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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 53 23
Rank change year-on-year -30 -30 +17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 528 780 2,680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.90% 5.61% 8.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.79% 23.21% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 474 588 2,441
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,139 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,188 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,875 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,425 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% - -1.70%

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 2,317 3,361 7,219
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.75% 24.17% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 2,412 6,198
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 4 May 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 24 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.65%) IIS
4 12 (2.27%) Confluence
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.95%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.95%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.95%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
6 3 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Moodle
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 16 (3.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (2.08%) Magento
3 9 (1.70%) Shopify
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Actimize
6 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 342 (64.77%) Azure
2 109 (20.64%) AWS
3 71 (13.45%) SaaS
4 66 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 58 (10.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 58 (10.98%) Snowflake
6 57 (10.80%) Azure AI
7 56 (10.61%) Azure Machine Learning
8 50 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (7.58%) GitHub
11 32 (6.06%) Serverless
12 29 (5.49%) Entra ID
13 22 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (3.60%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (3.41%) PaaS
16 16 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (3.03%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.30%) Firewall
2 16 (3.03%) VPN
3 10 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.52%) DNS
5 7 (1.33%) DMZ
5 7 (1.33%) VLAN
6 6 (1.14%) DHCP
6 6 (1.14%) VoIP
7 5 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.95%) STUN
8 4 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.57%) AMQP
9 3 (0.57%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.38%) Network Security
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.98%) Power BI
2 50 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (8.71%) MySQL
4 42 (7.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (6.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (5.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (3.98%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.41%) NoSQL
9 15 (2.84%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.46%) MongoDB
11 12 (2.27%) Redis
12 11 (2.08%) DB2
13 9 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (1.14%) Metadata
15 5 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.95%) GIS
15 5 (0.95%) QGIS
16 4 (0.76%) Power Query
16 4 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (7.39%) Git
2 24 (4.55%) JIRA
3 13 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.89%) Selenium
4 10 (1.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.52%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.52%) GitLab
5 8 (1.52%) JUnit
5 8 (1.52%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.76%) NUnit
8 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.57%) Maven
8 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.38%) MSTest
9 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.19%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.19%) Moq
10 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (30.49%) Finance
2 141 (26.70%) Social Skills
3 57 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.30%) Banking
5 15 (2.84%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.46%) Legal
7 12 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.08%) Retail
9 10 (1.89%) Back Office
10 9 (1.70%) Law
11 5 (0.95%) Automotive
11 5 (0.95%) Front Office
11 5 (0.95%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
13 3 (0.57%) Publishing
14 2 (0.38%) Billing
Job Titles
1 170 (32.20%) Developer
2 113 (21.40%) Senior
3 76 (14.39%) Software Developer
4 53 (10.04%) C# Developer
5 49 (9.28%) Graduate
5 49 (9.28%) Graduate Developer
5 49 (9.28%) Graduate Software Developer
5 49 (9.28%) SQL Developer
6 48 (9.09%) Analyst
7 42 (7.95%) C# Software Developer
8 39 (7.39%) Graduate C# Developer
8 39 (7.39%) Graduate C# Software Developer
9 38 (7.20%) Azure Developer
10 37 (7.01%) .NET Developer
10 37 (7.01%) Data Manager
10 37 (7.01%) Graduate SQL Developer
11 36 (6.82%) Engineering Manager
11 36 (6.82%) Lead
11 36 (6.82%) Senior Developer
11 36 (6.82%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (33.33%) .NET
2 74 (14.02%) CSS
3 48 (9.09%) React
4 44 (8.33%) .NET Core
5 42 (7.95%) HTML
5 42 (7.95%) jQuery
6 34 (6.44%) REST
7 30 (5.68%) AngularJS
8 28 (5.30%) .NET Framework
9 27 (5.11%) ASP.NET
9 27 (5.11%) Entity Framework
9 27 (5.11%) RESTful
10 19 (3.60%) Django
11 17 (3.22%) Node.js
11 17 (3.22%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (3.03%) JSON
12 16 (3.03%) SOAP
13 14 (2.65%) Kafka
13 14 (2.65%) Razor View Engine
13 14 (2.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.49%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.98%) Legacy Applications
4 18 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.22%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.03%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.89%) Replication
9 8 (1.52%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.33%) NHS
10 7 (1.33%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.95%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.95%) Clustering
12 5 (0.95%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (0.76%) CMDB
13 4 (0.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 75 (14.20%) Windows
2 44 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.63%) Linux
4 10 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.70%) VMS
6 5 (0.95%) Debian
6 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.57%) CentOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (35.04%) Agile
2 115 (21.78%) DevOps
3 100 (18.94%) CI/CD
4 92 (17.42%) Data Engineering
5 91 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (16.86%) Roadmaps
7 88 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 80 (15.15%) Migration
8 80 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
9 79 (14.96%) Software Engineering
10 78 (14.77%) AI
11 77 (14.58%) Data Architecture
12 76 (14.39%) Computer Science
13 72 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (12.88%) Full-Stack Development
15 67 (12.69%) Regulatory Compliance
16 66 (12.50%) Machine Learning
17 65 (12.31%) MVC
18 62 (11.74%) Data Governance
19 60 (11.36%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (59.09%) SQL
2 183 (34.66%) C#
3 93 (17.61%) Python
4 59 (11.17%) Java
5 58 (10.98%) JavaScript
6 57 (10.80%) PHP
7 53 (10.04%) T-SQL
8 44 (8.33%) PowerShell
9 39 (7.39%) TypeScript
10 32 (6.06%) C++
11 16 (3.03%) R
12 14 (2.65%) PL/SQL
13 11 (2.08%) Bash
13 11 (2.08%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.70%) Bicep
14 9 (1.70%) Delphi
15 5 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.76%) Scala
16 4 (0.76%) VBA
16 4 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (19.51%) Degree
2 66 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.22%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.84%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.33%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.95%) HNC
9 5 (0.95%) HND
9 5 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 2 (0.38%) MCSE
13 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.17%) QA
3 19 (3.60%) SLA
4 18 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (3.22%) GDPR
6 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 61 (11.55%) Virtual Machines
2 53 (10.04%) Docker
3 51 (9.66%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.14%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.95%) vSphere
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 47 (8.90%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.68%) Terraform
3 12 (2.27%) Grafana
4 10 (1.89%) Ansible
5 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.95%) SCCM
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.38%) MIIS
9 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Consul
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 240 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 71 (13.45%) Databricks
3 59 (11.17%) Oracle
4 21 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.03%) Cisco
6 11 (2.08%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.08%) VMware
7 9 (1.70%) Citrix
7 9 (1.70%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.70%) Veeam
7 9 (1.70%) WooCommerce
8 6 (1.14%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.95%) ESRI
9 5 (0.95%) Google
9 5 (0.95%) iManage
9 5 (0.95%) Meraki
9 5 (0.95%) Synology
10 4 (0.76%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.76%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.76%) New Relic