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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 55 22
Rank change year-on-year -35 -33 +17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 534 895 2,674
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 5.80% 7.71%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.78% 27.30% 35.36%
Number of salaries quoted 474 551 2,366
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,000 £36,060
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,700 3,278 7,562
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.44% 21.24% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,098 2,198 6,315
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 19 June 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 33 (6.18%) IIS
2 29 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (5.06%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.25%) Confluence
5 6 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.56%) SAS
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.37%) JBoss
7 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 2 (0.37%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.31%) Magento
3 5 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.94%) Shopify
4 3 (0.56%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 341 (63.86%) Azure
2 90 (16.85%) AWS
3 82 (15.36%) Power Platform
4 64 (11.99%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.49%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.30%) Azure AI
8 52 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (9.55%) SaaS
10 50 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (5.24%) Serverless
12 24 (4.49%) Entra ID
13 22 (4.12%) PaaS
14 20 (3.75%) GitHub
14 20 (3.75%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.37%) PowerApps
16 16 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (2.43%) Azure Functions
18 13 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.18%) Firewall
2 20 (3.75%) VPN
3 12 (2.25%) DNS
3 12 (2.25%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.69%) DHCP
4 9 (1.69%) VLAN
5 7 (1.31%) VoIP
6 5 (0.94%) DMZ
6 5 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.94%) STUN
7 4 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) LAN
8 3 (0.56%) SAN
8 3 (0.56%) WAN
9 2 (0.37%) AMQP
9 2 (0.37%) HTTP
9 2 (0.37%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.37%) Wireless
10 1 (0.19%) SCTP
10 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.99%) Power BI
2 43 (8.05%) MySQL
3 41 (7.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (6.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 32 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 28 (5.24%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.18%) Redis
8 16 (3.00%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.25%) Db2
10 12 (2.25%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.87%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.12%) Tableau
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.75%) Metadata
14 4 (0.75%) Power Query
15 3 (0.56%) SAS EBI
15 3 (0.56%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (5.06%) JIRA
2 17 (3.18%) Git
3 13 (2.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.50%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.12%) NUnit
5 6 (1.12%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.56%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.56%) Selenium
7 2 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.37%) MSTest
7 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.19%) JMeter
8 1 (0.19%) JUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.19%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 163 (30.52%) Finance
2 134 (25.09%) Social Skills
3 65 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.87%) Banking
5 22 (4.12%) Law
6 19 (3.56%) Legal
7 17 (3.18%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.43%) Retail
10 12 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.50%) Front Office
11 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.94%) Back Office
12 5 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.75%) Publishing
14 3 (0.56%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.56%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 176 (32.96%) Developer
2 93 (17.42%) Senior
3 75 (14.04%) Software Developer
4 57 (10.67%) SQL Developer
5 52 (9.74%) Graduate
6 50 (9.36%) Analyst
7 45 (8.43%) C# Developer
8 43 (8.05%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.05%) Graduate Software Developer
8 43 (8.05%) Software Engineer
9 41 (7.68%) Data Engineer
10 37 (6.93%) C# Software Developer
10 37 (6.93%) Data Manager
11 36 (6.74%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (6.55%) .NET Developer
13 33 (6.18%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.18%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 32 (5.99%) Applications Support
14 32 (5.99%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (32.02%) .NET
2 73 (13.67%) CSS
3 45 (8.43%) HTML
4 44 (8.24%) .NET Core
5 43 (8.05%) jQuery
5 43 (8.05%) React
6 35 (6.55%) AngularJS
7 33 (6.18%) ASP.NET
8 32 (5.99%) .NET Framework
9 30 (5.62%) REST
10 27 (5.06%) Entity Framework
10 27 (5.06%) Node.js
11 19 (3.56%) Vue
12 18 (3.37%) RESTful
13 17 (3.18%) XML
14 15 (2.81%) JSON
15 14 (2.62%) ASP.NET Core
15 14 (2.62%) Middleware
16 12 (2.25%) Kafka
17 11 (2.06%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.12%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.62%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (2.62%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.62%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.43%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.25%) Replication
7 10 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.69%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.50%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.50%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.31%) Clustering
11 6 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.12%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.94%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (0.75%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 79 (14.79%) Windows
2 52 (9.74%) Windows Server
3 32 (5.99%) Linux
4 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.94%) Debian
7 3 (0.56%) CentOS
7 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.56%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (32.40%) Agile
2 103 (19.29%) AI
3 101 (18.91%) Data Engineering
3 101 (18.91%) DevOps
4 92 (17.23%) Roadmaps
5 82 (15.36%) Full-Stack Development
6 81 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
6 81 (15.17%) CI/CD
6 81 (15.17%) Migration
7 80 (14.98%) Data Architecture
8 78 (14.61%) Computer Science
9 76 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
10 75 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (13.86%) Software Engineering
12 68 (12.73%) Mentoring
13 67 (12.55%) Regulatory Compliance
14 64 (11.99%) Line Management
15 63 (11.80%) Machine Learning
16 62 (11.61%) Data Governance
17 59 (11.05%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 334 (62.55%) SQL
2 184 (34.46%) C#
3 87 (16.29%) Python
4 68 (12.73%) JavaScript
5 58 (10.86%) PowerShell
6 55 (10.30%) PHP
7 52 (9.74%) T-SQL
8 49 (9.18%) Java
9 47 (8.80%) TypeScript
10 31 (5.81%) C++
11 15 (2.81%) PL/SQL
12 14 (2.62%) Bash
13 13 (2.43%) R
14 11 (2.06%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.12%) Bicep
16 6 (1.12%) VBA
16 6 (1.12%) VBScript
17 4 (0.75%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (19.85%) Degree
2 66 (12.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.00%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.62%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.94%) HNC
7 5 (0.94%) HND
7 5 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.94%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.37%) CCNA
9 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.37%) MCSA
9 2 (0.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.12%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.56%) QA
4 17 (3.18%) GDPR
4 17 (3.18%) SLA
5 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.56%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 65 (12.17%) Virtual Machines
2 59 (11.05%) Active Directory
3 37 (6.93%) Docker
4 11 (2.06%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.94%) vSphere
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.87%) Terraform
2 25 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.31%) Ansible
5 5 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.56%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.56%) Grafana
7 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.37%) MIIS
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 268 (50.19%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.04%) Databricks
3 43 (8.05%) Oracle
4 17 (3.18%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.18%) VMware
5 15 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.62%) Cisco
7 12 (2.25%) Citrix
7 12 (2.25%) Veeam
8 8 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.31%) iManage
9 7 (1.31%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.12%) IBM
11 5 (0.94%) ConnectWise
11 5 (0.94%) Meraki
11 5 (0.94%) Synology
11 5 (0.94%) WooCommerce
12 4 (0.75%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.75%) Okta
12 4 (0.75%) OneLogin