Hybrid/Remote OLTP Job Trends
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote/hybrid jobs citing OLTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 458 | 408 | 447 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -50 | +39 | +29 |
| Permanent jobs citing OLTP | 16 | 8 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.062% | 0.049% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 0.49% | 0.31% | 0.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 8 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £64,250 | £64,625 | £61,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +7.69% | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £77,188 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | - |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +7.69% | -3.70% |
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/hybrid work options citing database or business intelligence skills.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 3,269 | 2,578 | 4,602 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 12.76% | 15.76% | 23.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,385 | 1,774 | 2,781 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £35,575 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,217 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £82,500 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £110,000 | £122,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +8.33% |
OLTP Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OLTP and offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
OLTP Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
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 30 October 2026.
OLTP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Warehouse | 31.3% | 5 |
| 2 | Power BI | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2 | SQL Server | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2 | SQL Server Integration Services | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2 | SQL Server Reporting Services | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2 | SSDT | 18.8% | 3 |
| 7 | Data Lake | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Metabase | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | NoSQL | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | OLAP | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | OLAP Cube | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | PostgreSQL | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | RDBMS | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Relational Database | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Semantic Layer | 6.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Star Schema | 6.3% | 1 |