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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -39 -28 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 522 896 2,664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 5.98% 7.98%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.59% 27.02% 35.95%
Number of salaries quoted 464 547 2,400
10th Percentile £25,600 £31,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -1.05%
75th Percentile £80,494 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 2,535 3,316 7,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.20% 22.14% 22.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,941 2,212 6,252
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £101,250
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 1 June 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 28 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 22 (4.21%) IIS
4 14 (2.68%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.57%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.11%) Magento
4 9 (1.72%) Shopify
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 334 (63.98%) Azure
2 84 (16.09%) AWS
3 75 (14.37%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.49%) Snowflake
5 56 (10.73%) Azure Machine Learning
5 56 (10.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 55 (10.54%) Azure AI
7 54 (10.34%) SaaS
8 50 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (5.56%) Serverless
11 25 (4.79%) GitHub
12 23 (4.41%) Entra ID
13 22 (4.21%) PaaS
14 21 (4.02%) Power Automate
15 20 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (3.26%) PowerApps
17 14 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
18 12 (2.30%) Azure Functions
18 12 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.17%) Firewall
2 15 (2.87%) VPN
3 9 (1.72%) VLAN
4 8 (1.53%) DNS
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
5 7 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.34%) VoIP
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.96%) STUN
8 4 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.57%) AMQP
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.38%) Network Security
10 2 (0.38%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (11.88%) Power BI
2 40 (7.66%) MySQL
3 39 (7.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (7.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 37 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (5.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (4.98%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.87%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.68%) MongoDB
10 12 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.30%) Redis
11 11 (2.11%) DB2
12 10 (1.92%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.96%) Metadata
14 5 (0.96%) Tableau
15 4 (0.77%) Power Query
16 3 (0.57%) QGIS
16 3 (0.57%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 30 (5.75%) JIRA
2 22 (4.21%) Git
3 11 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.53%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.96%) NUnit
5 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.57%) MSTest
8 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.38%) Maven
8 2 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) GitLab
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.19%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 160 (30.65%) Finance
2 129 (24.71%) Social Skills
3 62 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.60%) Banking
5 21 (4.02%) Law
6 18 (3.45%) Legal
7 17 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.49%) Retail
9 10 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.72%) Back Office
11 8 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.77%) Front Office
12 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.77%) Publishing
13 3 (0.57%) Automotive
13 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Marketing
13 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 168 (32.18%) Developer
2 100 (19.16%) Senior
3 69 (13.22%) Software Developer
4 52 (9.96%) Analyst
5 51 (9.77%) SQL Developer
6 46 (8.81%) C# Developer
6 46 (8.81%) Graduate
7 43 (8.24%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.24%) Graduate Software Developer
8 40 (7.66%) Software Engineer
9 37 (7.09%) C# Software Developer
9 37 (7.09%) Data Engineer
9 37 (7.09%) Data Manager
10 36 (6.90%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (6.70%) Applications Support
12 33 (6.32%) Finance Manager
12 33 (6.32%) Graduate C# Developer
12 33 (6.32%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 33 (6.32%) Support Analyst
13 31 (5.94%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (31.99%) .NET
2 73 (13.98%) CSS
3 49 (9.39%) HTML
4 47 (9.00%) React
5 38 (7.28%) .NET Core
5 38 (7.28%) jQuery
6 34 (6.51%) AngularJS
7 32 (6.13%) REST
8 30 (5.75%) ASP.NET
9 27 (5.17%) .NET Framework
10 24 (4.60%) Entity Framework
11 22 (4.21%) Node.js
12 21 (4.02%) RESTful
13 17 (3.26%) Vue
13 17 (3.26%) XML
14 16 (3.07%) JSON
15 14 (2.68%) SOAP
16 13 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (2.49%) Kafka
17 12 (2.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.02%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.87%) Data Structures
2 15 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.87%) Virtual Team
3 14 (2.68%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.11%) Low-Code
4 11 (2.11%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.11%) Replication
5 10 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.53%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.15%) Clustering
8 6 (1.15%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.96%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.77%) CMDB
11 3 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.18%) Windows
2 48 (9.20%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.70%) Linux
4 8 (1.53%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.96%) Debian
6 5 (0.96%) VMS
7 3 (0.57%) CentOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (32.18%) Agile
2 102 (19.54%) DevOps
3 96 (18.39%) Data Engineering
4 91 (17.43%) AI
4 91 (17.43%) Roadmaps
5 79 (15.13%) Business Intelligence
5 79 (15.13%) CI/CD
5 79 (15.13%) Data Architecture
5 79 (15.13%) Full-Stack Development
5 79 (15.13%) Migration
6 77 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (13.79%) Computer Science
8 69 (13.22%) Software Engineering
9 68 (13.03%) Mentoring
10 67 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (12.84%) Regulatory Compliance
11 66 (12.64%) Machine Learning
12 65 (12.45%) Line Management
13 64 (12.26%) Analytics
14 62 (11.88%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 321 (61.49%) SQL
2 175 (33.52%) C#
3 91 (17.43%) Python
4 60 (11.49%) JavaScript
5 57 (10.92%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.77%) PHP
6 51 (9.77%) PowerShell
7 46 (8.81%) Java
8 39 (7.47%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.17%) C++
10 16 (3.07%) R
11 14 (2.68%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.49%) Bash
13 11 (2.11%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.15%) VBA
15 6 (1.15%) VBScript
16 5 (0.96%) Bicep
17 4 (0.77%) VB
18 3 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (18.97%) Degree
2 62 (11.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.26%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.68%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.53%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.96%) HNC
7 5 (0.96%) HND
7 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.96%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.38%) CCNA
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.38%) MCSA
10 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.45%) SLA
4 17 (3.26%) GDPR
4 17 (3.26%) QA
5 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 63 (12.07%) Virtual Machines
2 55 (10.54%) Active Directory
3 40 (7.66%) Docker
4 7 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.96%) vSphere
6 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.98%) Terraform
3 7 (1.34%) Ansible
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.57%) Grafana
7 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.38%) MIIS
7 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) CASB
8 1 (0.19%) Consul
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.19%) Packer
8 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 257 (49.23%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.18%) Databricks
3 48 (9.20%) Oracle
4 21 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.07%) Cisco
6 14 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.30%) Citrix
7 12 (2.30%) VMware
8 11 (2.11%) Veeam
9 9 (1.72%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.72%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.34%) iManage
11 5 (0.96%) IBM
11 5 (0.96%) Meraki
11 5 (0.96%) Synology
12 4 (0.77%) Dell
12 4 (0.77%) JDA
12 4 (0.77%) OneLogin
12 4 (0.77%) OpenAI