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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 60 56
Rank change year-on-year -46 -4 -23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 633 820 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.59% 5.08% 4.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.81% 30.31% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 531 483 685
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +1.85% -5.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £86,250 £87,500
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 3,195 2,705 4,795
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.05% 16.76% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,493 1,881 3,174
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -9.87% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,244
% change year-on-year - -6.61% +2.79%

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 22 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 44 (6.95%) IIS
2 37 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.42%) Confluence
5 5 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.79%) nginx
6 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.63%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.32%) Apache
7 2 (0.32%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) Documentum
8 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.79%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Finacle
5 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 371 (58.61%) Azure
2 103 (16.27%) AWS
3 93 (14.69%) Power Platform
4 88 (13.90%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (10.43%) Snowflake
6 52 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (8.21%) SaaS
7 50 (7.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 48 (7.58%) Azure AI
9 41 (6.48%) Azure Machine Learning
10 39 (6.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 31 (4.90%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (4.42%) Power Automate
13 27 (4.27%) PowerApps
14 26 (4.11%) Serverless
15 25 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (3.79%) Entra ID
16 24 (3.79%) GCP
17 20 (3.16%) GitHub
18 18 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.64%) Firewall
2 31 (4.90%) DNS
3 30 (4.74%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.27%) VPN
5 22 (3.48%) DHCP
6 10 (1.58%) VLAN
6 10 (1.58%) WAN
7 8 (1.26%) HTTP
7 8 (1.26%) LAN
7 8 (1.26%) VoIP
8 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.79%) Network Security
10 3 (0.47%) FTP
10 3 (0.47%) Wireless
11 2 (0.32%) Broadband
11 2 (0.32%) SAN
12 1 (0.16%) Intranet
12 1 (0.16%) RTP
12 1 (0.16%) SS7
12 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 69 (10.90%) Power BI
3 55 (8.69%) Relational Database
4 51 (8.06%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (7.90%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (7.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 36 (5.69%) MySQL
8 35 (5.53%) Redis
9 30 (4.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 29 (4.58%) MongoDB
11 23 (3.63%) NoSQL
12 21 (3.32%) Data Lake
13 14 (2.21%) Metadata
14 12 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (1.74%) DynamoDB
15 11 (1.74%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.74%) Star Schema
16 10 (1.58%) Tableau
17 9 (1.42%) Amazon QuickSight
17 9 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (9.48%) Git
2 22 (3.48%) JIRA
3 10 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.95%) NUnit
5 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.79%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.32%) MSTest
10 1 (0.16%) Flyway
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.16%) JUnit
10 1 (0.16%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (28.59%) Social Skills
2 152 (24.01%) Finance
3 72 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.95%) Law
5 35 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (5.53%) Legal
6 27 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 22 (3.48%) Banking
8 15 (2.37%) Retail
9 11 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.58%) Front Office
11 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.95%) Marketing
13 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.79%) Billing
14 5 (0.79%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.79%) Publishing
15 3 (0.47%) Advertising
15 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 220 (34.76%) Developer
2 100 (15.80%) Senior
3 74 (11.69%) Software Developer
4 65 (10.27%) Data Engineer
5 59 (9.32%) .NET Developer
6 58 (9.16%) Graduate
6 58 (9.16%) Software Engineer
7 56 (8.85%) Lead
8 52 (8.21%) SQL Developer
9 44 (6.95%) Azure Engineer
10 38 (6.00%) Analyst
10 38 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
11 36 (5.69%) Lead Developer
12 35 (5.53%) C# Developer
13 32 (5.06%) Architect
14 31 (4.90%) Senior Developer
15 30 (4.74%) Graduate Developer
15 30 (4.74%) Graduate Software Developer
16 27 (4.27%) Support Analyst
17 26 (4.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (34.28%) .NET
2 70 (11.06%) CSS
3 62 (9.79%) .NET Framework
4 60 (9.48%) ASP.NET
5 57 (9.00%) .NET Core
6 56 (8.85%) REST
7 54 (8.53%) HTML
7 54 (8.53%) React
8 46 (7.27%) Entity Framework
9 43 (6.79%) AngularJS
10 38 (6.00%) Node.js
11 34 (5.37%) XML
12 32 (5.06%) jQuery
13 30 (4.74%) Blazor
14 29 (4.58%) Terraform
15 27 (4.27%) Vue
16 20 (3.16%) JSON
16 20 (3.16%) Web Services
17 19 (3.00%) Middleware
17 19 (3.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.48%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.27%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.69%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.37%) AI Agents
7 15 (2.37%) Replication
8 14 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.58%) Clustering
11 10 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.42%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.42%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.95%) Equities
14 6 (0.95%) Online Gambling
15 5 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 100 (15.80%) Windows
2 68 (10.74%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.48%) Linux
4 9 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.26%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.32%) AIX
7 2 (0.32%) Android
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (29.23%) Agile
2 162 (25.59%) DevOps
3 137 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (19.27%) CI/CD
5 118 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 117 (18.48%) AI
7 116 (18.33%) Software Engineering
8 93 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
9 90 (14.22%) Migration
10 89 (14.06%) Computer Science
11 88 (13.90%) Data Architecture
12 87 (13.74%) Roadmaps
13 82 (12.95%) Mentoring
14 81 (12.80%) Business Intelligence
15 80 (12.64%) Data Engineering
16 75 (11.85%) Clean Code
17 70 (11.06%) Analytics
18 68 (10.74%) ETL
19 63 (9.95%) Microservices
20 58 (9.16%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 354 (55.92%) SQL
2 259 (40.92%) C#
3 99 (15.64%) JavaScript
4 86 (13.59%) Python
5 57 (9.00%) PowerShell
6 55 (8.69%) PHP
6 55 (8.69%) TypeScript
7 50 (7.90%) T-SQL
8 47 (7.42%) Java
9 24 (3.79%) C++
10 11 (1.74%) Bicep
10 11 (1.74%) Go
11 9 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.11%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.11%) VBA
13 6 (0.95%) VBScript
14 5 (0.79%) Bash
14 5 (0.79%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.79%) Rust
14 5 (0.79%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 117 (18.48%) Degree
2 68 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.58%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.63%) HNC
10 4 (0.63%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCT
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.48%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.69%) QA
3 23 (3.63%) GDPR
4 19 (3.00%) SLA
5 11 (1.74%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.47%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (8.69%) Virtual Machines
2 53 (8.37%) Docker
3 50 (7.90%) Active Directory
4 19 (3.00%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.63%) vSphere
7 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.16%) HDFS
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.74%) Ansible
4 8 (1.26%) Grafana
5 7 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.79%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.47%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.32%) SCCM
9 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) Control-M
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 333 (52.61%) Microsoft
2 76 (12.01%) Databricks
3 46 (7.27%) Oracle
4 22 (3.48%) VMware
5 14 (2.21%) Informatica
5 14 (2.21%) Veeam
6 13 (2.05%) Google
6 13 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.74%) IBM
8 10 (1.58%) Citrix
8 10 (1.58%) iManage
8 10 (1.58%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.58%) Talend
9 9 (1.42%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.26%) Cisco
11 6 (0.95%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.79%) Remedy
12 5 (0.79%) Sybase
13 4 (0.63%) JDA