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

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 54 39
Rank change year-on-year -39 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 637 906 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.91% 5.51% 5.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.78% 28.51% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 560 562 1,268
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,456 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £80,744 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £81,475
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -3.51%

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 3,066 3,178 5,564
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.99% 19.31% 20.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,468 2,131 4,470
10th Percentile £36,425 £35,854 £38,121
25th Percentile £45,163 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -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 28 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 42 (6.59%) IIS
2 31 (4.87%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.88%) Confluence
5 7 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.94%) nginx
7 3 (0.47%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) Apache
8 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.31%) CMS
8 2 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.31%) JBoss
8 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.78%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.78%) Magento
2 5 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.47%) Shopify
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 392 (61.54%) Azure
2 112 (17.58%) AWS
3 90 (14.13%) Power Platform
4 73 (11.46%) Snowflake
5 71 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (8.95%) Azure AI
6 57 (8.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.79%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (8.79%) SaaS
8 52 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
10 24 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (3.77%) Entra ID
10 24 (3.77%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.77%) PowerApps
11 23 (3.61%) Serverless
12 20 (3.14%) GitHub
12 20 (3.14%) PaaS
13 19 (2.98%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (2.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.28%) Firewall
2 28 (4.40%) VPN
3 24 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 23 (3.61%) DNS
5 16 (2.51%) DHCP
6 8 (1.26%) VLAN
7 7 (1.10%) LAN
7 7 (1.10%) WAN
8 6 (0.94%) HTTP
8 6 (0.94%) VoIP
9 4 (0.63%) DMZ
9 4 (0.63%) Network Security
9 4 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.63%) STUN
9 4 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.47%) SAN
10 3 (0.47%) Wireless
11 2 (0.31%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.16%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (10.36%) Power BI
2 57 (8.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 50 (7.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (7.54%) MySQL
5 46 (7.22%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (6.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 40 (6.28%) Relational Database
8 29 (4.55%) Redis
9 26 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (2.51%) Oracle Database
11 15 (2.35%) MongoDB
12 14 (2.20%) Db2
13 12 (1.88%) Data Lake
14 11 (1.73%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.41%) Tableau
16 4 (0.63%) Ataccama
16 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.63%) IBM InfoSphere
16 4 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (5.18%) Git
2 29 (4.55%) JIRA
3 11 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.94%) NUnit
8 5 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.47%) Jasmine
10 3 (0.47%) Selenium
11 2 (0.31%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.31%) MSTest
11 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.16%) Gatling
12 1 (0.16%) GitLab
12 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
12 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 172 (27.00%) Finance
2 166 (26.06%) Social Skills
3 73 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.02%) Law
5 30 (4.71%) Legal
6 24 (3.77%) Banking
6 24 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.20%) Retail
9 13 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.26%) Front Office
11 7 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.94%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.63%) Billing
13 4 (0.63%) Legal Technology
13 4 (0.63%) Marketing
13 4 (0.63%) Publishing
14 3 (0.47%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 220 (34.54%) Developer
2 87 (13.66%) Senior
3 83 (13.03%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.52%) SQL Developer
5 61 (9.58%) Graduate
6 58 (9.11%) Data Engineer
7 52 (8.16%) Analyst
8 51 (8.01%) .NET Developer
8 51 (8.01%) Lead
8 51 (8.01%) Software Engineer
9 47 (7.38%) C# Developer
10 44 (6.91%) Full-Stack Developer
11 43 (6.75%) Graduate Developer
11 43 (6.75%) Graduate Software Developer
12 37 (5.81%) C# Software Developer
12 37 (5.81%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.65%) Engineering Manager
14 35 (5.49%) Support Analyst
15 34 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
16 33 (5.18%) Graduate C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (33.12%) .NET
2 84 (13.19%) CSS
3 56 (8.79%) HTML
4 54 (8.48%) .NET Framework
5 53 (8.32%) ASP.NET
6 50 (7.85%) .NET Core
7 48 (7.54%) REST
8 47 (7.38%) React
9 44 (6.91%) jQuery
10 40 (6.28%) AngularJS
11 39 (6.12%) Entity Framework
12 35 (5.49%) Node.js
13 30 (4.71%) XML
14 26 (4.08%) Vue
15 22 (3.45%) JSON
16 18 (2.83%) Blazor
16 18 (2.83%) Middleware
17 17 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC
17 17 (2.67%) Web Services
18 16 (2.51%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 19 (2.98%) Replication
4 19 (2.98%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.67%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.51%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.73%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.73%) Clustering
11 9 (1.41%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.41%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.94%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.78%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 98 (15.38%) Windows
2 68 (10.68%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.06%) Linux
4 10 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.10%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) Debian
7 3 (0.47%) CentOS
7 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.31%) Unix
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (30.46%) Agile
2 132 (20.72%) DevOps
3 118 (18.52%) AI
4 115 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (17.11%) CI/CD
6 104 (16.33%) Roadmaps
7 103 (16.17%) Data Engineering
8 102 (16.01%) Full-Stack Development
9 97 (15.23%) Migration
10 92 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (14.29%) Software Engineering
12 90 (14.13%) Data Architecture
13 86 (13.50%) Computer Science
14 81 (12.72%) Mentoring
15 80 (12.56%) Business Intelligence
16 71 (11.15%) Data Governance
16 71 (11.15%) MVC
17 68 (10.68%) Regulatory Compliance
18 66 (10.36%) Microservices
19 63 (9.89%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 377 (59.18%) SQL
2 244 (38.30%) C#
3 95 (14.91%) JavaScript
4 85 (13.34%) Python
5 70 (10.99%) PowerShell
6 63 (9.89%) PHP
7 58 (9.11%) T-SQL
8 57 (8.95%) TypeScript
9 53 (8.32%) Java
10 33 (5.18%) C++
11 14 (2.20%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.04%) Bash
13 12 (1.88%) VB.NET
14 8 (1.26%) Bicep
14 8 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.10%) R
15 7 (1.10%) VBA
16 6 (0.94%) VBScript
17 5 (0.78%) Tcl
18 4 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 115 (18.05%) Degree
2 74 (11.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.35%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.41%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.78%) HNC
8 5 (0.78%) HND
8 5 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCSA
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.71%) QA
3 25 (3.92%) SLA
4 21 (3.30%) GDPR
5 18 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.47%) 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 (11.15%) Virtual Machines
2 59 (9.26%) Active Directory
3 54 (8.48%) Docker
4 14 (2.20%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.78%) vSphere
6 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (4.71%) Terraform
2 28 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.41%) Ansible
5 7 (1.10%) Grafana
5 7 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.78%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.47%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.31%) MIIS
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 329 (51.65%) Microsoft
2 81 (12.72%) Databricks
3 46 (7.22%) Oracle
4 22 (3.45%) VMware
5 20 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.67%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.20%) Cisco
8 13 (2.04%) Google
9 12 (1.88%) Citrix
10 11 (1.73%) IBM
10 11 (1.73%) iManage
10 11 (1.73%) Veeam
11 9 (1.41%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.41%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.26%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.10%) Informatica
14 5 (0.78%) Intapp
14 5 (0.78%) Remedy
14 5 (0.78%) Sybase
14 5 (0.78%) Synology
168 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs