Hybrid/Remote T-SQL Job Trends

Transact-SQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring T-SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 211 192
Rank change year-on-year -40 -19 -7
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 111 259 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 1.57% 1.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.72% 3.65% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 68 150 351
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,625 £65,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,675 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

T-SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,080 7,099 10,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.21% 43.03% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,078 4,462 8,542
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,508
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

T-SQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

T-SQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

T-SQL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing T-SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing T-SQL

T-SQL
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing T-SQL over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

T-SQL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

T-SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.31%) IIS
2 2 (1.80%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.50%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (4.50%) Magento
1 5 (4.50%) Shopify
2 2 (1.80%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (54.95%) Azure
2 33 (29.73%) Entra ID
3 31 (27.93%) Google Workspace
4 14 (12.61%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (8.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (8.11%) GitHub
8 8 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (7.21%) PowerApps
8 8 (7.21%) Snowflake
9 7 (6.31%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (4.50%) GCP
11 4 (3.60%) AWS
11 4 (3.60%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.80%) SaaS
13 1 (0.90%) Datadog
13 1 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (27.93%) Broadband
2 1 (0.90%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (44.14%) SQL Server
2 22 (19.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (16.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (13.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (12.61%) Power BI
6 13 (11.71%) Data Lake
7 11 (9.91%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (9.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (7.21%) Metadata
10 5 (4.50%) OLAP
11 3 (2.70%) Data Mining
11 3 (2.70%) MySQL
12 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.80%) Tableau
13 1 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) JIRA
2 2 (1.80%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 45 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 31 (27.93%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (18.92%) Finance
4 19 (17.12%) Games
5 15 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.41%) Back Office
7 5 (4.50%) Law
7 5 (4.50%) Legal
8 4 (3.60%) Billing
8 4 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.90%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (31.53%) Developer
2 27 (24.32%) Senior
3 16 (14.41%) DBA
4 14 (12.61%) Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) IAM Developer
4 14 (12.61%) SQL DBA
5 13 (11.71%) Senior Developer
5 13 (11.71%) SQL Developer
6 9 (8.11%) Administrator
6 9 (8.11%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) Support Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) IT Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) IT Support
9 6 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) Integration Developer
10 5 (4.50%) Software Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (39.64%) REST
2 39 (35.14%) SOAP
3 32 (28.83%) OAuth
3 32 (28.83%) OpenID
4 31 (27.93%) GraphQL
4 31 (27.93%) LDAP
4 31 (27.93%) SAML
5 13 (11.71%) .NET
6 7 (6.31%) .NET Framework
6 7 (6.31%) Middleware
7 6 (5.41%) JSON
7 6 (5.41%) XML
8 5 (4.50%) ASP.NET
8 5 (4.50%) Entity Framework
8 5 (4.50%) WinForms
9 2 (1.80%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (1.80%) Mongoose
9 2 (1.80%) Symfony
9 2 (1.80%) WCF
10 1 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (27.93%) Cyber Threat
1 31 (27.93%) Cyberattack
2 9 (8.11%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.31%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.60%) Clustering
4 4 (3.60%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.70%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.90%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.90%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.11%) Windows
2 5 (4.50%) Linux
3 4 (3.60%) VMS
4 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 34 (30.63%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (28.83%) Roadmaps
4 31 (27.93%) Identity Access Management
4 31 (27.93%) Programme Delivery
4 31 (27.93%) Regulatory Compliance
5 24 (21.62%) Analytics
6 23 (20.72%) ETL
6 23 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (19.82%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (19.82%) DevOps
8 17 (15.32%) Agile
8 17 (15.32%) Change Control
9 14 (12.61%) Data Pipeline
10 13 (11.71%) Data Integration
10 13 (11.71%) ERP
11 12 (10.81%) Data Engineering
11 12 (10.81%) Data Management
11 12 (10.81%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 92 (82.88%) SQL
2 36 (32.43%) PowerShell
3 31 (27.93%) Bash
4 17 (15.32%) C#
5 15 (13.51%) Python
6 5 (4.50%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.80%) C++
8 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.80%) PHP
9 1 (0.90%) Bicep
9 1 (0.90%) R
9 1 (0.90%) Scala
9 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.71%) Degree
2 7 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.60%) ACCA
3 4 (3.60%) CIMA
3 4 (3.60%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (27.93%) NCSC
1 31 (27.93%) NIST
2 20 (18.02%) Data Quality
3 13 (11.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.70%) QA
5 2 (1.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (28.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (36.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Databricks
2 10 (9.01%) Oracle
3 6 (5.41%) Sage
4 5 (4.50%) ConnectWise
4 5 (4.50%) Google
4 5 (4.50%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.50%) WooCommerce
4 5 (4.50%) Xamarin
4 5 (4.50%) Zoho
5 3 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.70%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.80%) Lotus
6 2 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.90%) Concur
7 1 (0.90%) Foundry
7 1 (0.90%) Informatica
7 1 (0.90%) RedGate
7 1 (0.90%) Talend