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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 212 182
Rank change year-on-year -55 -30 +5
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 105 259 381
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.55% 1.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.56% 3.63% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 69 150 347
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,750 £41,400
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £57,500 £65,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,200 £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 4,096 7,136 9,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.26% 42.78% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,102 4,489 8,209
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
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 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,219 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.28% +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 4 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 (6.67%) IIS
2 2 (1.90%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (4.76%) Magento
1 5 (4.76%) Shopify
2 2 (1.90%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.90%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (53.33%) Azure
2 25 (23.81%) Entra ID
3 22 (20.95%) Google Workspace
4 13 (12.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (12.38%) Power Platform
5 11 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (9.52%) GitHub
7 9 (8.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (7.62%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (7.62%) Snowflake
9 7 (6.67%) GitHub Copilot
9 7 (6.67%) PowerApps
10 5 (4.76%) AWS
10 5 (4.76%) GCP
11 3 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.86%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.90%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.90%) SaaS
12 2 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (20.95%) Broadband
2 1 (0.95%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (48.57%) SQL Server
2 24 (22.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 19 (18.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (15.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (12.38%) Data Lake
5 13 (12.38%) Power BI
6 11 (10.48%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (9.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (7.62%) Metadata
9 5 (4.76%) OLAP
10 4 (3.81%) MySQL
11 3 (2.86%) Data Mining
11 3 (2.86%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.90%) MongoDB
12 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.90%) RDBMS
12 2 (1.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (9.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.90%) Git
3 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 42 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.95%) Finance
2 22 (20.95%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (14.29%) Games
4 6 (5.71%) Back Office
5 5 (4.76%) Law
5 5 (4.76%) Legal
6 4 (3.81%) Billing
6 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.90%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (32.38%) Developer
2 24 (22.86%) Senior
3 18 (17.14%) DBA
4 16 (15.24%) SQL DBA
5 14 (13.33%) Analyst
6 13 (12.38%) SQL Developer
7 12 (11.43%) Senior Developer
8 11 (10.48%) IAM Developer
9 10 (9.52%) Administrator
10 9 (8.57%) Data Engineer
11 7 (6.67%) Support Analyst
12 6 (5.71%) Integration Developer
12 6 (5.71%) IT Engineer
12 6 (5.71%) IT Support
12 6 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (5.71%) Software Engineer
12 6 (5.71%) Support Engineer
13 5 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (4.76%) Software Analyst
13 5 (4.76%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (34.29%) REST
2 30 (28.57%) SOAP
3 23 (21.90%) OAuth
3 23 (21.90%) OpenID
4 22 (20.95%) GraphQL
4 22 (20.95%) LDAP
4 22 (20.95%) SAML
5 14 (13.33%) .NET
6 8 (7.62%) .NET Framework
7 7 (6.67%) Middleware
8 6 (5.71%) JSON
8 6 (5.71%) XML
9 5 (4.76%) ASP.NET
9 5 (4.76%) Entity Framework
9 5 (4.76%) WinForms
10 2 (1.90%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.90%) D3.js
10 2 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.90%) Symfony
10 2 (1.90%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.95%) Cyber Threat
1 22 (20.95%) Cyberattack
2 9 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.62%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.76%) Clustering
5 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.86%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.86%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.90%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.95%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.57%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Linux
3 4 (3.81%) VMS
4 1 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.71%) Mentoring
2 26 (24.76%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (23.81%) ETL
4 24 (22.86%) Analytics
4 24 (22.86%) DevOps
4 24 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (21.90%) Roadmaps
6 22 (20.95%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (20.95%) Identity Access Management
6 22 (20.95%) Programme Delivery
6 22 (20.95%) Regulatory Compliance
7 18 (17.14%) Agile
8 14 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
9 13 (12.38%) Data Integration
9 13 (12.38%) Data Management
9 13 (12.38%) ERP
10 12 (11.43%) Change Control
10 12 (11.43%) Data Engineering
10 12 (11.43%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 90 (85.71%) SQL
2 26 (24.76%) PowerShell
3 22 (20.95%) Bash
4 17 (16.19%) C#
5 14 (13.33%) Python
6 6 (5.71%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.90%) C++
9 2 (1.90%) PHP
10 1 (0.95%) Bicep
10 1 (0.95%) R
10 1 (0.95%) Scala
10 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.43%) Degree
2 7 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.81%) ACCA
4 4 (3.81%) CIMA
5 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (20.95%) NCSC
1 22 (20.95%) NIST
2 20 (19.05%) Data Quality
3 8 (7.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.86%) QA
5 2 (1.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.52%) Databricks
2 10 (9.52%) Oracle
3 6 (5.71%) Sage
4 5 (4.76%) ConnectWise
4 5 (4.76%) Google
4 5 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.76%) WooCommerce
4 5 (4.76%) Xamarin
4 5 (4.76%) Zoho
5 4 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.81%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.81%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.90%) Informatica
6 2 (1.90%) Lotus
6 2 (1.90%) RedGate
6 2 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.90%) Talend
7 1 (0.95%) Concur
7 1 (0.95%) Foundry