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

 6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 59 59
Rank change year-on-year -36 0 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 647 831 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 5.11% 4.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.74% 30.37% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 551 495 709
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,900 £38,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 3,120 2,736 4,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.05% 16.81% 20.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 1,912 3,331
10th Percentile £36,878 £35,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -5.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £113,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 14 September 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 44 (6.80%) IIS
2 36 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.70%) Confluence
5 6 (0.93%) nginx
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.62%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.46%) Apache
9 2 (0.31%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Documentum
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.77%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.31%) Magento
4 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Finacle
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 388 (59.97%) Azure
2 106 (16.38%) AWS
3 89 (13.76%) Power Platform
4 86 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (12.21%) Snowflake
6 63 (9.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 61 (9.43%) Azure AI
8 56 (8.66%) Azure Machine Learning
9 52 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (7.57%) SaaS
11 37 (5.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 29 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (4.17%) Power Automate
13 27 (4.17%) PowerApps
14 25 (3.86%) Serverless
15 23 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (3.55%) GCP
16 22 (3.40%) Entra ID
17 17 (2.63%) GitHub
18 16 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.49%) Firewall
2 30 (4.64%) DNS
2 30 (4.64%) TCP/IP
3 26 (4.02%) VPN
4 22 (3.40%) DHCP
5 10 (1.55%) VLAN
6 9 (1.39%) WAN
7 8 (1.24%) HTTP
7 8 (1.24%) LAN
7 8 (1.24%) VoIP
8 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.77%) Network Security
10 3 (0.46%) FTP
10 3 (0.46%) Wireless
11 2 (0.31%) Broadband
11 2 (0.31%) SAN
12 1 (0.15%) Intranet
12 1 (0.15%) RTP
12 1 (0.15%) SS7
12 1 (0.15%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (10.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 64 (9.89%) Power BI
3 52 (8.04%) Relational Database
4 51 (7.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 48 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
6 47 (7.26%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (5.56%) MySQL
8 32 (4.95%) Redis
9 31 (4.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (4.17%) MongoDB
11 20 (3.09%) Data Lake
12 19 (2.94%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.70%) Metadata
14 11 (1.70%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.39%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.39%) Star Schema
15 9 (1.39%) Tableau
16 7 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 56 (8.66%) Git
2 21 (3.25%) JIRA
3 10 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.08%) NUnit
6 6 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.31%) MSTest
10 2 (0.31%) Selenium
11 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.15%) JMeter
11 1 (0.15%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
11 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 178 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 170 (26.28%) Finance
3 71 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.80%) Law
5 36 (5.56%) Legal
6 34 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.02%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.40%) Banking
9 14 (2.16%) Retail
10 10 (1.55%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.39%) Front Office
12 7 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.93%) Legal Technology
13 6 (0.93%) Marketing
14 5 (0.77%) Billing
14 5 (0.77%) Publishing
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 227 (35.09%) Developer
2 95 (14.68%) Senior
3 81 (12.52%) Software Developer
4 65 (10.05%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.74%) Graduate
6 58 (8.96%) .NET Developer
7 57 (8.81%) SQL Developer
8 55 (8.50%) Lead
9 54 (8.35%) Software Engineer
10 43 (6.65%) Azure Engineer
11 41 (6.34%) C# Developer
12 40 (6.18%) Analyst
12 40 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
13 36 (5.56%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.56%) Graduate Developer
13 36 (5.56%) Graduate Software Developer
13 36 (5.56%) Lead Developer
14 35 (5.41%) Architect
15 34 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
16 33 (5.10%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (32.92%) .NET
2 73 (11.28%) CSS
3 61 (9.43%) .NET Framework
4 60 (9.27%) ASP.NET
5 54 (8.35%) .NET Core
5 54 (8.35%) REST
6 52 (8.04%) HTML
7 51 (7.88%) React
8 44 (6.80%) Entity Framework
9 41 (6.34%) AngularJS
10 39 (6.03%) Node.js
11 36 (5.56%) jQuery
12 32 (4.95%) XML
13 29 (4.48%) Blazor
14 28 (4.33%) Vue
15 27 (4.17%) Terraform
16 20 (3.09%) Web Services
17 18 (2.78%) JSON
17 18 (2.78%) Middleware
18 17 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.87%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.33%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 21 (3.25%) Virtual Team
6 18 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.47%) Replication
8 13 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.85%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.55%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.39%) Clustering
11 9 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.08%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.93%) Online Gambling
14 5 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 101 (15.61%) Windows
2 69 (10.66%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.34%) Linux
4 9 (1.39%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.31%) AIX
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
7 1 (0.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (31.07%) Agile
2 156 (24.11%) DevOps
3 131 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (19.01%) AI
5 118 (18.24%) CI/CD
6 115 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 107 (16.54%) Software Engineering
8 102 (15.77%) Migration
9 101 (15.61%) Data Architecture
9 101 (15.61%) Roadmaps
10 96 (14.84%) Data Engineering
11 91 (14.06%) Computer Science
11 91 (14.06%) Full-Stack Development
12 84 (12.98%) Mentoring
13 79 (12.21%) Clean Code
14 78 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (11.13%) Data Governance
16 66 (10.20%) ETL
17 64 (9.89%) Microservices
17 64 (9.89%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 368 (56.88%) SQL
2 257 (39.72%) C#
3 97 (14.99%) JavaScript
4 88 (13.60%) Python
5 59 (9.12%) PHP
6 55 (8.50%) PowerShell
7 54 (8.35%) TypeScript
8 51 (7.88%) Java
9 50 (7.73%) T-SQL
10 28 (4.33%) C++
11 11 (1.70%) Go
12 10 (1.55%) Bicep
13 9 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.24%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.08%) VBA
16 6 (0.93%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.93%) VBScript
17 5 (0.77%) Bash
17 5 (0.77%) Rust
17 5 (0.77%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 121 (18.70%) Degree
2 72 (11.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.70%) Azure Certification
5 11 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.77%) HNC
8 5 (0.77%) HND
8 5 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.31%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.15%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.66%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.41%) QA
3 21 (3.25%) GDPR
4 20 (3.09%) SLA
5 10 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.97%) Virtual Machines
2 55 (8.50%) Docker
3 52 (8.04%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.78%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.77%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.70%) Ansible
4 7 (1.08%) Grafana
4 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.77%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.31%) SCCM
8 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Consul
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.15%) MIIS
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 347 (53.63%) Microsoft
2 91 (14.06%) Databricks
3 47 (7.26%) Oracle
4 21 (3.25%) VMware
5 15 (2.32%) Veeam
6 14 (2.16%) Google
7 13 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.85%) Informatica
9 11 (1.70%) IBM
9 11 (1.70%) iManage
9 11 (1.70%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.55%) Citrix
10 10 (1.55%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.39%) Cisco
11 9 (1.39%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.24%) Talend
13 6 (0.93%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.77%) Meraki
14 5 (0.77%) Remedy
14 5 (0.77%) Sybase
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