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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 452 463
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 +253
Permanent jobs citing OLTP 8 19 31
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.094% 0.13%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.32% 0.41% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 25
10th Percentile £64,625 £61,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £77,188 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -1.46%

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 2,514 4,648 5,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.51% 23.00% 25.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 2,844 4,716
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,825 £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.18% +0.42%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £112,000 £125,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% +1.67%

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 20 October 2025.

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 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 6 (75.00%) HTML
1 6 (75.00%) SOAP
1 6 (75.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle