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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 207 154
Rank change year-on-year -44 -53 +60
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 143 255 584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 1.62% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.23% 3.64% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 76 147 522
10th Percentile £33,125 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,438 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,625 £81,750 £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 4,434 7,002 12,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.37% 44.58% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,268 4,471 10,940
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,359 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 15 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 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.50%) IIS
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (6.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (6.29%) Magento
1 9 (6.29%) Shopify
2 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (66.43%) Azure
2 68 (47.55%) Entra ID
3 58 (40.56%) Google Workspace
4 23 (16.08%) Power Platform
5 12 (8.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (8.39%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (6.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 10 (6.99%) SaaS
7 9 (6.29%) GitHub
7 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (6.29%) PowerApps
8 7 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.90%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (4.90%) Snowflake
9 5 (3.50%) GCP
10 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.70%) Datadog
12 1 (0.70%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 58 (40.56%) Broadband
2 1 (0.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (39.16%) SQL Server
2 25 (17.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 22 (15.38%) Power BI
3 22 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (9.09%) Data Lake
5 12 (8.39%) MySQL
6 10 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (5.59%) Metadata
9 6 (4.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (2.10%) OLAP
11 2 (1.40%) Data Mining
11 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.40%) Tableau
12 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (8.39%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Git
3 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 58 (40.56%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (23.08%) Games
4 20 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.99%) Finance
5 10 (6.99%) Back Office
6 6 (4.20%) Law
7 4 (2.80%) Billing
8 3 (2.10%) Legal
9 1 (0.70%) Advertising
9 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (28.67%) Developer
2 40 (27.97%) Senior
3 23 (16.08%) IAM Developer
4 22 (15.38%) Analyst
5 16 (11.19%) Senior Developer
5 16 (11.19%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (9.09%) DBA
7 12 (8.39%) Support Analyst
8 11 (7.69%) Data Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) SQL DBA
8 11 (7.69%) SQL Developer
9 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) Senior Architect
9 8 (5.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.59%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) SSRS Analyst
9 8 (5.59%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (52.45%) REST
2 69 (48.25%) SOAP
3 59 (41.26%) OAuth
3 59 (41.26%) OpenID
4 58 (40.56%) GraphQL
4 58 (40.56%) LDAP
4 58 (40.56%) SAML
5 14 (9.79%) JSON
5 14 (9.79%) XML
6 12 (8.39%) .NET
7 10 (6.99%) Middleware
8 7 (4.90%) .NET Framework
9 5 (3.50%) Entity Framework
9 5 (3.50%) WinForms
10 4 (2.80%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.40%) Symfony
12 1 (0.70%) Laravel
12 1 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
12 1 (0.70%) Web Services
12 1 (0.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (40.56%) Cyber Threat
1 58 (40.56%) Cyberattack
2 15 (10.49%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.29%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.80%) Clustering
4 4 (2.80%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.10%) Legacy Code
5 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.70%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.70%) Replication
7 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.29%) Windows
2 5 (3.50%) Linux
3 4 (2.80%) VMS
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.76%) Mentoring
2 59 (41.26%) Roadmaps
3 58 (40.56%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (40.56%) Identity Access Management
3 58 (40.56%) Programme Delivery
3 58 (40.56%) Regulatory Compliance
4 28 (19.58%) Change Control
5 26 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (17.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (16.78%) Analytics
8 21 (14.69%) ETL
9 20 (13.99%) Data Modelling
10 17 (11.89%) Agile
10 17 (11.89%) DevOps
10 17 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (11.19%) Data Management
11 16 (11.19%) ERP
12 15 (10.49%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (9.09%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 110 (76.92%) SQL
2 71 (49.65%) PowerShell
3 58 (40.56%) Bash
4 21 (14.69%) Python
5 16 (11.19%) C#
6 5 (3.50%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.40%) PHP
9 1 (0.70%) Bicep
9 1 (0.70%) Scala
9 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.39%) Degree
2 7 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.80%) ACCA
3 4 (2.80%) CIMA
3 4 (2.80%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.80%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (40.56%) NCSC
1 58 (40.56%) NIST
2 35 (24.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (19.58%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.10%) GDPR
5 1 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 67 (46.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (27.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.99%) Databricks
3 9 (6.29%) ConnectWise
3 9 (6.29%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.29%) WooCommerce
4 8 (5.59%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) Sage
6 5 (3.50%) Google
6 5 (3.50%) Xamarin
6 5 (3.50%) Zoho
7 1 (0.70%) Concur
7 1 (0.70%) Foundry
7 1 (0.70%) Informatica
7 1 (0.70%) RedGate
7 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.70%) Talend