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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 232 183
Rank change year-on-year -49 -49 -7
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 92 277 397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 1.39% 1.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.20% 3.33% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 73 164 365
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £82,125 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

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 4,190 8,321 9,925
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.58% 41.85% 46.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,253 5,343 8,388
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 November 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 (7.61%) IIS
2 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) HCL Notes
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.09%) Apache
4 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (2.17%) Sage 1000
1 2 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (50.00%) Azure
2 17 (18.48%) Power Platform
3 14 (15.22%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (13.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (9.78%) Entra ID
6 7 (7.61%) AWS
6 7 (7.61%) GCP
6 7 (7.61%) GitHub
7 6 (6.52%) Google Workspace
7 6 (6.52%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (4.35%) SaaS
9 4 (4.35%) Snowflake
10 3 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.26%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (2.17%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 2 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.52%) Broadband
2 1 (1.09%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (51.09%) SQL Server
2 26 (28.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 23 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (18.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (18.48%) Power BI
5 14 (15.22%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (14.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 10 (10.87%) Data Lake
8 6 (6.52%) Metadata
8 6 (6.52%) OLAP
9 5 (5.43%) MySQL
10 4 (4.35%) Relational Database
11 3 (3.26%) Data Mining
11 3 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (3.26%) MongoDB
11 3 (3.26%) NoSQL
11 3 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (3.26%) RDBMS
11 3 (3.26%) Redis
12 2 (2.17%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Git
2 6 (6.52%) JIRA
3 3 (3.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 33 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 25 (27.17%) Finance
3 12 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (7.61%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.43%) Games
7 4 (4.35%) Billing
7 4 (4.35%) Law
8 3 (3.26%) Advertising
8 3 (3.26%) Automotive
8 3 (3.26%) Back Office
8 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.17%) Legal
9 2 (2.17%) Social Housing
9 2 (2.17%) Swedish Language
10 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (44.57%) Developer
2 18 (19.57%) Senior
2 18 (19.57%) SQL Developer
3 16 (17.39%) DBA
4 14 (15.22%) SQL DBA
5 12 (13.04%) Senior Developer
6 11 (11.96%) Analyst
6 11 (11.96%) Data Engineer
7 9 (9.78%) Administrator
8 8 (8.70%) IT Support
9 7 (7.61%) Software Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) Integration Developer
10 6 (6.52%) IT Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) Support Engineer
11 5 (5.43%) Analyst Developer
11 5 (5.43%) Consultant
11 5 (5.43%) IAM Developer
11 5 (5.43%) Software Support Engineer
12 4 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.74%) .NET
2 15 (16.30%) REST
3 13 (14.13%) .NET Framework
4 9 (9.78%) ASP.NET
4 9 (9.78%) SOAP
5 8 (8.70%) CSS
5 8 (8.70%) Entity Framework
6 7 (7.61%) HTML
6 7 (7.61%) OAuth
6 7 (7.61%) OpenID
7 6 (6.52%) GraphQL
7 6 (6.52%) JSON
7 6 (6.52%) LDAP
7 6 (6.52%) SAML
7 6 (6.52%) XML
8 5 (5.43%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (5.43%) WinForms
9 4 (4.35%) Web Services
10 3 (3.26%) CSS3
10 3 (3.26%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Data Structures
2 6 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (6.52%) Cyberattack
3 5 (5.43%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.43%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.26%) Clustering
5 3 (3.26%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.26%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.17%) Legacy Code
6 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.17%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.17%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.61%) Windows
2 2 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.09%) Linux
3 1 (1.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (33.70%) ETL
3 26 (28.26%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (27.17%) DevOps
5 19 (20.65%) Agile
5 19 (20.65%) Analytics
6 13 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.96%) CI/CD
7 11 (11.96%) Data Engineering
7 11 (11.96%) Data Integration
7 11 (11.96%) Data Pipeline
7 11 (11.96%) ERP
8 10 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (10.87%) Mentoring
8 10 (10.87%) SDLC
9 9 (9.78%) Data Analysis
9 9 (9.78%) Data Management
9 9 (9.78%) Data Modelling
9 9 (9.78%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 84 (91.30%) SQL
2 22 (23.91%) C#
3 9 (9.78%) PowerShell
3 9 (9.78%) Python
4 7 (7.61%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.61%) PL/SQL
5 6 (6.52%) Bash
6 5 (5.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (3.26%) VB.NET
8 2 (2.17%) C++
8 2 (2.17%) PHP
8 2 (2.17%) VBA
9 1 (1.09%) Bicep
9 1 (1.09%) R
9 1 (1.09%) Scala
9 1 (1.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.87%) Degree
2 7 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.35%) ACCA
3 4 (4.35%) CIMA
3 4 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.52%) NCSC
2 6 (6.52%) NIST
3 3 (3.26%) QA
4 2 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.35%) Docker
3 2 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.17%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.70%) Sage
3 7 (7.61%) Databricks
3 7 (7.61%) Oracle
4 6 (6.52%) Google
5 5 (5.43%) Xamarin
5 5 (5.43%) Zoho
6 4 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (4.35%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 3 (3.26%) Informatica
7 3 (3.26%) RedGate
7 3 (3.26%) Talend
8 2 (2.17%) Lotus
8 2 (2.17%) VMware
9 1 (1.09%) Concur
9 1 (1.09%) Foundry