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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 57 26
Rank change year-on-year -24 -31 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 481 844 1,745
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.17% 5.07% 8.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.71% 20.30% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 401 565 1,552
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.79%

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 2,118 4,157 5,142
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.96% 24.98% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,584 2,498 4,160
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £91,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £93,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -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 7 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 (4.57%) IIS
2 12 (2.49%) Confluence
2 12 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.46%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.25%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.25%) WebSphere Application Server
5 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.62%) Apache
7 3 (0.62%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.42%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.42%) Moodle
8 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (3.95%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.87%) Unit4 Business World
4 5 (1.04%) Magento
4 5 (1.04%) Shopify
5 4 (0.83%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.42%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.42%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.21%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 265 (55.09%) Azure
2 103 (21.41%) AWS
3 80 (16.63%) SaaS
4 75 (15.59%) Power Platform
5 71 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (10.40%) GitHub
7 46 (9.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (7.69%) Serverless
9 33 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (5.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (5.20%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.37%) GCP
13 20 (4.16%) Entra ID
14 18 (3.74%) PaaS
15 16 (3.33%) Power Automate
16 15 (3.12%) Azure App Service
17 14 (2.91%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
19 12 (2.49%) Amazon S3
19 12 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.74%) Firewall
2 11 (2.29%) DNS
2 11 (2.29%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.29%) VPN
3 7 (1.46%) DMZ
3 7 (1.46%) SSL
4 6 (1.25%) VLAN
5 5 (1.04%) DHCP
5 5 (1.04%) STUN
5 5 (1.04%) VoIP
6 3 (0.62%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.42%) AMQP
7 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.21%) HTTP
8 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.21%) Internet
8 1 (0.21%) IPv6
8 1 (0.21%) MPLS
8 1 (0.21%) Network Security
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (14.14%) Power BI
2 60 (12.47%) MySQL
3 56 (11.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 51 (10.60%) PostgreSQL
5 48 (9.98%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (9.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (6.03%) MongoDB
8 28 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (5.82%) Relational Database
9 23 (4.78%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.29%) Tableau
11 9 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.46%) DB2
13 7 (1.46%) Redis
14 6 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.25%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.25%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.04%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 71 (14.76%) Git
2 20 (4.16%) JIRA
3 12 (2.49%) GitLab
4 11 (2.29%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.66%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.66%) JUnit
5 8 (1.66%) Selenium
6 4 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.83%) Toad
7 3 (0.62%) Maven
7 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.42%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.21%) Moq
9 1 (0.21%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.21%) MSTest
9 1 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 197 (40.96%) Social Skills
2 128 (26.61%) Finance
3 68 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.57%) Banking
4 22 (4.57%) Retail
5 20 (4.16%) Law
5 20 (4.16%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.53%) Marketing
8 16 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (3.12%) Billing
10 14 (2.91%) Front Office
10 14 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.70%) Back Office
12 10 (2.08%) Legal
13 8 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.25%) Local Government
15 5 (1.04%) Automotive
16 4 (0.83%) Advertising
16 4 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 168 (34.93%) Developer
2 98 (20.37%) Senior
3 51 (10.60%) Analyst
4 46 (9.56%) Support Engineer
5 41 (8.52%) .NET Developer
5 41 (8.52%) Software Developer
6 39 (8.11%) Lead
6 39 (8.11%) Senior Developer
7 37 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 32 (6.65%) C# Developer
9 31 (6.44%) Applications Support
9 31 (6.44%) Azure Developer
10 30 (6.24%) DBA
11 29 (6.03%) Graduate
11 29 (6.03%) Graduate Developer
12 27 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (4.99%) SQL Developer
14 20 (4.16%) Applications Engineer
14 20 (4.16%) SQL DBA
15 19 (3.95%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (43.04%) .NET
2 68 (14.14%) CSS
3 54 (11.23%) React
4 52 (10.81%) .NET Core
5 50 (10.40%) .NET Framework
6 48 (9.98%) ASP.NET
7 39 (8.11%) HTML
8 38 (7.90%) Entity Framework
8 38 (7.90%) jQuery
9 36 (7.48%) REST
10 33 (6.86%) AngularJS
11 28 (5.82%) ASP.NET Web API
11 28 (5.82%) RESTful
12 22 (4.57%) Vue
12 22 (4.57%) Web Services
13 20 (4.16%) XML
14 19 (3.95%) RabbitMQ
15 17 (3.53%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 17 (3.53%) Razor View Engine
15 17 (3.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.03%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (5.82%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.91%) Legacy Applications
5 13 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.49%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.49%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.49%) NHS
7 10 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.25%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.04%) Clustering
10 5 (1.04%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.04%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 64 (13.31%) Windows
2 42 (8.73%) Windows Server
3 39 (8.11%) Linux
4 12 (2.49%) Unix
5 9 (1.87%) VMS
6 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.04%) Debian
8 4 (0.83%) Android
8 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.42%) Solaris
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) AIX
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (32.64%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (31.60%) Agile
3 133 (27.65%) DevOps
4 115 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (22.87%) CI/CD
6 86 (17.88%) Business Intelligence
7 85 (17.67%) Software Engineering
8 75 (15.59%) Mentoring
9 67 (13.93%) Analytics
10 66 (13.72%) Computer Science
11 64 (13.31%) Microservices
12 61 (12.68%) MVC
13 60 (12.47%) Full-Stack Development
14 51 (10.60%) Scrum
15 48 (9.98%) Decision-Making
16 46 (9.56%) ETL
16 46 (9.56%) OOP
17 43 (8.94%) Visualisation
18 41 (8.52%) AI
18 41 (8.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 255 (53.01%) SQL
2 177 (36.80%) C#
3 72 (14.97%) Python
4 68 (14.14%) JavaScript
5 52 (10.81%) T-SQL
6 51 (10.60%) Java
7 37 (7.69%) PHP
8 31 (6.44%) C++
9 30 (6.24%) TypeScript
10 29 (6.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 29 (6.03%) PowerShell
11 10 (2.08%) Bicep
12 8 (1.66%) Delphi
12 8 (1.66%) R
13 7 (1.46%) C
14 6 (1.25%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.25%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.25%) VB
14 6 (1.25%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.62%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 115 (23.91%) Degree
2 62 (12.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (3.95%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.29%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.04%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.21%) ACCA
13 1 (0.21%) CIMA
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.21%) MCSE
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.94%) QA
2 36 (7.48%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (2.08%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.66%) SLA
7 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.62%) GDPR
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (9.36%) Docker
2 24 (4.99%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.04%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.42%) vSphere
6 2 (0.42%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.21%) vCloud
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.20%) Terraform
3 10 (2.08%) Grafana
4 6 (1.25%) Ansible
5 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.83%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) CASB
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 153 (31.81%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.60%) Oracle
3 24 (4.99%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.33%) Google
5 12 (2.49%) Databricks
6 11 (2.29%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.29%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.87%) Zoho
8 8 (1.66%) DevExpress
8 8 (1.66%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.66%) New Relic
8 8 (1.66%) Sage
9 7 (1.46%) Talend
9 7 (1.46%) VMware
10 6 (1.25%) IBM
10 6 (1.25%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.25%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.04%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.04%) WooCommerce