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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 55 22
Rank change year-on-year -25 -33 +19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 544 675 2,752
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.09% 5.10% 8.45%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.43% 20.28% 37.82%
Number of salaries quoted 469 581 2,496
10th Percentile £31,850 £33,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -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 2,322 3,328 7,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.17% 25.16% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 2,428 6,257
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,625 £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 £81,250 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,375 £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 17 April 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 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.21%) IIS
4 11 (2.02%) Confluence
5 7 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.74%) Apache
6 4 (0.74%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.55%) SAS
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) CMS
8 2 (0.37%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) Moodle
8 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 31 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.02%) Magento
4 9 (1.65%) Shopify
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.55%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Actimize
7 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 363 (66.73%) Azure
2 107 (19.67%) AWS
3 84 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 82 (15.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 76 (13.97%) SaaS
6 58 (10.66%) Azure AI
7 57 (10.48%) Snowflake
8 56 (10.29%) Azure Machine Learning
9 53 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
11 41 (7.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (7.35%) GitHub
13 32 (5.88%) Serverless
14 29 (5.33%) Entra ID
15 24 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (3.49%) PaaS
17 19 (3.49%) Power Automate
18 17 (3.13%) PowerApps
19 12 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.25%) Firewall
2 16 (2.94%) VPN
3 12 (2.21%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.84%) DNS
5 8 (1.47%) DHCP
6 7 (1.29%) DMZ
6 7 (1.29%) VLAN
7 5 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.92%) STUN
7 5 (0.92%) VoIP
8 4 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.55%) AMQP
9 3 (0.55%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.55%) SAN
9 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.37%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.37%) Network Security
10 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.37%) WAN
11 1 (0.18%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (14.15%) Power BI
2 60 (11.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 59 (10.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 49 (9.01%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (8.64%) MySQL
6 44 (8.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (3.86%) Relational Database
8 20 (3.68%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.94%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.02%) DB2
11 11 (2.02%) Redis
12 9 (1.65%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.29%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (1.10%) Tableau
15 5 (0.92%) Metadata
16 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.74%) GIS
16 4 (0.74%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 41 (7.54%) Git
2 23 (4.23%) JIRA
3 13 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.84%) Selenium
5 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.47%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.47%) GitLab
6 8 (1.47%) JUnit
7 5 (0.92%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.55%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.55%) Maven
9 3 (0.55%) NUnit
9 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.18%) JMeter
11 1 (0.18%) Moq
11 1 (0.18%) MSTest
11 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 182 (33.46%) Finance
2 168 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 87 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.88%) Banking
5 17 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 15 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (2.57%) Billing
8 12 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.21%) Legal
9 11 (2.02%) Law
9 11 (2.02%) Retail
10 10 (1.84%) Back Office
11 7 (1.29%) Front Office
12 5 (0.92%) Automotive
12 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.92%) Marketing
12 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 153 (28.13%) Developer
2 111 (20.40%) Senior
3 62 (11.40%) Analyst
4 60 (11.03%) Software Developer
5 50 (9.19%) C# Developer
6 47 (8.64%) SQL Developer
7 39 (7.17%) Azure Developer
7 39 (7.17%) C# Software Developer
7 39 (7.17%) Support Engineer
8 37 (6.80%) .NET Developer
8 37 (6.80%) Graduate
8 37 (6.80%) Graduate Developer
8 37 (6.80%) Graduate Software Developer
8 37 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 36 (6.62%) Engineering Manager
9 36 (6.62%) Graduate C# Developer
9 36 (6.62%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 35 (6.43%) Lead
11 34 (6.25%) Applications Support
11 34 (6.25%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (33.27%) .NET
2 72 (13.24%) CSS
3 50 (9.19%) React
4 47 (8.64%) .NET Core
5 42 (7.72%) HTML
6 39 (7.17%) jQuery
7 35 (6.43%) REST
8 30 (5.51%) .NET Framework
8 30 (5.51%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.15%) ASP.NET
9 28 (5.15%) Entity Framework
10 26 (4.78%) RESTful
11 19 (3.49%) Django
12 16 (2.94%) JSON
12 16 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (2.94%) SOAP
13 15 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
13 15 (2.76%) Razor View Engine
13 15 (2.76%) XML
14 13 (2.39%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.41%) Legacy Applications
4 22 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (3.68%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.39%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.21%) Replication
11 11 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.84%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
15 7 (1.29%) NHS
15 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
16 6 (1.10%) Client/Server
17 5 (0.92%) Clustering
18 4 (0.74%) CMDB
18 4 (0.74%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 78 (14.34%) Windows
2 47 (8.64%) Windows Server
3 31 (5.70%) Linux
4 9 (1.65%) VMS
5 8 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.92%) Debian
7 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) CentOS
8 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.18%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Android
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (33.82%) Agile
2 117 (21.51%) DevOps
3 108 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 107 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (18.57%) CI/CD
6 92 (16.91%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (16.73%) AI
8 90 (16.54%) Data Engineering
9 86 (15.81%) Roadmaps
10 84 (15.44%) Mentoring
11 83 (15.26%) Software Engineering
12 82 (15.07%) Migration
13 81 (14.89%) Analytics
14 74 (13.60%) Data Architecture
15 67 (12.32%) Machine Learning
16 66 (12.13%) MVC
16 66 (12.13%) Regulatory Compliance
17 65 (11.95%) Full-Stack Development
18 64 (11.76%) Computer Science
19 62 (11.40%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 333 (61.21%) SQL
2 167 (30.70%) C#
3 91 (16.73%) Python
4 56 (10.29%) JavaScript
5 52 (9.56%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.38%) Java
7 45 (8.27%) PHP
7 45 (8.27%) PowerShell
8 37 (6.80%) TypeScript
9 30 (5.51%) C++
10 28 (5.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (2.94%) R
12 13 (2.39%) Bicep
12 13 (2.39%) PL/SQL
13 11 (2.02%) Bash
13 11 (2.02%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.65%) Delphi
15 3 (0.55%) Korn
15 3 (0.55%) Scala
15 3 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (18.20%) Degree
2 53 (9.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.57%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.29%) SC Cleared
9 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.74%) HNC
10 4 (0.74%) HND
11 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.37%) CCNA
12 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.37%) MCSA
12 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.93%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.41%) QA
3 19 (3.49%) SLA
4 17 (3.13%) GDPR
5 15 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 60 (11.03%) Virtual Machines
2 52 (9.56%) Docker
3 50 (9.19%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.10%) vSphere
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.37%) XenApp
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 44 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 35 (6.43%) Terraform
3 12 (2.21%) Grafana
4 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.47%) Ansible
6 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.92%) SCCM
7 4 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.37%) MIIS
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.18%) CASB
10 1 (0.18%) Consul
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 238 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 69 (12.68%) Databricks
3 56 (10.29%) Oracle
4 19 (3.49%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.57%) Cisco
6 12 (2.21%) VMware
7 11 (2.02%) Citrix
8 10 (1.84%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.65%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.65%) WooCommerce
10 8 (1.47%) Google
10 8 (1.47%) New Relic
10 8 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.47%) Veeam
11 5 (0.92%) Informatica
12 4 (0.74%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.74%) Dell
12 4 (0.74%) ESRI
12 4 (0.74%) Meraki
12 4 (0.74%) Sage