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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 231 168
Rank change year-on-year -34 -63 +68
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 133 173 635
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.31% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.79% 3.06% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 67 131 541
10th Percentile £36,800 £43,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% -1.79%

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 4,761 5,657 13,399
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.87% 42.80% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,466 4,509 11,505
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,033 £97,500
UK median annual salary £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.13% +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 18 April 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 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.50%) IIS
2 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (6.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (6.77%) Magento
1 9 (6.77%) Shopify
2 2 (1.50%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.50%) JDE OneWorld
2 2 (1.50%) JDE World
2 2 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 97 (72.93%) Azure
2 66 (49.62%) Entra ID
3 56 (42.11%) Google Workspace
4 23 (17.29%) Power Platform
5 14 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (9.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (7.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (6.02%) GitHub
9 8 (6.02%) PowerApps
9 8 (6.02%) SaaS
10 7 (5.26%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (5.26%) Power Automate
10 7 (5.26%) Snowflake
11 4 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.50%) AWS
13 2 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (1.50%) iPaaS
13 2 (1.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (42.11%) Broadband
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) LAN
2 1 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.75%) WAN
2 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (39.85%) SQL Server
2 21 (15.79%) Power BI
3 20 (15.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (15.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (12.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (9.02%) Data Lake
6 10 (7.52%) MySQL
7 9 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (6.02%) Metadata
9 6 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
11 3 (2.26%) Power Query
12 2 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (1.50%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.77%) JIRA
2 4 (3.01%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.50%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 56 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 32 (24.06%) Games
4 22 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (12.03%) Finance
6 10 (7.52%) Back Office
7 8 (6.02%) Law
8 5 (3.76%) Legal
9 4 (3.01%) Retail
10 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.75%) Advertising
11 1 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.75%) Police
11 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 40 (30.08%) Developer
2 37 (27.82%) Senior
3 25 (18.80%) Analyst
4 21 (15.79%) IAM Developer
5 16 (12.03%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (11.28%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.53%) Support Analyst
8 11 (8.27%) DBA
9 10 (7.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 10 (7.52%) Data Analyst
10 9 (6.77%) Applications Support
10 9 (6.77%) Applications Support Analyst
10 9 (6.77%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
10 9 (6.77%) Data Engineer
10 9 (6.77%) SQL Analyst
10 9 (6.77%) SQL Data Analyst
10 9 (6.77%) SQL DBA
11 8 (6.02%) Architect
11 8 (6.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (6.02%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (51.88%) REST
2 66 (49.62%) SOAP
3 57 (42.86%) OAuth
3 57 (42.86%) OpenID
4 56 (42.11%) GraphQL
4 56 (42.11%) LDAP
4 56 (42.11%) SAML
5 15 (11.28%) .NET
6 11 (8.27%) JSON
7 9 (6.77%) Middleware
7 9 (6.77%) XML
8 7 (5.26%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.01%) CSS
9 4 (3.01%) HTML
9 4 (3.01%) Kafka
10 3 (2.26%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.26%) WPF
11 2 (1.50%) Entity Framework
11 2 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 56 (42.11%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (42.11%) Cyberattack
2 13 (9.77%) Data Structures
3 10 (7.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.02%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.76%) Clustering
5 5 (3.76%) Replication
5 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.01%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.26%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.50%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.26%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) VMS
3 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.12%) Mentoring
2 56 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (42.11%) Identity Access Management
2 56 (42.11%) Programme Delivery
2 56 (42.11%) Regulatory Compliance
2 56 (42.11%) Roadmaps
3 28 (21.05%) Change Control
4 26 (19.55%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (16.54%) Data Modelling
7 21 (15.79%) Analytics
7 21 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (13.53%) Performance Tuning
9 17 (12.78%) CI/CD
10 16 (12.03%) Agile
10 16 (12.03%) ETL
11 15 (11.28%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (10.53%) Data Engineering
13 13 (9.77%) DevOps
13 13 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 102 (76.69%) SQL
2 72 (54.14%) PowerShell
3 56 (42.11%) Bash
4 22 (16.54%) Python
5 19 (14.29%) C#
6 5 (3.76%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.50%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.50%) VBA
8 2 (1.50%) VBScript
9 1 (0.75%) Bicep
9 1 (0.75%) Delphi
9 1 (0.75%) Java
9 1 (0.75%) Scala
9 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (6.02%) Degree
2 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.26%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (42.11%) NCSC
1 56 (42.11%) NIST
2 37 (27.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (21.80%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (50.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.50%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.75%) SCCM
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 35 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.02%) Databricks
3 9 (6.77%) ConnectWise
3 9 (6.77%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.77%) WooCommerce
4 7 (5.26%) Oracle
5 2 (1.50%) Epicor
5 2 (1.50%) IFS
5 2 (1.50%) iManage
5 2 (1.50%) Infor
5 2 (1.50%) JD Edwards
5 2 (1.50%) Rollbar
5 2 (1.50%) SAP
6 1 (0.75%) Cognos
6 1 (0.75%) Foundry
6 1 (0.75%) IBM
6 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds