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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 51 30
Rank change year-on-year -47 -21 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 592 916 2,275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.80% 5.63% 6.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.74% 27.91% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 525 568 1,990
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,819 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year -2.17% +5.90% -1.28%

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 2,999 3,282 7,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.19% 20.19% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,386 2,198 5,851
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,765 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 8 July 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 41 (6.93%) IIS
2 32 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 30 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.03%) Confluence
5 6 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.84%) nginx
7 4 (0.68%) SAS
8 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.34%) JBoss
8 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.17%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Documentum
9 1 (0.17%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.01%) Magento
3 5 (0.84%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.68%) Shopify
5 3 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.51%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 378 (63.85%) Azure
2 105 (17.74%) AWS
3 89 (15.03%) Power Platform
4 68 (11.49%) Snowflake
5 66 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (10.14%) SaaS
7 57 (9.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (9.46%) Azure Machine Learning
8 56 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
9 55 (9.29%) Azure AI
10 28 (4.73%) Entra ID
11 27 (4.56%) Serverless
12 22 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.72%) PaaS
13 21 (3.55%) Power Automate
14 20 (3.38%) GitHub
14 20 (3.38%) PowerApps
15 19 (3.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.59%) Firewall
2 27 (4.56%) VPN
3 20 (3.38%) TCP/IP
4 19 (3.21%) DNS
5 14 (2.36%) DHCP
6 9 (1.52%) VLAN
7 7 (1.18%) VoIP
8 5 (0.84%) DMZ
8 5 (0.84%) LAN
8 5 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.84%) STUN
8 5 (0.84%) WAN
9 4 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.51%) SAN
10 3 (0.51%) Wireless
11 2 (0.34%) HTTP
11 2 (0.34%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.34%) Network Security
11 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.49%) Power BI
2 47 (7.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 45 (7.60%) MySQL
4 43 (7.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (6.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (5.41%) Relational Database
8 25 (4.22%) Redis
9 16 (2.70%) Oracle Database
10 15 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (2.20%) Db2
12 12 (2.03%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.69%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.35%) Tableau
15 6 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.84%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.68%) Metadata
17 4 (0.68%) Power Query
17 4 (0.68%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (4.90%) JIRA
2 23 (3.89%) Git
3 14 (2.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.52%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.01%) NUnit
5 6 (1.01%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.51%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.51%) Selenium
8 2 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.34%) MSTest
8 2 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Gatling
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 167 (28.21%) Finance
2 158 (26.69%) Social Skills
3 71 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.56%) Banking
5 25 (4.22%) Law
6 23 (3.89%) Legal
7 19 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.21%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.53%) Retail
10 10 (1.69%) Front Office
11 8 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.68%) Back Office
13 4 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.68%) Marketing
13 4 (0.68%) Publishing
13 4 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 204 (34.46%) Developer
2 88 (14.86%) Senior
3 80 (13.51%) Software Developer
4 64 (10.81%) SQL Developer
5 53 (8.95%) Graduate
6 52 (8.78%) Analyst
7 47 (7.94%) Data Engineer
8 46 (7.77%) .NET Developer
9 45 (7.60%) C# Developer
10 43 (7.26%) Graduate Developer
10 43 (7.26%) Graduate Software Developer
10 43 (7.26%) Software Engineer
11 42 (7.09%) Lead
12 38 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
13 37 (6.25%) C# Software Developer
13 37 (6.25%) Data Manager
14 36 (6.08%) Engineering Manager
15 35 (5.91%) Support Engineer
16 33 (5.57%) Applications Support
16 33 (5.57%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (31.76%) .NET
2 76 (12.84%) CSS
3 48 (8.11%) HTML
4 47 (7.94%) .NET Core
5 44 (7.43%) jQuery
6 43 (7.26%) ASP.NET
7 42 (7.09%) React
8 41 (6.93%) .NET Framework
9 39 (6.59%) REST
10 36 (6.08%) AngularJS
11 32 (5.41%) Entity Framework
11 32 (5.41%) Node.js
12 24 (4.05%) Vue
12 24 (4.05%) XML
13 20 (3.38%) JSON
14 18 (3.04%) Middleware
14 18 (3.04%) RESTful
15 15 (2.53%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (2.20%) Blazor
17 12 (2.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.72%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.38%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.21%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.03%) Replication
10 11 (1.86%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.52%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.35%) Clustering
14 7 (1.18%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.01%) Low-Code
15 6 (1.01%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.84%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 93 (15.71%) Windows
2 61 (10.30%) Windows Server
3 39 (6.59%) Linux
4 10 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.18%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.84%) Debian
7 3 (0.51%) CentOS
7 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) Unix
8 2 (0.34%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (31.59%) Agile
2 123 (20.78%) DevOps
3 111 (18.75%) AI
4 103 (17.40%) CI/CD
5 102 (17.23%) Data Engineering
6 101 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (17.06%) Roadmaps
7 94 (15.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 89 (15.03%) Migration
9 86 (14.53%) Computer Science
10 85 (14.36%) Business Intelligence
10 85 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (13.85%) Data Architecture
12 77 (13.01%) Software Engineering
13 72 (12.16%) Mentoring
14 68 (11.49%) Regulatory Compliance
15 66 (11.15%) Data Governance
15 66 (11.15%) MVC
16 64 (10.81%) Line Management
17 61 (10.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 366 (61.82%) SQL
2 206 (34.80%) C#
3 87 (14.70%) Python
4 83 (14.02%) JavaScript
5 69 (11.66%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.29%) PHP
6 55 (9.29%) TypeScript
7 54 (9.12%) T-SQL
8 52 (8.78%) Java
9 31 (5.24%) C++
10 15 (2.53%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.36%) Bash
12 11 (1.86%) R
12 11 (1.86%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.52%) Bicep
13 9 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.01%) VBA
14 6 (1.01%) VBScript
15 5 (0.84%) Tcl
16 4 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 112 (18.92%) Degree
2 71 (11.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.87%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.20%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.69%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.84%) HNC
7 5 (0.84%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.84%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.51%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.34%) CCNA
9 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.34%) MCSA
9 2 (0.34%) MCSE
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.94%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.39%) QA
3 22 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.55%) GDPR
4 21 (3.55%) SLA
5 5 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 70 (11.82%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (10.81%) Active Directory
3 46 (7.77%) Docker
4 17 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.84%) vSphere
7 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.73%) Terraform
2 27 (4.56%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.35%) Ansible
5 6 (1.01%) Grafana
5 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.51%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.51%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.34%) MIIS
10 1 (0.17%) Consul
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Packer
10 1 (0.17%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) SCCM
10 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 306 (51.69%) Microsoft
2 78 (13.18%) Databricks
3 48 (8.11%) Oracle
4 21 (3.55%) VMware
5 19 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.36%) Cisco
8 13 (2.20%) Citrix
9 12 (2.03%) Veeam
10 10 (1.69%) IBM
10 10 (1.69%) iManage
11 8 (1.35%) Google
11 8 (1.35%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.18%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.18%) TIBCO
13 6 (1.01%) Informatica
14 5 (0.84%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.84%) Meraki
14 5 (0.84%) Sybase
14 5 (0.84%) Synology