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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 59 58
Rank change year-on-year -34 -1 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 668 849 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.81% 5.24% 4.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.98% 30.87% 21.12%
Number of salaries quoted 573 511 717
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £85,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 3,184 2,750 4,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.39% 16.99% 20.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 1,929 3,347
10th Percentile £37,325 £35,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

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 9 September 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 46 (6.89%) IIS
2 38 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.65%) Confluence
5 6 (0.90%) nginx
6 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.75%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.30%) Magento
4 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Finacle
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 401 (60.03%) Azure
2 107 (16.02%) AWS
3 91 (13.62%) Power Platform
4 89 (13.32%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (11.83%) Snowflake
6 64 (9.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 61 (9.13%) Azure AI
8 56 (8.38%) Azure Machine Learning
9 54 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
10 50 (7.49%) SaaS
11 36 (5.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 29 (4.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (4.19%) Power Automate
13 28 (4.19%) PowerApps
14 27 (4.04%) Serverless
15 24 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (3.44%) GCP
17 22 (3.29%) Entra ID
18 20 (2.99%) GitHub
19 19 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.59%) Firewall
2 32 (4.79%) DNS
2 32 (4.79%) TCP/IP
3 27 (4.04%) VPN
4 24 (3.59%) DHCP
5 11 (1.65%) VLAN
6 9 (1.35%) WAN
7 8 (1.20%) HTTP
7 8 (1.20%) LAN
7 8 (1.20%) VoIP
8 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.75%) Network Security
10 3 (0.45%) FTP
10 3 (0.45%) SAN
10 3 (0.45%) Wireless
11 2 (0.30%) Broadband
11 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
12 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
12 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 65 (9.73%) Power BI
3 55 (8.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 53 (7.93%) Relational Database
5 50 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (5.69%) MySQL
8 33 (4.94%) Redis
8 33 (4.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (4.04%) MongoDB
10 21 (3.14%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.84%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.95%) Oracle Database
13 11 (1.65%) Metadata
14 9 (1.35%) Db2
14 9 (1.35%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.35%) Star Schema
14 9 (1.35%) Tableau
15 7 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (8.98%) Git
2 22 (3.29%) JIRA
3 10 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.20%) NUnit
6 7 (1.05%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.45%) Selenium
11 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.30%) MSTest
12 1 (0.15%) Gatling
12 1 (0.15%) GitLab
12 1 (0.15%) Karma Test Runner
12 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
12 1 (0.15%) Storybook
12 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 183 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 174 (26.05%) Finance
3 75 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.59%) Law
5 36 (5.39%) Legal
6 35 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.04%) Public Sector
8 23 (3.44%) Banking
9 14 (2.10%) Retail
10 10 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.35%) Front Office
12 8 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.90%) Legal Technology
14 6 (0.90%) Marketing
15 5 (0.75%) Billing
15 5 (0.75%) Publishing
16 3 (0.45%) Advertising
16 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 233 (34.88%) Developer
2 101 (15.12%) Senior
3 83 (12.43%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.03%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.43%) Graduate
6 59 (8.83%) .NET Developer
6 59 (8.83%) SQL Developer
7 57 (8.53%) Lead
8 54 (8.08%) Software Engineer
9 43 (6.44%) Azure Engineer
9 43 (6.44%) Full-Stack Developer
10 42 (6.29%) Analyst
10 42 (6.29%) C# Developer
11 36 (5.39%) Data Manager
11 36 (5.39%) Graduate Developer
11 36 (5.39%) Graduate Software Developer
11 36 (5.39%) Lead Developer
12 35 (5.24%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (5.09%) Architect
14 33 (4.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (32.78%) .NET
2 77 (11.53%) CSS
3 63 (9.43%) ASP.NET
4 62 (9.28%) .NET Framework
5 57 (8.53%) REST
6 56 (8.38%) .NET Core
6 56 (8.38%) HTML
7 54 (8.08%) React
8 45 (6.74%) Entity Framework
9 42 (6.29%) AngularJS
9 42 (6.29%) Node.js
10 36 (5.39%) jQuery
11 32 (4.79%) XML
12 31 (4.64%) Terraform
13 30 (4.49%) Vue
14 29 (4.34%) Blazor
15 20 (2.99%) Web Services
16 19 (2.84%) JSON
16 19 (2.84%) Middleware
16 19 (2.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.84%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.14%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.84%) Replication
6 18 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.65%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.50%) Clustering
11 10 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.35%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.90%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 107 (16.02%) Windows
2 72 (10.78%) Windows Server
3 40 (5.99%) Linux
4 10 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) AIX
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (30.69%) Agile
2 160 (23.95%) DevOps
3 134 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (18.41%) AI
5 122 (18.26%) CI/CD
6 118 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 109 (16.32%) Software Engineering
8 104 (15.57%) Roadmaps
9 102 (15.27%) Data Architecture
9 102 (15.27%) Migration
10 99 (14.82%) Data Engineering
11 96 (14.37%) Full-Stack Development
12 92 (13.77%) Computer Science
13 86 (12.87%) Mentoring
14 82 (12.28%) Clean Code
15 80 (11.98%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (10.78%) Data Governance
17 68 (10.18%) Analytics
17 68 (10.18%) ETL
18 67 (10.03%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 380 (56.89%) SQL
2 263 (39.37%) C#
3 102 (15.27%) JavaScript
4 89 (13.32%) Python
5 61 (9.13%) PHP
6 58 (8.68%) PowerShell
7 55 (8.23%) TypeScript
8 52 (7.78%) Java
8 52 (7.78%) T-SQL
9 28 (4.19%) C++
10 11 (1.65%) Go
11 10 (1.50%) Bicep
11 10 (1.50%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.20%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.05%) VBA
15 6 (0.90%) VBScript
16 5 (0.75%) Bash
16 5 (0.75%) Rust
16 5 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 122 (18.26%) Degree
2 73 (10.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.74%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.54%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.75%) HNC
8 5 (0.75%) HND
8 5 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) MCSA
11 1 (0.15%) MCSE
11 1 (0.15%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.53%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.39%) QA
3 24 (3.59%) GDPR
4 21 (3.14%) SLA
5 12 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.45%) PMO
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.63%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (8.53%) Docker
3 55 (8.23%) Active Directory
4 20 (2.99%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.75%) vSphere
7 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.50%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Grafana
4 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.75%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.30%) MIIS
7 2 (0.30%) SCCM
7 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Consul
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) SCOM
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 358 (53.59%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.92%) Databricks
3 49 (7.34%) Oracle
4 23 (3.44%) VMware
5 17 (2.54%) Veeam
6 14 (2.10%) Google
6 14 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.80%) Citrix
7 12 (1.80%) IBM
7 12 (1.80%) Informatica
7 12 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.65%) Cisco
8 11 (1.65%) iManage
9 10 (1.50%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.35%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.20%) Talend
12 5 (0.75%) Intapp
12 5 (0.75%) Meraki
12 5 (0.75%) Remedy
12 5 (0.75%) Synology
328 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs