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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 59 20
Rank change year-on-year -39 -39 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 449 763 2,653
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.73% 5.16% 9.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.27% 19.55% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 372 547 2,431
10th Percentile £35,800 £32,800 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £96,125 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,125 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.05% - -3.69%

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 2,111 3,902 6,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.84% 26.36% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 2,382 5,834
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,261 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 1 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 18 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.90%) IIS
4 6 (1.34%) Confluence
5 5 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.89%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.89%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.89%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.89%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.89%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.89%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.67%) Apache
7 3 (0.67%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.45%) CMS
8 2 (0.45%) Moodle
8 2 (0.45%) nginx
8 2 (0.45%) SAS
8 2 (0.45%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.22%) JBoss
Applications
1 33 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (4.01%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.00%) Magento
3 9 (2.00%) Shopify
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.67%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.45%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.45%) 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
1 264 (58.80%) Azure
2 93 (20.71%) AWS
3 89 (19.82%) SaaS
4 82 (18.26%) Power Platform
5 56 (12.47%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (10.02%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (8.24%) GitHub
7 37 (8.24%) Serverless
8 35 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (6.46%) Entra ID
10 28 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 24 (5.35%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (4.23%) PaaS
14 18 (4.01%) GCP
15 15 (3.34%) Azure App Service
16 13 (2.90%) PowerApps
17 12 (2.67%) Amazon S3
17 12 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (2.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.35%) Firewall
2 11 (2.45%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.45%) VPN
3 10 (2.23%) DNS
4 7 (1.56%) DMZ
5 6 (1.34%) VLAN
6 5 (1.11%) DHCP
6 5 (1.11%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.11%) SSL
6 5 (1.11%) STUN
6 5 (1.11%) VoIP
7 3 (0.67%) AMQP
7 3 (0.67%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) HTTP
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) IPv6
9 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.93%) Power BI
2 65 (14.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 45 (10.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 45 (10.02%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (9.35%) MySQL
5 36 (8.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (5.35%) NoSQL
8 21 (4.68%) MongoDB
9 19 (4.23%) Relational Database
10 11 (2.45%) DB2
11 8 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.78%) Redis
11 8 (1.78%) Tableau
12 7 (1.56%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.34%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.11%) Big Data
14 5 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.89%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 49 (10.91%) Git
2 20 (4.45%) JIRA
3 12 (2.67%) GitLab
4 11 (2.45%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.78%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.78%) JUnit
6 8 (1.78%) Selenium
7 3 (0.67%) Maven
7 3 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.45%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Moq
9 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.22%) MSTest
9 1 (0.22%) NUnit
9 1 (0.22%) Postman
9 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 175 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 107 (23.83%) Finance
3 77 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.57%) Banking
5 19 (4.23%) Law
6 17 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.34%) Billing
7 15 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.90%) Marketing
8 13 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.67%) Retail
10 11 (2.45%) Back Office
10 11 (2.45%) Legal
11 9 (2.00%) Front Office
12 6 (1.34%) Automotive
13 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.45%) Advertising
15 2 (0.45%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (30.96%) Developer
2 100 (22.27%) Senior
3 56 (12.47%) Analyst
4 47 (10.47%) .NET Developer
5 42 (9.35%) Software Engineer
5 42 (9.35%) Support Engineer
6 41 (9.13%) Software Developer
7 40 (8.91%) Lead
8 34 (7.57%) Senior Developer
9 32 (7.13%) C# Developer
10 31 (6.90%) Azure Developer
11 30 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (6.24%) Applications Support
13 26 (5.79%) Data Engineer
14 25 (5.57%) SQL Developer
15 24 (5.35%) DBA
16 22 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (4.68%) Lead Developer
18 19 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
18 19 (4.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (43.21%) .NET
2 60 (13.36%) .NET Core
3 56 (12.47%) CSS
4 49 (10.91%) React
5 41 (9.13%) .NET Framework
6 40 (8.91%) HTML
7 35 (7.80%) Entity Framework
8 31 (6.90%) REST
9 27 (6.01%) AngularJS
9 27 (6.01%) RESTful
10 26 (5.79%) jQuery
11 25 (5.57%) ASP.NET
12 24 (5.35%) ASP.NET Web API
13 19 (4.23%) JSON
13 19 (4.23%) XML
14 18 (4.01%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (4.01%) Razor View Engine
14 18 (4.01%) SOAP
15 17 (3.79%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 17 (3.79%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.46%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (5.57%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.90%) Data Structures
5 21 (4.68%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (4.01%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.23%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.78%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.56%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.56%) NHS
10 6 (1.34%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.34%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.34%) Replication
11 4 (0.89%) CMDB
11 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 63 (14.03%) Windows
2 33 (7.35%) Windows Server
3 29 (6.46%) Linux
4 11 (2.45%) VMS
5 5 (1.11%) Debian
5 5 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.89%) Android
6 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.89%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.89%) Unix
7 3 (0.67%) CentOS
8 2 (0.45%) 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
1 127 (28.29%) Agile
2 120 (26.73%) DevOps
3 115 (25.61%) CI/CD
3 115 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (23.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (20.71%) Software Engineering
6 87 (19.38%) Business Intelligence
7 78 (17.37%) Analytics
7 78 (17.37%) Mentoring
8 63 (14.03%) Full-Stack Development
9 61 (13.59%) Microservices
10 51 (11.36%) Computer Science
10 51 (11.36%) Decision-Making
11 50 (11.14%) Visualisation
12 47 (10.47%) MVC
13 44 (9.80%) Data Modelling
14 43 (9.58%) ETL
14 43 (9.58%) Scrum
15 38 (8.46%) Data Analysis
15 38 (8.46%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 247 (55.01%) SQL
2 147 (32.74%) C#
3 89 (19.82%) Python
4 54 (12.03%) JavaScript
5 49 (10.91%) T-SQL
6 43 (9.58%) PowerShell
7 34 (7.57%) TypeScript
8 33 (7.35%) Java
9 27 (6.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 21 (4.68%) PHP
11 16 (3.56%) C++
12 15 (3.34%) R
13 11 (2.45%) Bicep
14 9 (2.00%) Bash
14 9 (2.00%) PL/SQL
14 9 (2.00%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.78%) Delphi
16 3 (0.67%) Erlang
16 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (20.94%) Degree
2 40 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.79%) Master's Degree
3 17 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.67%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 9 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.45%) 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 45 (10.02%) Data Quality
2 37 (8.24%) QA
3 12 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.67%) SLA
4 6 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (0.45%) HL7
6 1 (0.22%) NIST
6 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (10.02%) Docker
2 35 (7.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.45%) vSphere
6 2 (0.45%) 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 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.45%) Terraform
3 10 (2.23%) Grafana
4 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.11%) Ansible
6 4 (0.89%) SCCM
7 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) CASB
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 142 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.24%) Oracle
3 16 (3.56%) Databricks
4 14 (3.12%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.90%) Google
5 13 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.67%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.00%) ConnectWise
7 9 (2.00%) Sage
7 9 (2.00%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.78%) Cisco
8 8 (1.78%) New Relic
8 8 (1.78%) VMware
9 6 (1.34%) IBM
9 6 (1.34%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.11%) Citrix
10 5 (1.11%) Zoho
11 4 (0.89%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.89%) ESRI
11 4 (0.89%) Informatica