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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 55 20
Rank change year-on-year -34 -35 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 464 847 2,224
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 5.18% 9.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.96% 20.38% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 386 562 2,010
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 2,113 4,156 5,994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.70% 25.44% 24.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,566 2,466 4,984
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,330
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 21 January 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 22 (4.74%) IIS
2 16 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.16%) Confluence
4 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.29%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.29%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.86%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.65%) Apache
8 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.43%) CMS
8 2 (0.43%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.43%) Moodle
8 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.43%) SAS
8 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 34 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (5.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.08%) Magento
3 5 (1.08%) Shopify
4 4 (0.86%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.65%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.43%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 259 (55.82%) Azure
2 101 (21.77%) AWS
3 80 (17.24%) SaaS
4 75 (16.16%) Power Platform
5 70 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (10.13%) GitHub
8 38 (8.19%) Serverless
9 28 (6.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (5.60%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (4.53%) Entra ID
12 20 (4.31%) GCP
13 18 (3.88%) PaaS
14 16 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (3.45%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.23%) Azure App Service
16 14 (3.02%) PowerApps
17 12 (2.59%) Amazon S3
17 12 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.88%) Firewall
2 11 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.16%) DNS
4 9 (1.94%) VPN
5 7 (1.51%) SSL
6 5 (1.08%) DHCP
6 5 (1.08%) DMZ
7 4 (0.86%) VLAN
8 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.65%) STUN
8 3 (0.65%) VoIP
9 2 (0.43%) AMQP
9 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) IPv6
10 1 (0.22%) MPLS
10 1 (0.22%) Network Security
10 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (14.44%) Power BI
2 52 (11.21%) MySQL
3 51 (10.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 47 (10.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (10.13%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (8.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (6.47%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (6.03%) MongoDB
8 24 (5.17%) Relational Database
9 23 (4.96%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.59%) Tableau
11 9 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.51%) DB2
13 7 (1.51%) Redis
14 6 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.29%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.29%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (14.22%) Git
2 18 (3.88%) JIRA
3 12 (2.59%) GitLab
4 11 (2.37%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.72%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.72%) JUnit
5 8 (1.72%) Selenium
6 4 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.86%) Toad
7 3 (0.65%) Maven
7 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) 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%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 195 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 123 (26.51%) Finance
3 68 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.17%) Banking
5 20 (4.31%) Law
6 19 (4.09%) Retail
7 18 (3.88%) Marketing
8 17 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 16 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (3.23%) Billing
10 15 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.80%) Front Office
13 12 (2.59%) Legal
14 9 (1.94%) Back Office
14 9 (1.94%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.51%) Automotive
16 6 (1.29%) Local Government
17 3 (0.65%) Advertising
18 2 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 157 (33.84%) Developer
2 105 (22.63%) Senior
3 49 (10.56%) Analyst
4 46 (9.91%) Support Engineer
5 43 (9.27%) .NET Developer
6 41 (8.84%) Senior Developer
7 40 (8.62%) Software Developer
8 39 (8.41%) Lead
9 38 (8.19%) Software Engineer
10 33 (7.11%) Azure Developer
11 31 (6.68%) C# Developer
12 27 (5.82%) Applications Support
12 27 (5.82%) DBA
13 26 (5.60%) Graduate
13 26 (5.60%) Graduate Developer
13 26 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (5.39%) SQL Developer
15 22 (4.74%) Data Engineer
16 19 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (4.09%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (42.89%) .NET
2 62 (13.36%) CSS
3 52 (11.21%) React
4 49 (10.56%) .NET Core
5 46 (9.91%) .NET Framework
6 44 (9.48%) ASP.NET
7 36 (7.76%) Entity Framework
7 36 (7.76%) HTML
8 35 (7.54%) jQuery
8 35 (7.54%) REST
9 30 (6.47%) AngularJS
10 29 (6.25%) RESTful
11 27 (5.82%) ASP.NET Web API
12 19 (4.09%) Razor View Engine
12 19 (4.09%) Vue
13 18 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (3.66%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 17 (3.66%) SOAP
15 16 (3.45%) Django
16 15 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.60%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.80%) Legacy Applications
6 12 (2.59%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.72%) NHS
9 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.29%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.29%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.86%) Clustering
11 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.86%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (13.58%) Windows
2 39 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.97%) Linux
4 12 (2.59%) Unix
5 9 (1.94%) VMS
6 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.86%) Android
7 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.65%) Debian
9 2 (0.43%) Solaris
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.22%) AIX
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (31.90%) Agile
2 145 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (28.23%) DevOps
4 113 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (23.71%) CI/CD
6 85 (18.32%) Software Engineering
7 80 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
8 71 (15.30%) Analytics
9 70 (15.09%) Mentoring
10 62 (13.36%) Computer Science
10 62 (13.36%) Microservices
11 58 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
11 58 (12.50%) MVC
12 51 (10.99%) Decision-Making
13 48 (10.34%) ETL
13 48 (10.34%) Visualisation
14 45 (9.70%) Scrum
15 41 (8.84%) AI
16 40 (8.62%) Data Analysis
16 40 (8.62%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 249 (53.66%) SQL
2 164 (35.34%) C#
3 78 (16.81%) Python
4 59 (12.72%) JavaScript
5 48 (10.34%) T-SQL
6 44 (9.48%) Java
7 34 (7.33%) PHP
8 30 (6.47%) PowerShell
9 29 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 28 (6.03%) C++
10 28 (6.03%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.37%) R
12 10 (2.16%) Bicep
13 8 (1.72%) Delphi
14 7 (1.51%) VB
15 6 (1.29%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.29%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.86%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.65%) C
17 3 (0.65%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 110 (23.71%) Degree
2 56 (12.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.09%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.66%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.37%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.22%) MCSE
13 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.84%) QA
2 36 (7.76%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
4 9 (1.94%) SLA
5 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.65%) GDPR
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (9.70%) Docker
2 23 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.65%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.43%) vSphere
5 2 (0.43%) XenApp
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) vCloud
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (9.05%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.17%) Terraform
3 10 (2.16%) Grafana
4 5 (1.08%) Ansible
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.86%) SCCM
6 1 (0.22%) CASB
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 141 (30.39%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.64%) Oracle
3 22 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.45%) Google
5 15 (3.23%) Databricks
6 11 (2.37%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.94%) Sage
7 9 (1.94%) Zoho
8 8 (1.72%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.72%) New Relic
9 7 (1.51%) IBM
9 7 (1.51%) Talend
10 6 (1.29%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.29%) DevExpress
10 6 (1.29%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.29%) VMware
10 6 (1.29%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.08%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.08%) WooCommerce