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 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 318 248 162
Rank change year-on-year -70 -86 +18
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 97 250 480
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 1.24% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.02% 2.97% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 81 145 451
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,738 £41,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -

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 4,798 8,426 10,896
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.60% 41.70% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,183 5,436 9,225
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%

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 20 October 2025.

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 (7.22%) IIS
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.06%) HCL Notes
2 2 (2.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.03%) Apache
3 1 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.03%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (17.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Sage 1000
2 3 (3.09%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.06%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 48 (49.48%) Azure
2 27 (27.84%) Power Platform
3 15 (15.46%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (10.31%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (10.31%) PowerApps
4 10 (10.31%) SaaS
5 8 (8.25%) AWS
6 7 (7.22%) GCP
6 7 (7.22%) Power Automate
7 6 (6.19%) GitHub
8 5 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.06%) Azure Functions
10 2 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.06%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.06%) Serverless
10 2 (2.06%) Snowflake
11 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (54.64%) SQL Server
2 27 (27.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 26 (26.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (25.77%) Power BI
5 18 (18.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 13 (13.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (13.40%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (8.25%) Metadata
8 7 (7.22%) Data Hub
8 7 (7.22%) MySQL
8 7 (7.22%) Relational Database
8 7 (7.22%) SQL CLR
9 6 (6.19%) OLAP
10 5 (5.15%) MongoDB
10 5 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (5.15%) RDBMS
11 4 (4.12%) Data Lake
12 3 (3.09%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (3.09%) NoSQL
12 3 (3.09%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (8.25%) Git
2 6 (6.19%) JIRA
3 5 (5.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.03%) Balsamiq
5 1 (1.03%) Postman
5 1 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 26 (26.80%) Finance
3 11 (11.34%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.22%) Back Office
6 4 (4.12%) Advertising
6 4 (4.12%) Billing
6 4 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.12%) Social Housing
6 4 (4.12%) Swedish Language
7 3 (3.09%) Automotive
7 3 (3.09%) Legal
7 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.06%) Games
8 2 (2.06%) Law
9 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 49 (50.52%) Developer
2 24 (24.74%) Senior
3 21 (21.65%) SQL Developer
4 16 (16.49%) DBA
4 16 (16.49%) Senior Developer
5 15 (15.46%) Analyst
6 14 (14.43%) SQL DBA
7 10 (10.31%) IT Support
8 9 (9.28%) Administrator
8 9 (9.28%) Data Engineer
9 7 (7.22%) Analyst Developer
9 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Developer
9 7 (7.22%) SaaS Developer
9 7 (7.22%) Senior Microsoft Developer
9 7 (7.22%) Senior SQL Developer
9 7 (7.22%) Software Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) IT Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) Support Analyst
10 6 (6.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (26.80%) .NET
2 16 (16.49%) CSS
3 15 (15.46%) HTML
4 14 (14.43%) .NET Framework
4 14 (14.43%) ASP.NET
5 9 (9.28%) REST
6 8 (8.25%) Entity Framework
7 6 (6.19%) JSON
7 6 (6.19%) React
7 6 (6.19%) XML
8 5 (5.15%) .NET Core
8 5 (5.15%) HTML5
8 5 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (5.15%) Web Services
8 5 (5.15%) WinForms
9 4 (4.12%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (4.12%) SOAP
10 3 (3.09%) CSS3
10 3 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (3.09%) MassTransit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.22%) Private Cloud
2 5 (5.15%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.12%) Clustering
3 4 (4.12%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.09%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.06%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.06%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.06%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.03%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.03%) Social Media
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.28%) Windows
2 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (34.02%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (31.96%) ETL
4 23 (23.71%) DevOps
5 19 (19.59%) Agile
6 13 (13.40%) Analytics
6 13 (13.40%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (12.37%) ERP
7 12 (12.37%) High Availability
7 12 (12.37%) Migration
7 12 (12.37%) SDLC
8 11 (11.34%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (10.31%) Fintech
9 10 (10.31%) Statistics
10 9 (9.28%) CI/CD
10 9 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (9.28%) CRM
10 9 (9.28%) Data Integration
10 9 (9.28%) Machine Learning
10 9 (9.28%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 91 (93.81%) SQL
2 28 (28.87%) C#
3 15 (15.46%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.22%) PowerShell
4 7 (7.22%) Python
5 6 (6.19%) VB.NET
6 5 (5.15%) PL/SQL
7 4 (4.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (4.12%) VBA
8 2 (2.06%) Bash
8 2 (2.06%) C++
8 2 (2.06%) PHP
8 2 (2.06%) X++
9 1 (1.03%) Bicep
9 1 (1.03%) R
9 1 (1.03%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.19%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.12%) ACCA
4 4 (4.12%) CIMA
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.09%) GDPR
3 3 (3.09%) QA
4 2 (2.06%) NCSC
4 2 (2.06%) NIST
5 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.22%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (47.42%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) Sage
3 7 (7.22%) Google
3 7 (7.22%) Salesforce
3 7 (7.22%) VMware
4 6 (6.19%) Oracle
5 5 (5.15%) Informatica
5 5 (5.15%) RedGate
5 5 (5.15%) Talend
5 5 (5.15%) Xamarin
5 5 (5.15%) Zoho
6 4 (4.12%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (4.12%) Databricks
6 4 (4.12%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.12%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.06%) Lotus
8 1 (1.03%) Concur
8 1 (1.03%) DocuSign
8 1 (1.03%) Telerik
8 1 (1.03%) Xero