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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 209 184
Rank change year-on-year -45 -25 +17
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 113 262 404
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 1.59% 1.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.70% 3.67% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 68 152 366
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £82,375 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -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 4,179 7,131 10,538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.29% 43.38% 46.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,145 4,465 9,023
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 18 January 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 7 (6.19%) IIS
2 2 (1.77%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.42%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (4.42%) Magento
1 5 (4.42%) Shopify
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.77%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (57.52%) Azure
2 36 (31.86%) Entra ID
3 34 (30.09%) Google Workspace
4 15 (13.27%) Power Platform
5 12 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (8.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (7.96%) GitHub
7 9 (7.96%) PowerApps
8 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (7.08%) Snowflake
9 7 (6.19%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (4.42%) GCP
11 4 (3.54%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.77%) AWS
12 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.77%) SaaS
13 1 (0.88%) Datadog
13 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (30.09%) Broadband
2 1 (0.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (42.48%) SQL Server
2 23 (20.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (15.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (13.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (12.39%) Power BI
6 13 (11.50%) Data Lake
7 11 (9.73%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (7.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (7.08%) Metadata
10 4 (3.54%) OLAP
11 3 (2.65%) Data Mining
11 3 (2.65%) MySQL
12 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.77%) Tableau
13 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) JIRA
2 2 (1.77%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.09%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (18.58%) Games
4 20 (17.70%) Finance
5 15 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.31%) Back Office
6 6 (5.31%) Law
7 5 (4.42%) Legal
8 4 (3.54%) Billing
8 4 (3.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.88%) Advertising
10 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (31.86%) Developer
2 30 (26.55%) Senior
3 15 (13.27%) DBA
3 15 (13.27%) IAM Developer
4 14 (12.39%) Senior Developer
5 13 (11.50%) SQL DBA
6 12 (10.62%) Analyst
6 12 (10.62%) SQL Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Data Engineer
8 8 (7.08%) Administrator
8 8 (7.08%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (6.19%) Support Analyst
10 6 (5.31%) IT Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) IT Support
10 6 (5.31%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) Consultant
11 5 (4.42%) Integration Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (42.48%) REST
2 42 (37.17%) SOAP
3 35 (30.97%) OAuth
3 35 (30.97%) OpenID
4 34 (30.09%) GraphQL
4 34 (30.09%) LDAP
4 34 (30.09%) SAML
5 14 (12.39%) .NET
6 7 (6.19%) .NET Framework
6 7 (6.19%) Middleware
7 6 (5.31%) ASP.NET
7 6 (5.31%) JSON
7 6 (5.31%) XML
8 5 (4.42%) Entity Framework
8 5 (4.42%) WinForms
9 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (1.77%) Mongoose
9 2 (1.77%) Symfony
9 2 (1.77%) WCF
10 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (30.09%) Cyber Threat
1 34 (30.09%) Cyberattack
2 9 (7.96%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.19%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.54%) Clustering
4 4 (3.54%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.65%) Legacy Code
5 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Windows
2 5 (4.42%) Linux
3 4 (3.54%) VMS
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.40%) Mentoring
2 36 (31.86%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (30.97%) Roadmaps
4 34 (30.09%) Identity Access Management
4 34 (30.09%) Programme Delivery
4 34 (30.09%) Regulatory Compliance
5 24 (21.24%) Analytics
6 23 (20.35%) ETL
7 22 (19.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (18.58%) Business Intelligence
8 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (17.70%) DevOps
10 18 (15.93%) Change Control
11 17 (15.04%) Agile
12 15 (13.27%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (11.50%) Data Integration
13 13 (11.50%) Data Modelling
13 13 (11.50%) ERP
13 13 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (10.62%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (81.42%) SQL
2 39 (34.51%) PowerShell
3 34 (30.09%) Bash
4 18 (15.93%) C#
5 14 (12.39%) Python
6 5 (4.42%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.77%) C++
8 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.77%) PHP
9 1 (0.88%) Bicep
9 1 (0.88%) R
9 1 (0.88%) Scala
9 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (10.62%) Degree
2 7 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.54%) ACCA
3 4 (3.54%) CIMA
3 4 (3.54%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (30.09%) NCSC
1 34 (30.09%) NIST
2 20 (17.70%) Data Quality
3 15 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.65%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) QA
System Software
1 35 (30.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (36.28%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Databricks
3 10 (8.85%) Oracle
4 6 (5.31%) Sage
5 5 (4.42%) ConnectWise
5 5 (4.42%) Google
5 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.42%) WooCommerce
5 5 (4.42%) Xamarin
5 5 (4.42%) Zoho
6 2 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.77%) Lotus
6 2 (1.77%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.88%) Concur
7 1 (0.88%) Foundry
7 1 (0.88%) Informatica
7 1 (0.88%) RedGate
7 1 (0.88%) Talend