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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 52 34
Rank change year-on-year -40 -18 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 619 906 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 5.50% 5.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.48% 28.41% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 544 562 1,395
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,456 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,060 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,625 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -4.42%

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 3,022 3,189 5,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.92% 19.37% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 2,137 4,725
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,089 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,236 £46,250 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +5.15% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,438 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -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 24 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 (6.62%) IIS
2 30 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 26 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.94%) Confluence
5 7 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.97%) nginx
7 3 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.32%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.81%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.81%) Magento
2 5 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.48%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.48%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 384 (62.04%) Azure
2 108 (17.45%) AWS
3 90 (14.54%) Power Platform
4 73 (11.79%) Snowflake
5 69 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.21%) Azure AI
6 57 (9.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 57 (9.21%) SaaS
7 56 (9.05%) Azure Machine Learning
8 53 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (4.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 25 (4.04%) Entra ID
11 24 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 24 (3.88%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.72%) PowerApps
12 23 (3.72%) Serverless
13 20 (3.23%) GitHub
13 20 (3.23%) PaaS
14 19 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (2.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.30%) Firewall
2 28 (4.52%) VPN
3 23 (3.72%) TCP/IP
4 22 (3.55%) DNS
5 15 (2.42%) DHCP
6 8 (1.29%) VLAN
7 6 (0.97%) LAN
7 6 (0.97%) VoIP
7 6 (0.97%) WAN
8 4 (0.65%) DMZ
8 4 (0.65%) HTTP
8 4 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.65%) STUN
9 3 (0.48%) Network Security
9 3 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.48%) SAN
9 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.48%) Wireless
10 2 (0.32%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.16%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.82%) Power BI
2 52 (8.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 47 (7.59%) MySQL
4 46 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (7.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (7.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 37 (5.98%) Relational Database
8 28 (4.52%) Redis
9 23 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (2.58%) Oracle Database
11 13 (2.10%) Db2
11 13 (2.10%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.78%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.62%) Data Lake
14 9 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.45%) Tableau
15 4 (0.65%) Power Query
16 3 (0.48%) Ataccama
16 3 (0.48%) Metadata
16 3 (0.48%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 32 (5.17%) Git
2 28 (4.52%) JIRA
3 11 (1.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.45%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.97%) NUnit
5 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.48%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.48%) Selenium
9 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.32%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.32%) MSTest
9 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.16%) Gatling
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 171 (27.63%) Finance
2 163 (26.33%) Social Skills
3 74 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.85%) Law
5 28 (4.52%) Legal
6 24 (3.88%) Banking
7 23 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.39%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.26%) Retail
10 13 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.29%) Front Office
12 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.65%) Billing
15 4 (0.65%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.65%) Publishing
16 3 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (0.48%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 217 (35.06%) Developer
2 84 (13.57%) Senior
3 81 (13.09%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.82%) SQL Developer
5 61 (9.85%) Graduate
6 56 (9.05%) Data Engineer
7 53 (8.56%) Analyst
8 51 (8.24%) .NET Developer
9 50 (8.08%) Software Engineer
10 48 (7.75%) Lead
11 46 (7.43%) C# Developer
12 44 (7.11%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (6.95%) Graduate Developer
13 43 (6.95%) Graduate Software Developer
14 37 (5.98%) C# Software Developer
14 37 (5.98%) Data Manager
15 36 (5.82%) Engineering Manager
16 33 (5.33%) Graduate C# Developer
16 33 (5.33%) Lead Developer
16 33 (5.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (32.15%) .NET
2 79 (12.76%) CSS
3 51 (8.24%) ASP.NET
3 51 (8.24%) HTML
4 49 (7.92%) .NET Framework
5 47 (7.59%) .NET Core
6 46 (7.43%) REST
7 43 (6.95%) jQuery
7 43 (6.95%) React
8 38 (6.14%) AngularJS
9 37 (5.98%) Entity Framework
10 34 (5.49%) Node.js
11 30 (4.85%) XML
12 26 (4.20%) Vue
13 24 (3.88%) JSON
14 17 (2.75%) Middleware
15 16 (2.58%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (2.58%) Blazor
15 16 (2.58%) RESTful
16 15 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
2 23 (3.72%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.75%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.75%) Replication
6 14 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
7 12 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.78%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.78%) Clustering
8 11 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.45%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.13%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.97%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (0.81%) Equities
12 5 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 93 (15.02%) Windows
2 64 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 44 (7.11%) Linux
4 10 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.65%) Debian
7 3 (0.48%) CentOS
7 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (30.37%) Agile
2 127 (20.52%) DevOps
3 116 (18.74%) AI
4 110 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (17.12%) CI/CD
6 103 (16.64%) Data Engineering
7 102 (16.48%) Roadmaps
8 99 (15.99%) Full-Stack Development
9 95 (15.35%) Migration
10 87 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 87 (14.05%) Data Architecture
11 85 (13.73%) Computer Science
11 85 (13.73%) Software Engineering
12 81 (13.09%) Business Intelligence
13 78 (12.60%) Mentoring
14 70 (11.31%) MVC
15 69 (11.15%) Data Governance
16 68 (10.99%) Regulatory Compliance
17 64 (10.34%) Microservices
18 63 (10.18%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 367 (59.29%) SQL
2 229 (37.00%) C#
3 90 (14.54%) JavaScript
4 84 (13.57%) Python
5 69 (11.15%) PowerShell
6 63 (10.18%) PHP
7 57 (9.21%) T-SQL
8 56 (9.05%) TypeScript
9 51 (8.24%) Java
10 32 (5.17%) C++
11 14 (2.26%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.10%) Bash
13 11 (1.78%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.29%) Bicep
15 8 (1.29%) R
16 7 (1.13%) VBA
17 6 (0.97%) VBScript
18 5 (0.81%) Tcl
19 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 112 (18.09%) Degree
2 73 (11.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.58%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.42%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.62%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.29%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.81%) HNC
8 5 (0.81%) HND
8 5 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCSA
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
11 1 (0.16%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.85%) QA
3 24 (3.88%) SLA
4 21 (3.39%) GDPR
5 20 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) NCSC
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.47%) Virtual Machines
2 60 (9.69%) Active Directory
3 50 (8.08%) Docker
4 14 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.81%) vSphere
6 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.52%) Terraform
2 26 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.29%) Ansible
5 7 (1.13%) Grafana
5 7 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.81%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.48%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) MIIS
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
10 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 317 (51.21%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.92%) Databricks
3 45 (7.27%) Oracle
4 21 (3.39%) VMware
5 20 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.10%) Cisco
7 13 (2.10%) Google
8 12 (1.94%) Citrix
9 11 (1.78%) Veeam
10 10 (1.62%) IBM
10 10 (1.62%) iManage
11 9 (1.45%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.29%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.29%) TIBCO
13 6 (0.97%) Informatica
14 5 (0.81%) Meraki
14 5 (0.81%) Remedy
14 5 (0.81%) Sybase
14 5 (0.81%) Synology