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

 6 months to
9 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 69 55
Rank change year-on-year -42 -14 -23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 576 784 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 4.67% 4.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.60% 29.86% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 469 454 641
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,156 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 3,097 2,626 4,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.50% 15.64% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,382 1,799 2,981
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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 9 October 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 (7.29%) IIS
2 37 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.39%) Confluence
5 7 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.87%) nginx
7 4 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Documentum
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Finacle
5 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 317 (55.03%) Azure
2 99 (17.19%) AWS
3 96 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 91 (15.80%) Azure DevOps
5 59 (10.24%) SaaS
6 57 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (6.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 32 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 29 (5.03%) Snowflake
10 28 (4.86%) Serverless
11 27 (4.69%) Entra ID
12 26 (4.51%) Power Automate
12 26 (4.51%) PowerApps
13 25 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (4.34%) GCP
14 22 (3.82%) GitHub
15 19 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (2.78%) PaaS
17 15 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
18 14 (2.43%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.08%) Firewall
2 34 (5.90%) DNS
3 30 (5.21%) VPN
4 28 (4.86%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.47%) DHCP
6 10 (1.74%) VLAN
7 9 (1.56%) WAN
8 8 (1.39%) HTTP
8 8 (1.39%) VoIP
9 7 (1.22%) LAN
10 5 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.69%) Network Security
12 3 (0.52%) FTP
12 3 (0.52%) Wireless
13 2 (0.35%) Broadband
14 1 (0.17%) ATM
14 1 (0.17%) RTP
14 1 (0.17%) SAN
14 1 (0.17%) SS7
14 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (12.33%) Power BI
2 57 (9.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 53 (9.20%) Relational Database
4 52 (9.03%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (8.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (6.08%) Redis
7 34 (5.90%) MySQL
8 32 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 31 (5.38%) MongoDB
10 21 (3.65%) Data Lake
11 20 (3.47%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.43%) Metadata
13 12 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (2.08%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.91%) Tableau
15 10 (1.74%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.56%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
17 8 (1.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 69 (11.98%) Git
2 27 (4.69%) JIRA
3 10 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.04%) NUnit
5 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) MSTest
10 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Storybook
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 101 (17.53%) Finance
3 70 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.64%) Law
5 36 (6.25%) Legal
6 33 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.34%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.78%) Retail
9 12 (2.08%) Banking
10 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.74%) Front Office
12 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.22%) Marketing
13 7 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.87%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.87%) Publishing
16 3 (0.52%) Advertising
16 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.52%) Billing
Job Titles
1 210 (36.46%) Developer
2 101 (17.53%) Senior
3 65 (11.28%) Software Developer
4 61 (10.59%) Software Engineer
5 60 (10.42%) Data Engineer
6 58 (10.07%) .NET Developer
7 56 (9.72%) Lead
8 50 (8.68%) Graduate
9 43 (7.47%) Azure Engineer
10 41 (7.12%) SQL Developer
11 39 (6.77%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (6.08%) Lead Developer
13 33 (5.73%) Analyst
14 30 (5.21%) Senior Developer
15 29 (5.03%) Support Engineer
16 25 (4.34%) C# Developer
16 25 (4.34%) Support Analyst
17 24 (4.17%) Architect
18 22 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 21 (3.65%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (38.19%) .NET
2 66 (11.46%) ASP.NET
3 63 (10.94%) .NET Framework
4 60 (10.42%) REST
5 59 (10.24%) CSS
6 58 (10.07%) .NET Core
7 53 (9.20%) React
8 50 (8.68%) HTML
9 46 (7.99%) Entity Framework
10 41 (7.12%) AngularJS
11 39 (6.77%) Node.js
12 33 (5.73%) XML
13 31 (5.38%) Blazor
14 27 (4.69%) Vue
15 24 (4.17%) jQuery
16 23 (3.99%) RESTful
16 23 (3.99%) Terraform
17 22 (3.82%) Web Services
18 21 (3.65%) Middleware
19 20 (3.47%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
2 32 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (4.51%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.78%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.26%) Replication
9 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.91%) Clustering
10 11 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.91%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.22%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.04%) Equities
13 6 (1.04%) Online Gambling
13 6 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.84%) Windows
2 68 (11.81%) Windows Server
3 37 (6.42%) Linux
4 8 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) AIX
7 2 (0.35%) Android
7 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (28.82%) DevOps
2 144 (25.00%) Agile
3 141 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (21.88%) CI/CD
5 120 (20.83%) Software Engineering
6 111 (19.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 94 (16.32%) Full-Stack Development
8 81 (14.06%) AI
8 81 (14.06%) Computer Science
9 80 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
10 77 (13.37%) Mentoring
11 73 (12.67%) Clean Code
12 69 (11.98%) Analytics
13 62 (10.76%) Microservices
14 61 (10.59%) ETL
15 51 (8.85%) Performance Tuning
16 48 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
16 48 (8.33%) MVC
17 47 (8.16%) Migration
17 47 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 300 (52.08%) SQL
2 254 (44.10%) C#
3 102 (17.71%) JavaScript
4 86 (14.93%) Python
5 57 (9.90%) PowerShell
6 54 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 49 (8.51%) T-SQL
8 47 (8.16%) PHP
9 38 (6.60%) Java
10 16 (2.78%) C++
11 12 (2.08%) Go
12 11 (1.91%) Bicep
13 8 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.22%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.04%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) VBA
16 5 (0.87%) Bash
16 5 (0.87%) Tcl
16 5 (0.87%) VBScript
17 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (18.58%) Degree
2 59 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.34%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.47%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.04%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.35%) HNC
8 2 (0.35%) HND
9 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.17%) MCT
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.08%) QA
3 19 (3.30%) GDPR
4 15 (2.60%) SLA
5 11 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.52%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (9.20%) Docker
2 47 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.34%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.91%) Ansible
4 7 (1.22%) Grafana
5 6 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.87%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.35%) SCOM
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) Control-M
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 283 (49.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.29%) Oracle
3 41 (7.12%) Databricks
4 25 (4.34%) VMware
5 14 (2.43%) Google
5 14 (2.43%) Informatica
6 13 (2.26%) Citrix
6 13 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.91%) IBM
7 11 (1.91%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.91%) Veeam
8 10 (1.74%) Talend
9 9 (1.56%) iManage
9 9 (1.56%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.22%) Intapp
12 6 (1.04%) Cisco
12 6 (1.04%) RedGate
13 5 (0.87%) Remedy
13 5 (0.87%) Sybase
464 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs