPR
4 4 (1.56%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.39%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) KVM
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.56%) Ansible
2 4 (1.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.39%) Control-M
3 1 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.39%) Packer
3 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (30.86%) Microsoft
2 68 (26.56%) Oracle
3 23 (8.98%) Citrix
4 21 (8.20%) Databricks
5 18 (7.03%) SAP
6 13 (5.08%) Informatica
7 12 (4.69%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.52%) MuleSoft
9 8 (3.13%) Sparx
10 7 (2.73%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.73%) Sybase
11 6 (2.34%) Cadence
11 6 (2.34%) iManage
11 6 (2.34%) RedGate
12 5 (1.95%) IBM
12 5 (1.95%) OpenLink
13 4 (1.56%) Optimizely
13 4 (1.56%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.56%) Sun
13 4 (1.56%) Veritas