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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 415 500
Rank change year-on-year +52 +85 +124
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 16 20 29
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.76% 0.49% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 23
10th Percentile £63,750 - £50,000
25th Percentile £64,688 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -12.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - £71,500 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -10.00%

All Database & 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 2,116 4,094 6,803
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.41% 25.50% 24.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,542 2,432 5,765
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,026 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £73,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

OLTP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OLTP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

OLTP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OLTP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OLTP

OLTP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OLTP over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

OLTP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

OLTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
1 16 (100.00%) PL/SQL Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Senior
1 16 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
1 16 (100.00%) Senior SQL Developer
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) HTML
1 11 (68.75%) SOAP
1 11 (68.75%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (68.75%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle