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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 58 22
Rank change year-on-year -23 -36 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 520 652 2,732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.12% 5.08% 8.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.16% 19.04% 38.15%
Number of salaries quoted 446 564 2,491
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,188 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,825 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.50% - -2.65%

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 2,245 3,424 7,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.45% 26.69% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 2,421 6,126
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £91,202 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,175 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.03% +9.87% -8.00%

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 31 March 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 18 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.31%) IIS
4 10 (1.92%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.77%) Apache
7 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.58%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.58%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
8 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (1.92%) Magento
4 9 (1.73%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 328 (63.08%) Azure
2 103 (19.81%) AWS
3 85 (16.35%) Power Platform
3 85 (16.35%) SaaS
4 62 (11.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 55 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (8.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 41 (7.88%) GitHub
8 40 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (7.31%) Snowflake
10 37 (7.12%) Azure AI
11 34 (6.54%) Azure Machine Learning
12 33 (6.35%) Serverless
13 30 (5.77%) Entra ID
14 23 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (3.65%) PaaS
17 14 (2.69%) Power Automate
17 14 (2.69%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.58%) Firewall
2 14 (2.69%) VPN
3 11 (2.12%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.73%) DNS
5 7 (1.35%) DMZ
5 7 (1.35%) VLAN
6 5 (0.96%) DHCP
6 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.96%) STUN
6 5 (0.96%) VoIP
7 3 (0.58%) AMQP
7 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.58%) SSL
7 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) Network Security
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.38%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.19%) Power BI
2 66 (12.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 52 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (8.85%) MySQL
4 46 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (8.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (3.85%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.46%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (3.08%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.50%) DB2
11 11 (2.12%) Redis
12 8 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.54%) Tableau
13 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
14 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 10g
15 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 43 (8.27%) Git
2 23 (4.42%) JIRA
3 11 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.92%) Selenium
5 9 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.54%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.54%) GitLab
6 8 (1.54%) JUnit
7 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.77%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.58%) Maven
9 3 (0.58%) NUnit
9 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.19%) JMeter
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) MSTest
11 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 172 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 154 (29.62%) Finance
3 92 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.38%) Banking
5 19 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.27%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.50%) Billing
8 13 (2.50%) Law
9 11 (2.12%) Retail
10 10 (1.92%) Back Office
10 10 (1.92%) Legal
11 9 (1.73%) Marketing
12 7 (1.35%) Front Office
13 6 (1.15%) Automotive
14 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.58%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 151 (29.04%) Developer
2 110 (21.15%) Senior
3 64 (12.31%) Analyst
4 51 (9.81%) Software Developer
5 44 (8.46%) C# Developer
6 43 (8.27%) Support Engineer
7 42 (8.08%) SQL Developer
8 41 (7.88%) .NET Developer
9 39 (7.50%) Software Engineer
10 36 (6.92%) Applications Support
11 35 (6.73%) Lead
12 34 (6.54%) Azure Developer
12 34 (6.54%) Senior Developer
13 31 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 30 (5.77%) C# Software Developer
15 29 (5.58%) DBA
15 29 (5.58%) Graduate
15 29 (5.58%) Graduate Developer
15 29 (5.58%) Graduate Software Developer
16 28 (5.38%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (37.12%) .NET
2 68 (13.08%) CSS
3 54 (10.38%) .NET Core
4 50 (9.62%) React
5 41 (7.88%) HTML
6 39 (7.50%) .NET Framework
7 36 (6.92%) jQuery
8 34 (6.54%) REST
9 33 (6.35%) Entity Framework
10 29 (5.58%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.38%) AngularJS
12 26 (5.00%) RESTful
13 19 (3.65%) JSON
13 19 (3.65%) XML
14 18 (3.46%) Django
15 17 (3.27%) ASP.NET Web API
16 16 (3.08%) Razor View Engine
16 16 (3.08%) SOAP
17 15 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web Forms
18 13 (2.50%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.38%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.62%) Legacy Applications
4 23 (4.42%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.69%) Replication
8 13 (2.50%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.92%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.54%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.54%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.54%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.35%) NHS
12 7 (1.35%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.96%) Clustering
14 4 (0.77%) N-Tier
15 3 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 75 (14.42%) Windows
2 42 (8.08%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.19%) Linux
4 10 (1.92%) VMS
5 5 (0.96%) Debian
5 5 (0.96%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.58%) CentOS
6 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.58%) Unix
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.35%) Agile
2 115 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (21.54%) DevOps
4 110 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (19.42%) CI/CD
6 93 (17.88%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (17.50%) Software Engineering
8 81 (15.58%) Analytics
9 80 (15.38%) Mentoring
10 70 (13.46%) Data Engineering
11 69 (13.27%) AI
12 63 (12.12%) Roadmaps
13 62 (11.92%) Full-Stack Development
13 62 (11.92%) Migration
14 61 (11.73%) Computer Science
14 61 (11.73%) Decision-Making
15 59 (11.35%) MVC
16 57 (10.96%) Microservices
17 50 (9.62%) Data Architecture
18 48 (9.23%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 305 (58.65%) SQL
2 161 (30.96%) C#
3 93 (17.88%) Python
4 54 (10.38%) JavaScript
4 54 (10.38%) T-SQL
5 45 (8.65%) Java
5 45 (8.65%) PowerShell
6 34 (6.54%) PHP
6 34 (6.54%) TypeScript
7 27 (5.19%) C++
7 27 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (3.08%) R
9 13 (2.50%) Bicep
9 13 (2.50%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.31%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.73%) Bash
11 9 (1.73%) Delphi
12 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.38%) C
12 2 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 100 (19.23%) Degree
2 50 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.88%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.92%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
12 2 (0.38%) HND
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 2 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.23%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.81%) QA
3 19 (3.65%) SLA
4 15 (2.88%) GDPR
5 13 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 46 (8.85%) Docker
2 41 (7.88%) Active Directory
3 38 (7.31%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.77%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.58%) Terraform
3 10 (1.92%) Grafana
4 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.96%) Ansible
5 5 (0.96%) SCCM
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) MIIS
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 206 (39.62%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.58%) Oracle
3 51 (9.81%) Databricks
4 18 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.31%) Cisco
5 12 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.31%) VMware
6 11 (2.12%) Google
7 9 (1.73%) Citrix
7 9 (1.73%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.73%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.73%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.54%) New Relic
9 7 (1.35%) Sage
10 5 (0.96%) IBM
10 5 (0.96%) Informatica
10 5 (0.96%) Veeam
11 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.77%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.77%) Xamarin