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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 55 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 -22 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 773 964 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.72% 4.73% 7.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.97% 20.59% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 445 621 1,510
10th Percentile £30,200 £31,250 £38,463
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,867 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.58% -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 2,579 4,682 5,838
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.76% 22.99% 25.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,767 2,887 4,768
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £70,000 £60,781
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +15.17% +1.30%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £112,500 £130,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.08% +4.08%

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 17 October 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
1 172 (22.25%) Confluence
2 60 (7.76%) IIS
3 37 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (2.46%) SharePoint
5 16 (2.07%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.03%) Moodle
7 6 (0.78%) CMS
7 6 (0.78%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.52%) nginx
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.26%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.13%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.39%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.39%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.07%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite
4 7 (0.91%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.52%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.52%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.13%) ION Anvil
9 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 523 (67.66%) Azure
2 326 (42.17%) AWS
3 174 (22.51%) GCP
4 99 (12.81%) Power Platform
5 78 (10.09%) SaaS
6 69 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (8.02%) GitHub
8 45 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
9 32 (4.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (3.62%) Serverless
12 26 (3.36%) Power Automate
13 23 (2.98%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (1.94%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.68%) Cloudflare
17 12 (1.55%) PaaS
18 11 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
19 9 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.33%) Firewall
2 15 (1.94%) SSL
3 13 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.55%) DNS
5 10 (1.29%) VPN
6 9 (1.16%) DMARC
7 8 (1.03%) DHCP
8 6 (0.78%) VLAN
8 6 (0.78%) VoIP
9 5 (0.65%) DMZ
9 5 (0.65%) SAN
9 5 (0.65%) STUN
10 4 (0.52%) Internet
11 3 (0.39%) WAN
12 2 (0.26%) Broadband
12 2 (0.26%) HTTP
12 2 (0.26%) LAN
12 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.26%) Skype
12 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (11.77%) Power BI
2 89 (11.51%) MySQL
3 51 (6.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 51 (6.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 49 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
5 48 (6.21%) MongoDB
6 41 (5.30%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.27%) Relational Database
8 27 (3.49%) Data Hub
9 26 (3.36%) SQL CLR
10 23 (2.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 21 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
12 18 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (2.20%) NoSQL
14 14 (1.81%) Metadata
15 13 (1.68%) Tableau
16 10 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
16 10 (1.29%) DB2
17 9 (1.16%) RDBMS
18 8 (1.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 269 (34.80%) JIRA
2 255 (32.99%) GitLab
3 252 (32.60%) Bitbucket
4 251 (32.47%) SonarQube
5 249 (32.21%) Selenium
6 248 (32.08%) Maven
7 247 (31.95%) Cucumber
7 247 (31.95%) Sonatype Nexus
8 91 (11.77%) Git
9 15 (1.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 13 (1.68%) TeamCity
11 10 (1.29%) NUnit
12 8 (1.03%) Jasmine
12 8 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.91%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.78%) Jenkins
15 5 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.52%) Toad
17 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 387 (50.06%) Finance
2 263 (34.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 262 (33.89%) Banking
4 204 (26.39%) Social Skills
5 121 (15.65%) Retail
6 91 (11.77%) Investment Banking
7 90 (11.64%) Corporate Banking
8 54 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (5.95%) Back Office
10 26 (3.36%) Manufacturing
11 25 (3.23%) Law
11 25 (3.23%) Public Sector
12 24 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (2.59%) Front Office
14 18 (2.33%) Marketing
15 17 (2.20%) Games
16 11 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.29%) Legal
18 9 (1.16%) Czech Language
18 9 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 267 (34.54%) Software Engineer
2 248 (32.08%) Developer
3 91 (11.77%) Senior
4 66 (8.54%) .NET Developer
5 58 (7.50%) Senior Developer
6 55 (7.12%) Analyst
7 43 (5.56%) Graduate
8 42 (5.43%) SQL Developer
9 41 (5.30%) C# Developer
9 41 (5.30%) IT Graduate
10 39 (5.05%) Lead
11 38 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 38 (4.92%) Graduate Developer
12 33 (4.27%) Applications Support
13 31 (4.01%) Support Engineer
14 30 (3.88%) SaaS Developer
15 29 (3.75%) DBA
16 27 (3.49%) Software Developer
17 26 (3.36%) Administrator
18 25 (3.23%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 338 (43.73%) CSS
2 300 (38.81%) HTML
3 298 (38.55%) React
4 260 (33.64%) Kafka
5 252 (32.60%) Spring
5 252 (32.60%) Spring Boot
6 249 (32.21%) Redux
7 248 (32.08%) JPA
8 243 (31.44%) .NET
9 157 (20.31%) Hibernate
10 143 (18.50%) REST
11 124 (16.04%) RESTful
12 107 (13.84%) HTML5
13 104 (13.45%) CSS3
14 98 (12.68%) Jest
15 91 (11.77%) Sass
16 76 (9.83%) ASP.NET
17 74 (9.57%) .NET Core
18 73 (9.44%) .NET Framework
19 51 (6.60%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 270 (34.93%) Enterprise Software
2 252 (32.60%) Product Ownership
3 38 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.36%) Private Cloud
5 19 (2.46%) NHS
6 17 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 15 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 12 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.29%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.16%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.03%) Learning Management System
13 7 (0.91%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.78%) BYOD
15 5 (0.65%) Clustering
15 5 (0.65%) Online Games
15 5 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 94 (12.16%) Windows
2 50 (6.47%) Windows Server
3 47 (6.08%) Linux
4 23 (2.98%) Unix
5 7 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.65%) Debian
8 4 (0.52%) Android
8 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
10 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.26%) VMS
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (58.47%) Agile
2 373 (48.25%) DevOps
3 352 (45.54%) CI/CD
4 332 (42.95%) Full-Stack Development
5 321 (41.53%) Software Engineering
6 318 (41.14%) Microservices
7 285 (36.87%) Test Automation
8 278 (35.96%) SDLC
9 276 (35.71%) Performance Optimisation
10 273 (35.32%) Containerisation
11 270 (34.93%) Front End Development
12 258 (33.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 229 (29.62%) Clean Code
14 178 (23.03%) TDD
15 172 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
16 160 (20.70%) Mentoring
17 127 (16.43%) Migration
18 117 (15.14%) Business Intelligence
19 108 (13.97%) Strategic Thinking
20 100 (12.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 536 (69.34%) SQL
2 363 (46.96%) JavaScript
3 316 (40.88%) Java
4 242 (31.31%) C#
5 124 (16.04%) TypeScript
6 61 (7.89%) T-SQL
7 52 (6.73%) Python
8 51 (6.60%) PowerShell
9 47 (6.08%) PHP
10 41 (5.30%) C++
11 21 (2.72%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.81%) VBA
13 13 (1.68%) C
14 7 (0.91%) Bicep
14 7 (0.91%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.91%) VB
15 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.39%) Erlang
16 3 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 130 (16.82%) Degree
2 76 (9.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.46%) Security Cleared
4 13 (1.68%) Master's Degree
4 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (1.68%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.03%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.39%) MCP
10 3 (0.39%) MCSA
10 3 (0.39%) MCSE
11 2 (0.26%) ACCA
11 2 (0.26%) CCNA
11 2 (0.26%) CCNP
11 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (37.26%) QA
2 105 (13.58%) Accessibility
3 31 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.33%) GDPR
4 18 (2.33%) ISO 9001
5 8 (1.03%) SLA
6 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.13%) MiFID
7 1 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 289 (37.39%) Docker
2 36 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (4.53%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.65%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.26%) vSphere
8 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 284 (36.74%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.36%) Terraform
3 13 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
4 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.03%) Ansible
6 8 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.03%) SCCM
7 7 (0.91%) Grafana
8 3 (0.39%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.26%) SCOM
9 2 (0.26%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.26%) SCSM
9 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 247 (31.95%) Solace
2 238 (30.79%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.82%) Oracle
4 41 (5.30%) VMware
5 29 (3.75%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.07%) DevExpress
7 14 (1.81%) Databricks
8 11 (1.42%) Google
8 11 (1.42%) Rollbar
9 10 (1.29%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.29%) Talend
10 9 (1.16%) Sage
10 9 (1.16%) Zoho
11 8 (1.03%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.03%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.91%) Infor
13 6 (0.78%) Fortinet
13 6 (0.78%) Informatica
13 6 (0.78%) Trayport