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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 284 204
Rank change year-on-year -32 -80 -22
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 117 143 517
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.87% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.03% 2.43% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 83 121 414
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,400 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 5,757 5,881 12,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.96% 35.63% 39.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,350 4,112 10,327
10th Percentile £38,961 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 16 July 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 19 (16.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.40%) IIS
3 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.85%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (3.42%) Infor M3
2 4 (3.42%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (3.42%) JDE World
2 4 (3.42%) Magento
2 4 (3.42%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.42%) Shopify
3 1 (0.85%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 76 (64.96%) Azure
2 40 (34.19%) Power Platform
3 37 (31.62%) Entra ID
4 26 (22.22%) Google Workspace
5 17 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (9.40%) Power Automate
8 10 (8.55%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (8.55%) SaaS
9 9 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (7.69%) PowerApps
10 6 (5.13%) AWS
10 6 (5.13%) Serverless
11 5 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.56%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.56%) iPaaS
12 3 (2.56%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (22.22%) Broadband
2 4 (3.42%) Firewall
3 3 (2.56%) DNS
3 3 (2.56%) VLAN
4 1 (0.85%) HTTP
4 1 (0.85%) LAN
4 1 (0.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.85%) WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (48.72%) SQL Server
2 29 (24.79%) Power BI
2 29 (24.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 24 (20.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (8.55%) MySQL
4 10 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.42%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.56%) Db2
8 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.56%) Power Query
8 3 (2.56%) WhereScape RED
9 2 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.71%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.71%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Git
2 10 (8.55%) Visual Studio
3 8 (6.84%) JIRA
4 6 (5.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.71%) Postman
5 2 (1.71%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.85%) Claude Code
General
1 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 34 (29.06%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (11.97%) Games
5 13 (11.11%) Finance
6 12 (10.26%) Law
7 8 (6.84%) Legal
8 5 (4.27%) Retail
9 4 (3.42%) Back Office
10 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.85%) Advertising
12 1 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.85%) Police
12 1 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 51 (43.59%) Developer
2 24 (20.51%) Senior
3 22 (18.80%) Analyst
4 13 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 12 (10.26%) Software Developer
6 11 (9.40%) Applications Support
7 10 (8.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 10 (8.55%) Senior Developer
8 9 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) SQL Data Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) SQL Developer
8 9 (7.69%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) .NET Developer
9 8 (6.84%) Applications Support Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) Data Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) IAM Developer
9 8 (6.84%) SSRS Analyst
9 8 (6.84%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (29.06%) REST
2 30 (25.64%) SOAP
3 26 (22.22%) GraphQL
3 26 (22.22%) LDAP
3 26 (22.22%) OAuth
3 26 (22.22%) OpenID
3 26 (22.22%) SAML
4 24 (20.51%) .NET
5 15 (12.82%) JSON
6 12 (10.26%) ASP.NET
6 12 (10.26%) HTML
7 11 (9.40%) CSS
8 9 (7.69%) XML
9 8 (6.84%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (5.13%) .NET Core
10 6 (5.13%) Blazor
10 6 (5.13%) jQuery
11 5 (4.27%) Kafka
12 4 (3.42%) .NET Framework
12 4 (3.42%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 26 (22.22%) Cyberattack
2 10 (8.55%) Data Structures
2 10 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (5.98%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.98%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.27%) Replication
7 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.42%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.56%) LIMS
8 3 (2.56%) NHS
8 3 (2.56%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.71%) Clustering
9 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.71%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.40%) Windows
2 8 (6.84%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.06%) Roadmaps
2 32 (27.35%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (26.50%) Mentoring
4 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 26 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
5 26 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 24 (20.51%) Data Modelling
7 21 (17.95%) Agile
7 21 (17.95%) CI/CD
7 21 (17.95%) Performance Tuning
8 20 (17.09%) ETL
9 18 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (14.53%) DevOps
11 16 (13.68%) Validation
12 14 (11.97%) Change Control
12 14 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (10.26%) Change Management
14 11 (9.40%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 104 (88.89%) SQL
2 52 (44.44%) PowerShell
3 28 (23.93%) C#
4 26 (22.22%) Bash
5 17 (14.53%) Python
6 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
7 8 (6.84%) PL/SQL
8 6 (5.13%) VBA
8 6 (5.13%) VBScript
9 4 (3.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.71%) VB
11 1 (0.85%) Delphi
11 1 (0.85%) Java
11 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (5.98%) Degree
2 4 (3.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (22.22%) NCSC
2 26 (22.22%) NIST
3 18 (15.38%) Data Quality
4 9 (7.69%) QA
5 4 (3.42%) SLA
6 3 (2.56%) GDPR
7 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (37.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.56%) Docker
2 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) ZABBIX
2 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.85%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.13%) iManage
3 6 (5.13%) Oracle
4 5 (4.27%) JD Edwards
5 4 (3.42%) ConnectWise
5 4 (3.42%) Epicor
5 4 (3.42%) IFS
5 4 (3.42%) Infor
5 4 (3.42%) Remedy
5 4 (3.42%) SAP
5 4 (3.42%) WooCommerce
6 3 (2.56%) Databricks
6 3 (2.56%) Veeam
6 3 (2.56%) VMware
7 2 (1.71%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.71%) Rollbar
8 1 (0.85%) Cognos
8 1 (0.85%) IBM
8 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds