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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 288 181
Rank change year-on-year -5 -107 +26
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 135 149 599
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.99% 1.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.59% 2.55% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 75 123 490
10th Percentile £37,225 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £84,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 5,220 5,834 13,867
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 38.59% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,832 4,044 11,564
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
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 11 June 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 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.93%) IIS
3 3 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.74%) JBoss
Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (4.44%) Magento
2 6 (4.44%) Shopify
3 4 (2.96%) Infor M3
3 4 (2.96%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (2.96%) JDE World
3 4 (2.96%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 92 (68.15%) Azure
2 60 (44.44%) Entra ID
3 50 (37.04%) Google Workspace
4 37 (27.41%) Power Platform
5 17 (12.59%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (10.37%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (8.89%) Power Automate
7 12 (8.89%) PowerApps
8 9 (6.67%) SaaS
9 8 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (5.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (4.44%) AWS
11 6 (4.44%) Serverless
12 5 (3.70%) Snowflake
13 4 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (2.22%) Azure AKS
14 3 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (2.22%) GitHub
14 3 (2.22%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (37.04%) Broadband
2 3 (2.22%) Firewall
3 2 (1.48%) DNS
3 2 (1.48%) VLAN
4 1 (0.74%) HTTP
4 1 (0.74%) LAN
4 1 (0.74%) Network Security
4 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.74%) WAN
4 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (40.74%) SQL Server
2 31 (22.96%) Power BI
3 22 (16.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 22 (16.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (7.41%) MySQL
4 10 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.70%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.96%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.22%) Metadata
8 3 (2.22%) Power Query
9 2 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (1.48%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) JIRA
2 6 (4.44%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.70%) Git
3 5 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.48%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (42.96%) Social Skills
2 51 (37.78%) Organisational Skills
3 30 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (20.00%) Games
5 14 (10.37%) Finance
6 10 (7.41%) Law
7 9 (6.67%) Legal
8 6 (4.44%) Back Office
9 5 (3.70%) Retail
10 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.74%) Advertising
12 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.74%) Police
12 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (37.04%) Developer
2 38 (28.15%) Senior
3 27 (20.00%) Analyst
4 17 (12.59%) IAM Developer
5 16 (11.85%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.37%) Support Analyst
8 13 (9.63%) Applications Support
8 13 (9.63%) Data Analyst
9 11 (8.15%) Applications Support Analyst
10 10 (7.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 10 (7.41%) Software Developer
11 9 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
11 9 (6.67%) SQL Analyst
11 9 (6.67%) SQL Data Analyst
12 8 (5.93%) Architect
12 8 (5.93%) Senior Architect
12 8 (5.93%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 8 (5.93%) SSRS Analyst
12 8 (5.93%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (43.70%) REST
2 56 (41.48%) SOAP
3 50 (37.04%) GraphQL
3 50 (37.04%) LDAP
3 50 (37.04%) OAuth
3 50 (37.04%) OpenID
3 50 (37.04%) SAML
4 21 (15.56%) .NET
5 12 (8.89%) JSON
6 11 (8.15%) ASP.NET
7 9 (6.67%) HTML
8 8 (5.93%) CSS
8 8 (5.93%) XML
9 6 (4.44%) Blazor
9 6 (4.44%) Middleware
10 5 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (3.70%) Kafka
11 4 (2.96%) .NET Core
12 3 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 50 (37.04%) Cyber Threat
1 50 (37.04%) Cyberattack
2 9 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.93%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.70%) Replication
7 4 (2.96%) Clustering
7 4 (2.96%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.96%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.22%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.48%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.48%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.15%) Windows
2 7 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.22%) Linux
5 2 (1.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (43.70%) Mentoring
2 53 (39.26%) Roadmaps
3 50 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (37.04%) Identity Access Management
3 50 (37.04%) Programme Delivery
3 50 (37.04%) Regulatory Compliance
4 35 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
5 27 (20.00%) Change Control
6 25 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (15.56%) CI/CD
8 21 (15.56%) Data Modelling
9 20 (14.81%) Agile
10 19 (14.07%) Performance Tuning
11 15 (11.11%) ETL
12 14 (10.37%) Analytics
12 14 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (10.37%) DevOps
13 12 (8.89%) Validation
14 10 (7.41%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 109 (80.74%) SQL
2 70 (51.85%) PowerShell
3 50 (37.04%) Bash
4 25 (18.52%) C#
5 21 (15.56%) Python
6 9 (6.67%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.93%) PL/SQL
8 6 (4.44%) VBA
8 6 (4.44%) VBScript
9 4 (2.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.48%) VB
11 1 (0.74%) Bicep
11 1 (0.74%) Delphi
11 1 (0.74%) Java
11 1 (0.74%) Scala
11 1 (0.74%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (8.15%) Degree
2 4 (2.96%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (37.04%) NCSC
1 50 (37.04%) NIST
2 39 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (14.81%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.96%) GDPR
5 2 (1.48%) QA
6 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (49.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.22%) Docker
3 2 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.74%) SCCM
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 35 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.93%) Oracle
3 6 (4.44%) ConnectWise
3 6 (4.44%) Databricks
3 6 (4.44%) iManage
3 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.44%) WooCommerce
4 4 (2.96%) Epicor
4 4 (2.96%) IFS
4 4 (2.96%) Infor
4 4 (2.96%) JD Edwards
4 4 (2.96%) SAP
5 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.48%) Rollbar
5 2 (1.48%) Veeam
5 2 (1.48%) VMware
6 1 (0.74%) Cognos
6 1 (0.74%) IBM
6 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds