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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 231 172
Rank change year-on-year -44 -59 +59
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 134 177 627
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 1.31% 1.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.81% 3.13% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 68 135 531
10th Percentile £38,331 £42,200 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,063 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £82,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% +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 4,768 5,651 13,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.51% 41.83% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,495 4,496 11,448
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,694
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 £115,000 £100,000
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 25 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 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.24%) IIS
3 2 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.75%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (6.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (6.72%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (6.72%) Magento
1 9 (6.72%) Shopify
2 3 (2.24%) Infor M3
2 3 (2.24%) JDE OneWorld
2 3 (2.24%) JDE World
2 3 (2.24%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 97 (72.39%) Azure
2 66 (49.25%) Entra ID
3 56 (41.79%) Google Workspace
4 24 (17.91%) Power Platform
5 14 (10.45%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (8.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (6.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (5.97%) PowerApps
9 8 (5.97%) SaaS
10 7 (5.22%) GitHub
10 7 (5.22%) Power Automate
10 7 (5.22%) Snowflake
11 6 (4.48%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (2.24%) AWS
13 3 (2.24%) Azure AKS
13 3 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (2.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (41.79%) 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 54 (40.30%) SQL Server
2 22 (16.42%) Power BI
3 20 (14.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (14.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (11.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (7.46%) Data Lake
5 10 (7.46%) MySQL
6 9 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (5.22%) Metadata
8 5 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.99%) Relational Database
10 3 (2.24%) Power Query
11 2 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.49%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (9.70%) JIRA
2 4 (2.99%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.49%) Git
3 2 (1.49%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 59 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 57 (42.54%) Organisational Skills
3 32 (23.88%) Games
4 24 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (11.19%) Finance
6 10 (7.46%) Back Office
7 8 (5.97%) Law
8 6 (4.48%) Legal
9 5 (3.73%) Retail
10 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.75%) Advertising
11 1 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.75%) Police
11 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (31.34%) Developer
2 39 (29.10%) Senior
3 27 (20.15%) Analyst
4 21 (15.67%) IAM Developer
5 16 (11.94%) Senior Developer
5 16 (11.94%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (11.19%) Support Analyst
7 11 (8.21%) Data Analyst
8 10 (7.46%) Applications Support
8 10 (7.46%) Applications Support Analyst
8 10 (7.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 10 (7.46%) DBA
9 9 (6.72%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) SQL Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) SQL Data Analyst
10 8 (5.97%) Senior Architect
10 8 (5.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (5.97%) SQL DBA
10 8 (5.97%) SSRS Analyst
10 8 (5.97%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (50.75%) REST
2 66 (49.25%) SOAP
3 57 (42.54%) OAuth
3 57 (42.54%) OpenID
4 56 (41.79%) GraphQL
4 56 (41.79%) LDAP
4 56 (41.79%) SAML
5 17 (12.69%) .NET
6 10 (7.46%) JSON
7 9 (6.72%) Middleware
8 8 (5.97%) ASP.NET
8 8 (5.97%) XML
9 5 (3.73%) CSS
9 5 (3.73%) HTML
9 5 (3.73%) Kafka
10 3 (2.24%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.24%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (2.24%) RESTful
10 3 (2.24%) WPF
11 2 (1.49%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 56 (41.79%) Cyber Threat
1 56 (41.79%) Cyberattack
2 12 (8.96%) Data Structures
3 10 (7.46%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.97%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.73%) Clustering
6 5 (3.73%) Replication
7 4 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.99%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.24%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.24%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.24%) Legacy Code
8 3 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.24%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.75%) LIMS
9 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.97%) Windows
2 4 (2.99%) Linux
2 4 (2.99%) VMS
3 3 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (48.51%) Mentoring
2 56 (41.79%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (41.79%) Identity Access Management
2 56 (41.79%) Programme Delivery
2 56 (41.79%) Regulatory Compliance
2 56 (41.79%) Roadmaps
3 28 (20.90%) Change Control
4 27 (20.15%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (18.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (16.42%) Data Modelling
7 20 (14.93%) Analytics
7 20 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (14.18%) Performance Tuning
9 18 (13.43%) CI/CD
10 16 (11.94%) Agile
10 16 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.19%) ETL
12 14 (10.45%) DevOps
13 13 (9.70%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (9.70%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 103 (76.87%) SQL
2 73 (54.48%) PowerShell
3 56 (41.79%) Bash
4 22 (16.42%) Python
5 21 (15.67%) C#
6 7 (5.22%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.24%) VBA
7 3 (2.24%) VBScript
8 1 (0.75%) Bicep
8 1 (0.75%) Delphi
8 1 (0.75%) Java
8 1 (0.75%) Scala
8 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (6.72%) Degree
2 4 (2.99%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.49%) 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 (41.79%) NCSC
1 56 (41.79%) NIST
2 38 (28.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (20.15%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.73%) GDPR
5 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (50.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.49%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.75%) SCCM
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 33 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.21%) Databricks
3 9 (6.72%) ConnectWise
3 9 (6.72%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.72%) WooCommerce
4 8 (5.97%) Oracle
5 3 (2.24%) Epicor
5 3 (2.24%) IFS
5 3 (2.24%) iManage
5 3 (2.24%) Infor
5 3 (2.24%) JD Edwards
5 3 (2.24%) SAP
6 2 (1.49%) Rollbar
7 1 (0.75%) Cognos
7 1 (0.75%) Foundry
7 1 (0.75%) IBM
7 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds