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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 54 21
Rank change year-on-year -37 -33 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 525 901 2,671
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.64% 5.88% 7.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.86% 27.53% 35.58%
Number of salaries quoted 465 554 2,363
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,075 £36,024
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -1.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -

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 2,643 3,273 7,506
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.28% 21.35% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,040 2,189 6,261
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,000
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 £79,159 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £106,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%

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 16 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 29 (5.52%) IIS
2 28 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (4.57%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.29%) Confluence
5 6 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.52%) Magento
3 6 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.14%) Shopify
4 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.38%) 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
1 335 (63.81%) Azure
2 87 (16.57%) AWS
3 79 (15.05%) Power Platform
4 63 (12.00%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.67%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.48%) Azure AI
8 51 (9.71%) SaaS
9 50 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
10 49 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (5.14%) Serverless
12 24 (4.57%) Entra ID
13 21 (4.00%) GitHub
13 21 (4.00%) PaaS
14 18 (3.43%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.05%) PowerApps
16 15 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (2.48%) Azure Functions
18 13 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.71%) Firewall
2 18 (3.43%) VPN
3 11 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.90%) DNS
5 8 (1.52%) DHCP
5 8 (1.52%) VLAN
6 7 (1.33%) VoIP
7 5 (0.95%) DMZ
7 5 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.95%) STUN
8 4 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) AMQP
10 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.38%) LAN
10 2 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Network Security
11 1 (0.19%) RTSP
11 1 (0.19%) SCTP
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (11.81%) Power BI
2 43 (8.19%) MySQL
3 40 (7.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.86%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (6.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 28 (5.33%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.05%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.86%) Redis
9 13 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.29%) Db2
10 12 (2.29%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.71%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.14%) Tableau
13 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.76%) Metadata
14 4 (0.76%) Power Query
15 3 (0.57%) SAS EBI
15 3 (0.57%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (5.33%) JIRA
2 17 (3.24%) Git
3 13 (2.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.95%) NUnit
5 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.57%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.38%) MSTest
7 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.38%) 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%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (30.67%) Finance
2 130 (24.76%) Social Skills
3 63 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.95%) Banking
5 20 (3.81%) Law
6 17 (3.24%) Legal
6 17 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.48%) Retail
9 11 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.52%) Front Office
10 8 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.14%) Back Office
12 4 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Publishing
13 3 (0.57%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 174 (33.14%) Developer
2 94 (17.90%) Senior
3 74 (14.10%) Software Developer
4 57 (10.86%) SQL Developer
5 51 (9.71%) Graduate
6 50 (9.52%) Analyst
7 45 (8.57%) C# Developer
8 43 (8.19%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.19%) Graduate Software Developer
9 42 (8.00%) Software Engineer
10 40 (7.62%) Data Engineer
11 37 (7.05%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (7.05%) Data Manager
12 36 (6.86%) Engineering Manager
13 35 (6.67%) .NET Developer
14 33 (6.29%) Applications Support
14 33 (6.29%) Finance Manager
14 33 (6.29%) Graduate C# Developer
14 33 (6.29%) Graduate C# Software Developer
15 32 (6.10%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (32.00%) .NET
2 73 (13.90%) CSS
3 45 (8.57%) HTML
4 42 (8.00%) .NET Core
4 42 (8.00%) jQuery
5 41 (7.81%) React
6 34 (6.48%) AngularJS
7 32 (6.10%) ASP.NET
8 31 (5.90%) REST
9 30 (5.71%) .NET Framework
10 25 (4.76%) Entity Framework
10 25 (4.76%) Node.js
11 18 (3.43%) RESTful
11 18 (3.43%) Vue
12 17 (3.24%) XML
13 15 (2.86%) JSON
14 14 (2.67%) Middleware
15 13 (2.48%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (2.48%) Kafka
16 11 (2.10%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.00%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.67%) Legacy Applications
4 14 (2.67%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.48%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.10%) Replication
7 10 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.71%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.52%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.33%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.14%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.95%) Clustering
12 5 (0.95%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.95%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.67%) Windows
2 50 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.29%) Linux
4 8 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.33%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.95%) Debian
7 3 (0.57%) CentOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.57%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (32.57%) Agile
2 100 (19.05%) AI
2 100 (19.05%) Data Engineering
3 99 (18.86%) DevOps
4 91 (17.33%) Roadmaps
5 81 (15.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 81 (15.43%) Migration
6 80 (15.24%) Data Architecture
7 79 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
8 78 (14.86%) CI/CD
9 77 (14.67%) Computer Science
10 74 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (13.90%) Software Engineering
12 72 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 67 (12.76%) Mentoring
13 67 (12.76%) Regulatory Compliance
14 64 (12.19%) Line Management
15 63 (12.00%) Machine Learning
16 62 (11.81%) Data Governance
17 59 (11.24%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 329 (62.67%) SQL
2 179 (34.10%) C#
3 88 (16.76%) Python
4 64 (12.19%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.48%) PHP
5 55 (10.48%) PowerShell
6 53 (10.10%) T-SQL
7 49 (9.33%) Java
8 44 (8.38%) TypeScript
9 31 (5.90%) C++
10 15 (2.86%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.67%) Bash
12 13 (2.48%) R
13 11 (2.10%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.14%) Bicep
15 6 (1.14%) VBA
15 6 (1.14%) VBScript
16 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (19.81%) Degree
2 65 (12.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.05%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.67%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.95%) HNC
7 5 (0.95%) HND
7 5 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.95%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.38%) CCNA
9 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.38%) MCSA
9 2 (0.38%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.24%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.43%) QA
4 17 (3.24%) GDPR
4 17 (3.24%) SLA
5 5 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.57%) 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 (12.38%) Virtual Machines
2 56 (10.67%) Active Directory
3 37 (7.05%) Docker
4 10 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.71%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.95%) vSphere
7 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 25 (4.76%) Terraform
2 7 (1.33%) Ansible
2 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.57%) Grafana
5 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.38%) MIIS
7 1 (0.19%) Consul
7 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.19%) Puppet
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 262 (49.90%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.29%) Databricks
3 44 (8.38%) Oracle
4 18 (3.43%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.86%) VMware
7 14 (2.67%) Cisco
8 11 (2.10%) Citrix
8 11 (2.10%) Veeam
9 8 (1.52%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.33%) iManage
11 6 (1.14%) ConnectWise
11 6 (1.14%) IBM
11 6 (1.14%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.14%) WooCommerce
12 5 (0.95%) Meraki
12 5 (0.95%) Synology
13 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.76%) Okta
13 4 (0.76%) OneLogin