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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 54 47
Rank change year-on-year -36 -7 -12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 675 896 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 5.45% 4.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.48% 28.83% 23.64%
Number of salaries quoted 587 554 957
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.77% +2.73% -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 3,142 3,108 5,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.85% 18.90% 20.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,529 2,078 3,922
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,138
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.99%

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 11 August 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 (6.52%) IIS
2 32 (4.74%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.78%) Confluence
5 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.89%) nginx
7 3 (0.44%) Apache
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.30%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.74%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.44%) Magento
3 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 408 (60.44%) Azure
2 120 (17.78%) AWS
3 84 (12.44%) Power Platform
4 80 (11.85%) Snowflake
5 78 (11.56%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (8.89%) Azure AI
7 58 (8.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.30%) Azure Machine Learning
9 54 (8.00%) SaaS
10 51 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (4.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 28 (4.15%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (3.70%) Power Automate
12 25 (3.70%) PowerApps
13 23 (3.41%) GCP
13 23 (3.41%) Serverless
14 22 (3.26%) GitHub
15 20 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (2.96%) Entra ID
16 18 (2.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.78%) Firewall
2 27 (4.00%) VPN
3 26 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 25 (3.70%) DNS
5 17 (2.52%) DHCP
6 8 (1.19%) HTTP
6 8 (1.19%) LAN
6 8 (1.19%) WAN
7 6 (0.89%) VLAN
8 5 (0.74%) Network Security
8 5 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.59%) VoIP
10 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.44%) SAN
10 3 (0.44%) Wireless
11 2 (0.30%) Broadband
11 2 (0.30%) DMZ
11 2 (0.30%) FTP
11 2 (0.30%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 59 (8.74%) Power BI
2 59 (8.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 49 (7.26%) Relational Database
4 48 (7.11%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (6.96%) MySQL
6 38 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 34 (5.04%) Redis
8 21 (3.11%) Data Lake
9 18 (2.67%) MongoDB
10 16 (2.37%) Oracle Database
11 15 (2.22%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.93%) Db2
13 11 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.33%) Tableau
15 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.59%) BigQuery
16 4 (0.59%) IBM InfoSphere
16 4 (0.59%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 48 (7.11%) Git
2 27 (4.00%) JIRA
3 10 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.33%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.19%) NUnit
5 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.19%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.44%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.44%) Selenium
9 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.30%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.30%) MSTest
9 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) GitLab
10 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 177 (26.22%) Finance
2 176 (26.07%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (5.78%) Law
5 32 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (4.74%) Legal
6 26 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.56%) Banking
8 13 (1.93%) Retail
9 11 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.19%) Front Office
11 8 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.74%) Billing
13 5 (0.74%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 3 (0.44%) Advertising
15 3 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 237 (35.11%) Developer
2 94 (13.93%) Senior
3 91 (13.48%) Software Developer
4 68 (10.07%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.93%) SQL Developer
6 66 (9.78%) Graduate
7 60 (8.89%) .NET Developer
8 58 (8.59%) Lead
9 55 (8.15%) Software Engineer
10 52 (7.70%) C# Developer
11 50 (7.41%) Analyst
12 47 (6.96%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (6.37%) Graduate Developer
13 43 (6.37%) Graduate Software Developer
14 39 (5.78%) C# Software Developer
15 37 (5.48%) Lead Developer
16 36 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
16 36 (5.33%) Data Manager
16 36 (5.33%) Support Analyst
17 35 (5.19%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (33.63%) .NET
2 88 (13.04%) CSS
3 64 (9.48%) .NET Framework
4 60 (8.89%) HTML
5 59 (8.74%) .NET Core
6 58 (8.59%) ASP.NET
7 57 (8.44%) React
8 53 (7.85%) REST
9 49 (7.26%) Entity Framework
10 48 (7.11%) AngularJS
11 45 (6.67%) jQuery
12 40 (5.93%) Node.js
13 32 (4.74%) Vue
14 27 (4.00%) XML
15 21 (3.11%) Blazor
16 19 (2.81%) ASP.NET MVC
17 18 (2.67%) Web Services
18 17 (2.52%) JSON
18 17 (2.52%) RESTful
19 16 (2.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.15%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.11%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.96%) Replication
6 19 (2.81%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.22%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.63%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.63%) Clustering
10 11 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.89%) Online Gambling
14 5 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.81%) Windows
2 67 (9.93%) Windows Server
3 43 (6.37%) Linux
4 10 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) CentOS
7 2 (0.30%) Debian
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (30.37%) Agile
2 146 (21.63%) DevOps
3 127 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (18.07%) AI
5 119 (17.63%) CI/CD
6 109 (16.15%) Software Engineering
7 108 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 107 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 105 (15.56%) Roadmaps
10 103 (15.26%) Data Engineering
11 100 (14.81%) Data Architecture
11 100 (14.81%) Migration
12 93 (13.78%) Computer Science
13 85 (12.59%) Mentoring
14 74 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
14 74 (10.96%) Clean Code
15 73 (10.81%) MVC
16 72 (10.67%) Data Governance
17 71 (10.52%) Microservices
18 68 (10.07%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 388 (57.48%) SQL
2 268 (39.70%) C#
3 106 (15.70%) JavaScript
4 82 (12.15%) Python
5 66 (9.78%) PHP
6 64 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 62 (9.19%) PowerShell
8 55 (8.15%) Java
9 53 (7.85%) T-SQL
10 34 (5.04%) C++
11 13 (1.93%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.78%) VB.NET
13 10 (1.48%) Bash
14 8 (1.19%) Bicep
14 8 (1.19%) Go
15 7 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.04%) VBA
16 6 (0.89%) VBScript
17 5 (0.74%) R
17 5 (0.74%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 124 (18.37%) Degree
2 77 (11.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (3.26%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.07%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.93%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.74%) HNC
8 5 (0.74%) HND
8 5 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) CCNA
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.33%) QA
3 25 (3.70%) SLA
4 22 (3.26%) GDPR
5 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (10.52%) Virtual Machines
2 58 (8.59%) Docker
3 54 (8.00%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.07%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.74%) vSphere
6 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (4.59%) Terraform
2 30 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.33%) Ansible
5 7 (1.04%) Grafana
5 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.74%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 349 (51.70%) Microsoft
2 91 (13.48%) Databricks
3 49 (7.26%) Oracle
4 22 (3.26%) VMware
5 18 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.07%) Google
8 13 (1.93%) Cisco
9 12 (1.78%) Citrix
10 11 (1.63%) IBM
10 11 (1.63%) iManage
10 11 (1.63%) Veeam
11 9 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.33%) TIBCO
12 7 (1.04%) Informatica
12 7 (1.04%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.74%) Intapp
13 5 (0.74%) Remedy
13 5 (0.74%) Sybase
13 5 (0.74%) Synology