Hybrid/Remote OLTP Job Trends

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring OLTP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 421 489 477
Rank change year-on-year +68 -12 +268
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 8 18 35
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.049% 0.077% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.29% 0.37% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 31
10th Percentile - £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -0.74%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

OLTP falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,745 4,844 6,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.90% 20.75% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,919 3,275 5,164
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,751 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £114,000 £140,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +4.17%

OLTP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OLTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OLTP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OLTP
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing OLTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing OLTP

OLTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
1 8 (100.00%) PL/SQL Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Senior
1 8 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Senior SQL Developer
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) HTML
1 5 (62.50%) SOAP
1 5 (62.50%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle