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 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 56 32
Rank change year-on-year -7 -24 +10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 802 1,033 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.77% 4.62% 7.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.07% 21.37% 28.95%
Number of salaries quoted 468 664 1,546
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £38,125
25th Percentile £39,906 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,667 4,835 6,024
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.85% 21.63% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,834 3,079 5,011
10th Percentile £35,781 £39,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,438 £95,000 £77,650
90th Percentile £112,500 £139,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 3 October 2025.

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
1 172 (21.45%) Confluence
2 59 (7.36%) IIS
3 43 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 24 (2.99%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.75%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.00%) Moodle
7 6 (0.75%) CMS
8 4 (0.50%) nginx
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.50%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.50%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.37%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 22 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.37%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 17 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.00%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite
4 7 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.50%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.25%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 544 (67.83%) Azure
2 327 (40.77%) AWS
3 170 (21.20%) GCP
4 104 (12.97%) Power Platform
5 77 (9.60%) SaaS
6 70 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (7.86%) GitHub
8 49 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (3.62%) Power Automate
12 26 (3.24%) Serverless
13 24 (2.99%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.00%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (1.75%) Cloudflare
17 12 (1.50%) PaaS
18 11 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
18 11 (1.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.87%) Firewall
2 17 (2.12%) DNS
3 15 (1.87%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.62%) SSL
4 13 (1.62%) VPN
5 12 (1.50%) DHCP
6 9 (1.12%) DMARC
7 8 (1.00%) VLAN
7 8 (1.00%) VoIP
8 6 (0.75%) SAN
9 5 (0.62%) DMZ
9 5 (0.62%) STUN
9 5 (0.62%) WAN
10 4 (0.50%) LAN
11 3 (0.37%) Internet
12 2 (0.25%) Broadband
12 2 (0.25%) HTTP
12 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.47%) MySQL
2 91 (11.35%) Power BI
3 65 (8.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 56 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
5 54 (6.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 53 (6.61%) MongoDB
7 49 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (4.24%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.74%) Data Hub
10 28 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (3.24%) SQL CLR
12 23 (2.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 18 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (2.12%) Metadata
15 16 (2.00%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.75%) Tableau
17 12 (1.50%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 9 (1.12%) DB2
18 9 (1.12%) RDBMS
19 8 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 271 (33.79%) JIRA
2 255 (31.80%) GitLab
3 252 (31.42%) Bitbucket
4 251 (31.30%) SonarQube
5 249 (31.05%) Selenium
6 248 (30.92%) Maven
7 247 (30.80%) Cucumber
7 247 (30.80%) Sonatype Nexus
8 90 (11.22%) Git
9 22 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 13 (1.62%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.50%) Visual Studio
12 11 (1.37%) NUnit
13 8 (1.00%) Jasmine
13 8 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.87%) Jenkins
15 5 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.50%) Toad
17 3 (0.37%) Postman
General
1 401 (50.00%) Finance
2 262 (32.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 259 (32.29%) Banking
4 199 (24.81%) Social Skills
5 119 (14.84%) Retail
6 91 (11.35%) Investment Banking
7 90 (11.22%) Corporate Banking
8 59 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (5.86%) Back Office
10 32 (3.99%) Law
11 29 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 25 (3.12%) Public Sector
13 21 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
13 21 (2.62%) Front Office
14 17 (2.12%) Games
15 15 (1.87%) Marketing
16 12 (1.50%) Legal
17 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (1.12%) Czech Language
18 9 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 268 (33.42%) Software Engineer
2 253 (31.55%) Developer
3 91 (11.35%) Senior
4 68 (8.48%) .NET Developer
5 59 (7.36%) Senior Developer
6 57 (7.11%) Analyst
7 52 (6.48%) Lead
8 44 (5.49%) C# Developer
9 42 (5.24%) Graduate
9 42 (5.24%) SQL Developer
10 40 (4.99%) IT Graduate
11 39 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
12 37 (4.61%) Graduate Developer
13 32 (3.99%) DBA
14 31 (3.87%) Applications Support
15 30 (3.74%) Software Developer
16 29 (3.62%) SaaS Developer
17 28 (3.49%) Administrator
17 28 (3.49%) Support Engineer
18 24 (2.99%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (41.77%) CSS
2 304 (37.91%) React
3 299 (37.28%) HTML
4 268 (33.42%) Kafka
5 252 (31.42%) Spring
5 252 (31.42%) Spring Boot
6 249 (31.05%) Redux
7 248 (30.92%) JPA
8 239 (29.80%) .NET
9 157 (19.58%) Hibernate
10 146 (18.20%) REST
11 124 (15.46%) RESTful
12 108 (13.47%) HTML5
13 105 (13.09%) CSS3
14 98 (12.22%) Jest
15 91 (11.35%) Sass
16 80 (9.98%) ASP.NET
17 74 (9.23%) .NET Core
18 66 (8.23%) .NET Framework
19 54 (6.73%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 270 (33.67%) Enterprise Software
2 257 (32.04%) Product Ownership
3 41 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.24%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.62%) NHS
6 16 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 15 (1.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 14 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.62%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.50%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.00%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.87%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.87%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.75%) BYOD
15 5 (0.62%) Data Centre
15 5 (0.62%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (12.22%) Windows
2 57 (7.11%) Linux
3 56 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.87%) Unix
5 9 (1.12%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.87%) Android
7 6 (0.75%) Debian
7 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.25%) Solaris
10 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.12%) AIX
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (57.11%) Agile
2 378 (47.13%) DevOps
3 351 (43.77%) CI/CD
4 337 (42.02%) Full-Stack Development
5 322 (40.15%) Microservices
6 320 (39.90%) Software Engineering
7 284 (35.41%) Test Automation
8 277 (34.54%) SDLC
9 275 (34.29%) Containerisation
9 275 (34.29%) Performance Optimisation
10 269 (33.54%) Front End Development
11 250 (31.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 228 (28.43%) Clean Code
13 178 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
13 178 (22.19%) TDD
14 172 (21.45%) Mentoring
15 132 (16.46%) Migration
16 125 (15.59%) Business Intelligence
17 108 (13.47%) Strategic Thinking
18 104 (12.97%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 550 (68.58%) SQL
2 372 (46.38%) JavaScript
3 323 (40.27%) Java
4 250 (31.17%) C#
5 131 (16.33%) TypeScript
6 65 (8.10%) T-SQL
7 55 (6.86%) PowerShell
7 55 (6.86%) Python
8 46 (5.74%) PHP
9 40 (4.99%) C++
10 20 (2.49%) VB.NET
11 18 (2.24%) C
12 14 (1.75%) VBA
13 8 (1.00%) Bicep
13 8 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.87%) VB
15 6 (0.75%) X++
16 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 127 (15.84%) Degree
2 71 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.24%) Security Cleared
4 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (1.75%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.50%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.62%) MCP
8 5 (0.62%) MCSA
9 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.37%) MCSE
11 2 (0.25%) ACCA
11 2 (0.25%) CCNA
11 2 (0.25%) CCNP
11 2 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (35.79%) QA
2 107 (13.34%) Accessibility
3 34 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.87%) ISO 9001
5 20 (2.49%) GDPR
6 19 (2.37%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.75%) SLA
8 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) SEPA
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 291 (36.28%) Docker
2 43 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (5.24%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.62%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.50%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 289 (36.03%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.24%) Terraform
3 13 (1.62%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.12%) Ansible
6 9 (1.12%) SCCM
7 8 (1.00%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.87%) Grafana
9 3 (0.37%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.25%) SCOM
10 2 (0.25%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.25%) SCSM
10 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.12%) Autotask
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 263 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 247 (30.80%) Solace
3 50 (6.23%) Oracle
4 49 (6.11%) VMware
5 25 (3.12%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.00%) DevExpress
7 13 (1.62%) Databricks
8 11 (1.37%) Rollbar
9 10 (1.25%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.25%) Talend
10 9 (1.12%) Google
10 9 (1.12%) Informatica
10 9 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.00%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.00%) Splunk
12 7 (0.87%) Infor
12 7 (0.87%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.75%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.75%) Sage
13 6 (0.75%) Trayport