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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 208 158
Rank change year-on-year -34 -50 +53
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 138 257 582
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.62% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.17% 3.67% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 74 149 522
10th Percentile £32,075 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,438 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,575 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -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 4,351 7,005 12,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.17% 44.11% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,224 4,447 10,951
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,800
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 8 February 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 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.62%) IIS
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (5.80%) Dynamics NAV
1 8 (5.80%) Magento
1 8 (5.80%) Shopify
2 2 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (65.22%) Azure
2 63 (45.65%) Entra ID
3 55 (39.86%) Google Workspace
4 21 (15.22%) Power Platform
5 12 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (7.97%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (7.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (6.52%) GitHub
8 9 (6.52%) PowerApps
9 8 (5.80%) SaaS
10 7 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.07%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (5.07%) Snowflake
11 5 (3.62%) GCP
12 4 (2.90%) Power Automate
13 2 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.72%) Azure App Service
14 1 (0.72%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 55 (39.86%) Broadband
2 1 (0.72%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (39.13%) SQL Server
2 23 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (15.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (14.49%) Power BI
5 13 (9.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (9.42%) Data Lake
6 10 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (7.25%) MySQL
7 8 (5.80%) Metadata
8 7 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.17%) OLAP
11 2 (1.45%) Data Mining
11 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.45%) Tableau
12 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (7.97%) JIRA
2 2 (1.45%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 55 (39.86%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (22.46%) Games
4 20 (14.49%) Finance
5 18 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.52%) Back Office
7 6 (4.35%) Law
8 4 (2.90%) Billing
9 3 (2.17%) Legal
10 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Advertising
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (28.99%) Developer
2 37 (26.81%) Senior
3 22 (15.94%) IAM Developer
4 19 (13.77%) Analyst
5 16 (11.59%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (10.87%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.14%) DBA
8 11 (7.97%) Data Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) SQL DBA
8 11 (7.97%) SQL Developer
8 11 (7.97%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.80%) Systems Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Administrator
10 7 (5.07%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.07%) IT Support
11 6 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
11 6 (4.35%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Senior Architect
11 6 (4.35%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (52.17%) REST
2 66 (47.83%) SOAP
3 56 (40.58%) OAuth
3 56 (40.58%) OpenID
4 55 (39.86%) GraphQL
4 55 (39.86%) LDAP
4 55 (39.86%) SAML
5 12 (8.70%) .NET
5 12 (8.70%) JSON
5 12 (8.70%) XML
6 10 (7.25%) Middleware
7 7 (5.07%) .NET Framework
8 5 (3.62%) Entity Framework
8 5 (3.62%) WinForms
9 4 (2.90%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.45%) Mongoose
10 2 (1.45%) Symfony
11 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.72%) Blazor
11 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 55 (39.86%) Cyber Threat
1 55 (39.86%) Cyberattack
2 13 (9.42%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.52%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.90%) Clustering
5 4 (2.90%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.17%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.72%) Replication
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.52%) Windows
2 5 (3.62%) Linux
3 4 (2.90%) VMS
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (44.20%) Mentoring
2 56 (40.58%) Roadmaps
3 55 (39.86%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (39.86%) Identity Access Management
3 55 (39.86%) Programme Delivery
3 55 (39.86%) Regulatory Compliance
4 27 (19.57%) Change Control
5 25 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (17.39%) Analytics
6 24 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 24 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (15.94%) ETL
8 18 (13.04%) Data Modelling
9 17 (12.32%) Agile
9 17 (12.32%) DevOps
9 17 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (11.59%) ERP
11 15 (10.87%) Data Management
11 15 (10.87%) Data Pipeline
12 13 (9.42%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 107 (77.54%) SQL
2 66 (47.83%) PowerShell
3 55 (39.86%) Bash
4 19 (13.77%) Python
5 16 (11.59%) C#
6 5 (3.62%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.72%) Bicep
9 1 (0.72%) Scala
9 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.70%) Degree
2 7 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.90%) ACCA
3 4 (2.90%) CIMA
3 4 (2.90%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (39.86%) NCSC
1 55 (39.86%) NIST
2 32 (23.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (18.84%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 62 (44.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.25%) Databricks
3 8 (5.80%) ConnectWise
3 8 (5.80%) Oracle
3 8 (5.80%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.80%) WooCommerce
4 6 (4.35%) Sage
5 5 (3.62%) Google
5 5 (3.62%) Xamarin
5 5 (3.62%) Zoho
6 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) Concur
7 1 (0.72%) Foundry
7 1 (0.72%) Informatica
7 1 (0.72%) RedGate
7 1 (0.72%) Talend