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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 56 31
Rank change year-on-year -24 -25 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 504 877 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 5.09% 7.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.95% 20.51% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 423 602 1,294
10th Percentile £32,125 £33,254 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £79,500 £70,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,196 4,277 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.37% 24.81% 24.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 2,633 3,848
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 23 December 2025.

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 25 (4.96%) IIS
2 13 (2.58%) Confluence
2 13 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.39%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.19%) CMS
4 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.19%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.19%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (0.79%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.79%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.79%) nginx
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.79%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.60%) Apache
6 3 (0.60%) Moodle
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.40%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 38 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (4.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (2.98%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.79%) Magento
4 4 (0.79%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.79%) Shopify
5 3 (0.60%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.60%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.40%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.40%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.20%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 280 (55.56%) Azure
2 102 (20.24%) AWS
3 84 (16.67%) SaaS
4 79 (15.67%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (15.28%) Power Platform
6 55 (10.91%) GitHub
7 48 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
9 36 (7.14%) Serverless
10 28 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.17%) Entra ID
12 21 (4.17%) GCP
13 18 (3.57%) PaaS
14 15 (2.98%) Azure App Service
14 15 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (2.58%) Power Automate
16 11 (2.18%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.77%) Firewall
2 11 (2.18%) DNS
2 11 (2.18%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.18%) VPN
3 7 (1.39%) DMZ
3 7 (1.39%) SSL
4 6 (1.19%) VLAN
5 5 (0.99%) DHCP
5 5 (0.99%) STUN
5 5 (0.99%) VoIP
6 3 (0.60%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) HTTP
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) Internet
8 1 (0.20%) IPv6
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) SAN
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (13.89%) Power BI
2 67 (13.29%) MySQL
3 58 (11.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 52 (10.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 51 (10.12%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (9.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (5.95%) MongoDB
9 28 (5.56%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.56%) NoSQL
11 11 (2.18%) Tableau
12 8 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.39%) DB2
13 7 (1.39%) Redis
14 6 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.19%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.19%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 78 (15.48%) Git
2 20 (3.97%) JIRA
3 12 (2.38%) GitLab
4 11 (2.18%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.59%) JUnit
5 8 (1.59%) Selenium
6 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.79%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.79%) Toad
8 3 (0.60%) Maven
8 3 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) NUnit
General
1 204 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.79%) Finance
3 71 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (4.96%) Retail
6 23 (4.56%) Banking
7 22 (4.37%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.17%) Law
9 18 (3.57%) Back Office
10 17 (3.37%) Marketing
11 16 (3.17%) Front Office
11 16 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.98%) Billing
13 12 (2.38%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.98%) Legal
15 6 (1.19%) Local Government
16 5 (0.99%) Automotive
17 4 (0.79%) Advertising
17 4 (0.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 186 (36.90%) Developer
2 94 (18.65%) Senior
3 55 (10.91%) Analyst
4 48 (9.52%) .NET Developer
5 46 (9.13%) Support Engineer
6 41 (8.13%) Software Developer
7 40 (7.94%) Senior Developer
8 39 (7.74%) Lead
9 36 (7.14%) Graduate
10 34 (6.75%) Graduate Developer
11 33 (6.55%) C# Developer
12 32 (6.35%) Applications Support
13 31 (6.15%) Azure Developer
13 31 (6.15%) DBA
13 31 (6.15%) Software Engineer
14 28 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (4.96%) IT Graduate
16 24 (4.76%) SQL Developer
17 21 (4.17%) SaaS Developer
17 21 (4.17%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (42.46%) .NET
2 75 (14.88%) CSS
3 56 (11.11%) .NET Core
4 54 (10.71%) .NET Framework
5 53 (10.52%) ASP.NET
6 52 (10.32%) React
7 42 (8.33%) HTML
7 42 (8.33%) jQuery
8 41 (8.13%) Entity Framework
9 36 (7.14%) AngularJS
9 36 (7.14%) REST
10 31 (6.15%) ASP.NET Web API
10 31 (6.15%) RESTful
11 28 (5.56%) Web Services
12 24 (4.76%) Vue
12 24 (4.76%) XML
13 21 (4.17%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 17 (3.37%) Razor View Engine
16 16 (3.17%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.75%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (5.36%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.57%) NHS
6 14 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.58%) Legacy Applications
7 13 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.38%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 12 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.18%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.79%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.19%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.19%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.99%) Clustering
13 4 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.79%) Replication
14 3 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.29%) Windows
2 42 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 40 (7.94%) Linux
4 12 (2.38%) Unix
5 9 (1.79%) VMS
6 7 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.99%) Debian
8 4 (0.79%) Android
8 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.40%) Solaris
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 167 (33.13%) Agile
3 146 (28.97%) DevOps
4 116 (23.02%) CI/CD
5 111 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 93 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
7 83 (16.47%) Software Engineering
8 81 (16.07%) Mentoring
9 77 (15.28%) Computer Science
10 70 (13.89%) Microservices
11 67 (13.29%) Analytics
12 66 (13.10%) MVC
13 61 (12.10%) Full-Stack Development
14 56 (11.11%) OOP
14 56 (11.11%) Scrum
15 51 (10.12%) ETL
16 48 (9.52%) Decision-Making
17 44 (8.73%) Test Automation
18 43 (8.53%) Visualisation
19 42 (8.33%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 275 (54.56%) SQL
2 194 (38.49%) C#
3 76 (15.08%) JavaScript
4 70 (13.89%) Python
5 59 (11.71%) Java
6 48 (9.52%) T-SQL
7 41 (8.13%) PHP
8 35 (6.94%) C++
9 32 (6.35%) PowerShell
10 30 (5.95%) TypeScript
11 29 (5.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (2.58%) Bicep
13 12 (2.38%) C
14 9 (1.79%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.59%) Delphi
16 6 (1.19%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.19%) R
16 6 (1.19%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.19%) VB
17 3 (0.60%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 129 (25.60%) Degree
2 73 (14.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 14 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.18%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.39%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.20%) ACCA
12 1 (0.20%) CIMA
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.20%) MCSE
12 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.13%) QA
2 34 (6.75%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.98%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.59%) SLA
8 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.79%) GDPR
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (9.72%) Docker
2 25 (4.96%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.99%) Kamailio
4 5 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.60%) vSphere
5 3 (0.60%) XenApp
6 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) vCloud
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (8.53%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.16%) Terraform
3 12 (2.38%) Grafana
4 6 (1.19%) Ansible
5 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.99%) SCCM
6 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.20%) CASB
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 171 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.32%) Oracle
3 24 (4.76%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.17%) Google
5 13 (2.58%) Databricks
6 11 (2.18%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.98%) DevExpress
7 10 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.79%) Zoho
9 8 (1.59%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.59%) New Relic
9 8 (1.59%) Sage
10 7 (1.39%) Talend
10 7 (1.39%) VMware
11 6 (1.19%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.19%) IBM
11 6 (1.19%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.99%) Citrix
12 5 (0.99%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.99%) Xamarin