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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -29 -32 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 544 670 2,723
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 5.07% 8.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.48% 20.28% 37.66%
Number of salaries quoted 469 576 2,482
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -2.65%

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 2,317 3,303 7,231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.08% 24.99% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 2,422 6,232
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 18 April 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 22 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.21%) IIS
4 10 (1.84%) Confluence
5 6 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.74%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.55%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.55%) SAS
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) CMS
8 2 (0.37%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) Moodle
8 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 30 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.02%) Magento
4 9 (1.65%) Shopify
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.55%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Actimize
7 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 366 (67.28%) Azure
2 107 (19.67%) AWS
3 85 (15.63%) Power Platform
4 82 (15.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 75 (13.79%) SaaS
6 58 (10.66%) Azure AI
7 57 (10.48%) Snowflake
8 56 (10.29%) Azure Machine Learning
9 53 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (7.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (7.35%) GitHub
13 32 (5.88%) Serverless
14 29 (5.33%) Entra ID
15 24 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (3.86%) Power Automate
17 20 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (3.49%) PaaS
19 18 (3.31%) PowerApps
20 12 (2.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.88%) Firewall
2 16 (2.94%) VPN
3 11 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.65%) DNS
5 7 (1.29%) DHCP
5 7 (1.29%) DMZ
5 7 (1.29%) VLAN
6 5 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.92%) STUN
6 5 (0.92%) VoIP
7 4 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.55%) AMQP
8 3 (0.55%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.55%) SAN
9 2 (0.37%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.37%) Network Security
9 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.37%) WAN
9 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (14.34%) Power BI
2 60 (11.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (10.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 48 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (8.46%) MySQL
6 42 (7.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (3.68%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.68%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.13%) Oracle Database
9 12 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.02%) DB2
10 11 (2.02%) Redis
11 9 (1.65%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.29%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.92%) Metadata
14 5 (0.92%) Tableau
15 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.74%) Power Query
15 4 (0.74%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 40 (7.35%) Git
2 23 (4.23%) JIRA
3 13 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.84%) Selenium
5 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.47%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.47%) GitLab
6 8 (1.47%) JUnit
7 5 (0.92%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.92%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.55%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.55%) Maven
8 3 (0.55%) NUnit
8 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) JMeter
10 1 (0.18%) Moq
10 1 (0.18%) MSTest
10 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 181 (33.27%) Finance
2 166 (30.51%) Social Skills
3 86 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.88%) Banking
5 16 (2.94%) Public Sector
6 15 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (2.57%) Billing
8 12 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.02%) Legal
9 11 (2.02%) Retail
10 10 (1.84%) Back Office
11 9 (1.65%) Law
12 7 (1.29%) Front Office
13 5 (0.92%) Automotive
13 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.92%) Marketing
13 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 157 (28.86%) Developer
2 110 (20.22%) Senior
3 63 (11.58%) Software Developer
4 61 (11.21%) Analyst
5 49 (9.01%) C# Developer
6 47 (8.64%) SQL Developer
7 40 (7.35%) Graduate
7 40 (7.35%) Graduate Developer
7 40 (7.35%) Graduate Software Developer
8 39 (7.17%) Azure Developer
8 39 (7.17%) C# Software Developer
9 37 (6.80%) .NET Developer
9 37 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 37 (6.80%) Support Engineer
10 36 (6.62%) Engineering Manager
10 36 (6.62%) Graduate C# Developer
10 36 (6.62%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 35 (6.43%) Lead
12 34 (6.25%) Applications Support
12 34 (6.25%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (33.09%) .NET
2 73 (13.42%) CSS
3 49 (9.01%) React
4 46 (8.46%) .NET Core
5 43 (7.90%) HTML
6 39 (7.17%) jQuery
7 35 (6.43%) REST
8 29 (5.33%) .NET Framework
8 29 (5.33%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.15%) ASP.NET
10 27 (4.96%) Entity Framework
11 26 (4.78%) RESTful
12 19 (3.49%) Django
13 17 (3.13%) JSON
14 16 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (2.94%) SOAP
15 15 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
15 15 (2.76%) Razor View Engine
15 15 (2.76%) XML
16 13 (2.39%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.41%) Legacy Applications
4 22 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (3.68%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.39%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.21%) Replication
11 10 (1.84%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.84%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.29%) NHS
14 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.10%) Client/Server
16 5 (0.92%) Clustering
17 4 (0.74%) CMDB
17 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (13.97%) Windows
2 45 (8.27%) Windows Server
3 31 (5.70%) Linux
4 9 (1.65%) VMS
5 8 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.92%) Debian
7 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) CentOS
8 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (34.19%) Agile
2 116 (21.32%) DevOps
3 106 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 105 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (18.38%) CI/CD
6 92 (16.91%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (16.73%) Data Engineering
8 90 (16.54%) AI
9 86 (15.81%) Mentoring
9 86 (15.81%) Roadmaps
10 82 (15.07%) Software Engineering
11 81 (14.89%) Migration
12 80 (14.71%) Analytics
13 75 (13.79%) Data Architecture
14 67 (12.32%) Computer Science
14 67 (12.32%) Machine Learning
14 67 (12.32%) Regulatory Compliance
15 66 (12.13%) MVC
16 65 (11.95%) Full-Stack Development
17 62 (11.40%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 335 (61.58%) SQL
2 171 (31.43%) C#
3 93 (17.10%) Python
4 56 (10.29%) JavaScript
5 54 (9.93%) Java
6 53 (9.74%) T-SQL
7 48 (8.82%) PHP
8 44 (8.09%) PowerShell
9 37 (6.80%) TypeScript
10 30 (5.51%) C++
11 29 (5.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 16 (2.94%) R
13 13 (2.39%) PL/SQL
14 12 (2.21%) Bicep
15 11 (2.02%) Bash
15 11 (2.02%) VB.NET
16 9 (1.65%) Delphi
17 3 (0.55%) Korn
17 3 (0.55%) Scala
17 3 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (18.57%) Degree
2 56 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 13 (2.39%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 10 (1.84%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.10%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.74%) HNC
9 4 (0.74%) HND
10 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.37%) CCNA
11 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.37%) MCSA
11 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.41%) QA
3 19 (3.49%) SLA
4 17 (3.13%) GDPR
5 15 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 60 (11.03%) Virtual Machines
2 52 (9.56%) Docker
3 49 (9.01%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.92%) vSphere
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) vCloud
9 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.25%) Terraform
3 12 (2.21%) Grafana
4 8 (1.47%) Ansible
4 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.92%) SCCM
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.37%) MIIS
8 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.18%) CASB
9 1 (0.18%) Consul
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 237 (43.57%) Microsoft
2 69 (12.68%) Databricks
3 56 (10.29%) Oracle
4 19 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.57%) Cisco
6 11 (2.02%) VMware
7 10 (1.84%) Citrix
7 10 (1.84%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.65%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.65%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.47%) Veeam
10 7 (1.29%) New Relic
11 6 (1.10%) Google
12 4 (0.74%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.74%) ESRI
12 4 (0.74%) Informatica
12 4 (0.74%) Meraki
12 4 (0.74%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.74%) Synology