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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 298 218
Rank change year-on-year -51 -80 -44
Permanent jobs citing T-SQL 102 139 373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.84% 1.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.71% 2.45% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 81 116 290
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £47,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -6.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,499 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.96% - -

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 5,979 5,663 10,282
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.99% 34.36% 38.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,516 3,924 8,203
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 31 July 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 15 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.78%) IIS
3 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.98%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.90%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (3.92%) Infor M3
3 4 (3.92%) JDE OneWorld
3 4 (3.92%) JDE World
3 4 (3.92%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.96%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (1.96%) Magento
4 2 (1.96%) Shopify
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.82%) Azure
2 37 (36.27%) Power Platform
3 19 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 13 (12.75%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (11.76%) Google Workspace
6 11 (10.78%) Power Automate
7 10 (9.80%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (9.80%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (8.82%) PowerApps
9 7 (6.86%) Serverless
10 6 (5.88%) AWS
10 6 (5.88%) SaaS
11 4 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.94%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.94%) Azure Functions
12 3 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.94%) iPaaS
12 3 (2.94%) Snowflake
13 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.76%) Broadband
2 4 (3.92%) Firewall
3 3 (2.94%) DNS
3 3 (2.94%) VLAN
4 2 (1.96%) HTTP
5 1 (0.98%) LAN
5 1 (0.98%) Network Security
5 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.98%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.98%) WAN
5 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (55.88%) SQL Server
2 31 (30.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 26 (25.49%) Power BI
4 21 (20.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (6.86%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (5.88%) MySQL
6 6 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.92%) Db2
7 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.92%) Relational Database
7 4 (3.92%) WhereScape RED
8 3 (2.94%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.94%) Power Query
8 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.96%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (1.96%) MS Access
9 2 (1.96%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.98%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 15 (14.71%) Git
2 9 (8.82%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.88%) JIRA
3 6 (5.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.96%) Postman
4 2 (1.96%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.98%) Claude Code
General
1 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 32 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.73%) Finance
4 13 (12.75%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (10.78%) Law
6 9 (8.82%) Legal
7 7 (6.86%) Games
8 5 (4.90%) Retail
9 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.96%) Back Office
10 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.98%) Advertising
11 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.98%) Police
11 1 (0.98%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 49 (48.04%) Developer
2 16 (15.69%) Analyst
2 16 (15.69%) Senior
3 13 (12.75%) Software Developer
4 10 (9.80%) SQL Developer
5 9 (8.82%) .NET Developer
5 9 (8.82%) Applications Support
5 9 (8.82%) Data Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) Data Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Senior Developer
7 6 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) DBA
8 5 (4.90%) Lead
8 5 (4.90%) SQL Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) SQL Data Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (25.49%) .NET
2 19 (18.63%) REST
3 16 (15.69%) SOAP
4 12 (11.76%) GraphQL
4 12 (11.76%) HTML
4 12 (11.76%) JSON
4 12 (11.76%) LDAP
4 12 (11.76%) OAuth
4 12 (11.76%) OpenID
4 12 (11.76%) SAML
5 11 (10.78%) ASP.NET
5 11 (10.78%) CSS
6 8 (7.84%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (5.88%) .NET Core
7 6 (5.88%) Blazor
7 6 (5.88%) jQuery
8 5 (4.90%) .NET Framework
8 5 (4.90%) Entity Framework
8 5 (4.90%) Kafka
8 5 (4.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
1 12 (11.76%) Cyberattack
2 9 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.86%) Data Structures
3 7 (6.86%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.88%) Replication
5 4 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.94%) LIMS
6 3 (2.94%) NHS
6 3 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.96%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.96%) Clustering
7 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 9 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (27.45%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
4 21 (20.59%) Agile
4 21 (20.59%) Data Modelling
4 21 (20.59%) Roadmaps
5 20 (19.61%) CI/CD
5 20 (19.61%) DevOps
5 20 (19.61%) ETL
6 18 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.75%) Validation
8 12 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (11.76%) Programme Delivery
8 12 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
8 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (10.78%) Change Management
9 11 (10.78%) Clean Code
9 11 (10.78%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 96 (94.12%) SQL
2 37 (36.27%) PowerShell
3 32 (31.37%) C#
4 15 (14.71%) Python
5 12 (11.76%) Bash
5 12 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 8 (7.84%) PL/SQL
7 6 (5.88%) VBA
7 6 (5.88%) VBScript
8 4 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.96%) VB
10 1 (0.98%) Delphi
10 1 (0.98%) Java
10 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (6.86%) Degree
2 5 (4.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.96%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (14.71%) Data Quality
3 12 (11.76%) NCSC
3 12 (11.76%) NIST
4 10 (9.80%) QA
5 5 (4.90%) SLA
6 2 (1.96%) GDPR
7 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.92%) Docker
3 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) ZABBIX
2 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.98%) SCCM
3 1 (0.98%) SQL Sentry
3 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) iManage
2 7 (6.86%) Oracle
2 7 (6.86%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.88%) JD Edwards
4 5 (4.90%) Remedy
5 4 (3.92%) Epicor
5 4 (3.92%) IFS
5 4 (3.92%) Infor
5 4 (3.92%) SAP
6 3 (2.94%) Veeam
6 3 (2.94%) VMware
7 2 (1.96%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.96%) Databricks
7 2 (1.96%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.96%) RedGate
7 2 (1.96%) Rollbar
7 2 (1.96%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.98%) Intapp
8 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds