Hybrid/Remote SQL Server Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 58 20
Rank change year-on-year -39 -38 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 457 772 2,744
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.75% 5.34% 9.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.54% 19.72% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 380 580 2,506
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,981 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,350 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £79,125 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,875 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,425 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% - -3.78%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,122 3,915 7,066
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.76% 27.09% 23.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 2,467 6,053
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,042
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £44,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SQL Server
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 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.63%) IIS
4 7 (1.53%) Confluence
5 5 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.88%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.88%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.66%) Apache
7 3 (0.66%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.66%) SAS
7 3 (0.66%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Moodle
8 2 (0.44%) nginx
8 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 33 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.94%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.97%) Magento
3 9 (1.97%) Shopify
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.66%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.44%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 270 (59.08%) Azure
2 97 (21.23%) AWS
3 90 (19.69%) SaaS
4 82 (17.94%) Power Platform
5 56 (12.25%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (9.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (8.10%) GitHub
8 36 (7.88%) Serverless
9 35 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (6.35%) Entra ID
11 27 (5.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (5.25%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (4.16%) PaaS
15 17 (3.72%) GCP
16 14 (3.06%) Azure App Service
17 13 (2.84%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.63%) Power Automate
19 11 (2.41%) Amazon S3
19 11 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.25%) Firewall
2 11 (2.41%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.41%) VPN
3 9 (1.97%) DNS
4 7 (1.53%) DMZ
5 6 (1.31%) VLAN
6 5 (1.09%) DHCP
6 5 (1.09%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.09%) STUN
6 5 (1.09%) VoIP
7 4 (0.88%) SSL
8 3 (0.66%) AMQP
8 3 (0.66%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.22%) MPLS
10 1 (0.22%) Network Security
10 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.63%) Power BI
2 66 (14.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 47 (10.28%) MySQL
4 45 (9.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (9.85%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (7.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (4.38%) NoSQL
7 20 (4.38%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.72%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.41%) DB2
10 9 (1.97%) Redis
10 9 (1.97%) Tableau
11 8 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.75%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.31%) Data Lake
13 5 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.88%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 48 (10.50%) Git
2 22 (4.81%) JIRA
3 11 (2.41%) GitLab
3 11 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.75%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.75%) JUnit
5 8 (1.75%) Selenium
6 3 (0.66%) Maven
6 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.22%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.22%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.22%) Moq
8 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.22%) MSTest
8 1 (0.22%) NUnit
8 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 174 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 110 (24.07%) Finance
3 82 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.47%) Banking
5 18 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.50%) Law
8 15 (3.28%) Billing
8 15 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.84%) Marketing
9 13 (2.84%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.63%) Retail
11 11 (2.41%) Back Office
11 11 (2.41%) Legal
12 9 (1.97%) Front Office
13 6 (1.31%) Automotive
14 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.66%) Advertising
16 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (30.85%) Developer
2 103 (22.54%) Senior
3 58 (12.69%) Analyst
4 46 (10.07%) .NET Developer
5 44 (9.63%) Software Engineer
6 43 (9.41%) Software Developer
6 43 (9.41%) Support Engineer
7 39 (8.53%) Lead
8 36 (7.88%) C# Developer
9 35 (7.66%) Senior Developer
10 33 (7.22%) Azure Developer
11 32 (7.00%) Applications Support
12 30 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (6.35%) SQL Developer
14 25 (5.47%) DBA
15 24 (5.25%) Data Engineer
16 23 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (4.60%) C# Software Developer
18 20 (4.38%) Lead Developer
18 20 (4.38%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (43.98%) .NET
2 61 (13.35%) .NET Core
2 61 (13.35%) CSS
3 50 (10.94%) React
4 42 (9.19%) .NET Framework
4 42 (9.19%) HTML
5 36 (7.88%) Entity Framework
6 31 (6.78%) REST
7 29 (6.35%) AngularJS
7 29 (6.35%) ASP.NET
7 29 (6.35%) jQuery
8 27 (5.91%) RESTful
9 23 (5.03%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (4.16%) JSON
10 19 (4.16%) XML
11 18 (3.94%) Django
12 17 (3.72%) RabbitMQ
12 17 (3.72%) Razor View Engine
12 17 (3.72%) SOAP
13 16 (3.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (5.25%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (5.03%) Data Structures
5 21 (4.60%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.19%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.75%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.53%) NHS
11 7 (1.53%) Replication
12 6 (1.31%) Client/Server
13 5 (1.09%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.88%) Clustering
14 4 (0.88%) CMDB
14 4 (0.88%) N-Tier
14 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (13.79%) Windows
2 33 (7.22%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.91%) Linux
4 11 (2.41%) VMS
5 5 (1.09%) Debian
6 4 (0.88%) Android
6 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.66%) CentOS
7 3 (0.66%) Unix
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (28.67%) Agile
2 117 (25.60%) DevOps
3 116 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (24.95%) CI/CD
5 110 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (21.23%) Software Engineering
7 87 (19.04%) Business Intelligence
8 78 (17.07%) Analytics
9 77 (16.85%) Mentoring
10 62 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
10 62 (13.57%) Microservices
11 55 (12.04%) Computer Science
12 53 (11.60%) Decision-Making
13 50 (10.94%) MVC
14 49 (10.72%) Visualisation
15 45 (9.85%) Data Modelling
16 42 (9.19%) Scrum
17 39 (8.53%) ETL
18 38 (8.32%) Data Analysis
18 38 (8.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 248 (54.27%) SQL
2 157 (34.35%) C#
3 86 (18.82%) Python
4 56 (12.25%) JavaScript
5 51 (11.16%) T-SQL
6 43 (9.41%) PowerShell
7 36 (7.88%) Java
8 35 (7.66%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 23 (5.03%) PHP
11 19 (4.16%) C++
12 16 (3.50%) R
13 11 (2.41%) Bicep
14 9 (1.97%) Bash
14 9 (1.97%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.97%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.75%) Delphi
16 3 (0.66%) Erlang
16 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 98 (21.44%) Degree
2 42 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.50%) Master's Degree
4 15 (3.28%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.44%) MCSE
11 1 (0.22%) CCNA
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) MCSA
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.28%) Data Quality
2 35 (7.66%) QA
3 15 (3.28%) SLA
4 12 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 12 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.75%) GDPR
6 2 (0.44%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 42 (9.19%) Docker
2 34 (7.44%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.44%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (7.66%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.81%) Terraform
3 10 (2.19%) Grafana
4 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.09%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) SCCM
7 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) CASB
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (31.73%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.85%) Oracle
3 15 (3.28%) Databricks
3 15 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 13 (2.84%) Google
5 12 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.97%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.97%) Sage
7 9 (1.97%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.75%) Cisco
8 8 (1.75%) New Relic
8 8 (1.75%) VMware
9 6 (1.31%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.09%) Citrix
10 5 (1.09%) IBM
10 5 (1.09%) Informatica
10 5 (1.09%) Zoho
11 4 (0.88%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.88%) ESRI