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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 391 545
Rank change year-on-year +19 +154 +37
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 27 21 22
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.15% 0.068%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.17% 0.63% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 19
10th Percentile £63,750 - £47,500
25th Percentile £64,375 £63,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile - £80,000 £71,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

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 2,315 3,352 7,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 24.64% 22.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,735 2,412 6,210
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £37,038
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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
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 27 (100.00%) Developer
1 27 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
1 27 (100.00%) PL/SQL Developer
1 27 (100.00%) Senior
1 27 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 27 (100.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
1 27 (100.00%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
1 27 (100.00%) Senior SQL Developer
1 27 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (55.56%) HTML
1 15 (55.56%) SOAP
1 15 (55.56%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 15 (55.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 27 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) Degree
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Oracle