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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 53 31
Rank change year-on-year -29 -22 +8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 568 932 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.58% 4.69% 7.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 24.19% 20.54% 29.97%
Number of salaries quoted 442 596 1,437
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,438 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,348 4,538 5,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.81% 22.86% 25.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,766 2,733 4,379
10th Percentile £35,375 £39,650 £39,294
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £81,438 £95,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%

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 6 November 2025.

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 45 (7.92%) IIS
2 19 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.82%) Confluence
3 16 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.94%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.23%) CMS
6 6 (1.06%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.06%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (0.88%) Moodle
8 4 (0.70%) nginx
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.35%) Apache
9 2 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.35%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 41 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.82%) Unit4 Business World
3 15 (2.64%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite
4 6 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.88%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.70%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.70%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.35%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
9 1 (0.18%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 328 (57.75%) Azure
2 119 (20.95%) AWS
3 104 (18.31%) Power Platform
4 74 (13.03%) Azure DevOps
5 70 (12.32%) SaaS
6 67 (11.80%) GitHub
7 53 (9.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 32 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (5.63%) Serverless
9 31 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (4.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (3.70%) Power Automate
12 20 (3.52%) Entra ID
12 20 (3.52%) GCP
12 20 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.82%) PowerApps
14 13 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (2.29%) PaaS
15 11 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.94%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.99%) Firewall
2 11 (1.94%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.76%) SSL
4 9 (1.58%) DNS
4 9 (1.58%) VPN
5 5 (0.88%) DHCP
5 5 (0.88%) DMZ
5 5 (0.88%) STUN
5 5 (0.88%) VLAN
5 5 (0.88%) VoIP
6 4 (0.70%) DMARC
6 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.53%) Internet
8 2 (0.35%) Broadband
8 2 (0.35%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) SAN
8 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.35%) WAN
9 1 (0.18%) IPv6
9 1 (0.18%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (17.08%) Power BI
2 92 (16.20%) MySQL
3 67 (11.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 53 (9.33%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (9.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 49 (8.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 42 (7.39%) MongoDB
8 40 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (6.16%) Relational Database
10 20 (3.52%) NoSQL
11 16 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (2.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 13 (2.29%) Tableau
14 12 (2.11%) Data Hub
14 12 (2.11%) SQL CLR
15 10 (1.76%) DB2
15 10 (1.76%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
17 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 94 (16.55%) Git
2 57 (10.04%) JIRA
3 46 (8.10%) GitLab
4 43 (7.57%) Selenium
5 42 (7.39%) Cucumber
6 41 (7.22%) Bitbucket
7 40 (7.04%) SonarQube
8 37 (6.51%) Maven
9 36 (6.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 11 (1.94%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.76%) Jenkins
13 8 (1.41%) NUnit
13 8 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (1.06%) Jasmine
14 6 (1.06%) JUnit
15 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio
16 4 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.70%) Toad
General
1 230 (40.49%) Social Skills
2 190 (33.45%) Finance
3 79 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.62%) Retail
5 57 (10.04%) Banking
6 53 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (6.51%) Investment Banking
8 36 (6.34%) Corporate Banking
9 30 (5.28%) Back Office
10 25 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (4.40%) Law
11 24 (4.23%) Front Office
11 24 (4.23%) Public Sector
12 23 (4.05%) Manufacturing
13 19 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (2.99%) Marketing
15 16 (2.82%) Games
16 15 (2.64%) Billing
17 11 (1.94%) Legal
18 7 (1.23%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 238 (41.90%) Developer
2 88 (15.49%) Senior
3 70 (12.32%) Analyst
4 63 (11.09%) .NET Developer
5 56 (9.86%) Software Engineer
6 49 (8.63%) Senior Developer
7 48 (8.45%) Graduate
8 43 (7.57%) Graduate Developer
9 42 (7.39%) C# Developer
9 42 (7.39%) IT Graduate
10 38 (6.69%) Software Developer
10 38 (6.69%) SQL Developer
11 37 (6.51%) Lead
12 36 (6.34%) Support Engineer
13 33 (5.81%) Applications Support
13 33 (5.81%) DBA
14 31 (5.46%) Full-Stack Developer
15 24 (4.23%) Azure Developer
16 23 (4.05%) Administrator
16 23 (4.05%) SaaS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (41.55%) .NET
2 130 (22.89%) CSS
3 88 (15.49%) React
4 87 (15.32%) HTML
5 79 (13.91%) REST
6 75 (13.20%) ASP.NET
7 69 (12.15%) RESTful
8 65 (11.44%) .NET Framework
9 64 (11.27%) .NET Core
10 51 (8.98%) jQuery
11 49 (8.63%) Entity Framework
11 49 (8.63%) HTML5
12 48 (8.45%) AngularJS
13 47 (8.27%) CSS3
13 47 (8.27%) Spring
13 47 (8.27%) Spring Boot
14 46 (8.10%) Kafka
15 42 (7.39%) Jest
16 41 (7.22%) Web Services
17 38 (6.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.04%) Enterprise Software
2 43 (7.57%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (7.22%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (4.23%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.99%) NHS
8 15 (2.64%) Virtual Team
9 12 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.11%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.58%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.58%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.58%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.41%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.06%) BYOD
13 6 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.91%) Windows
2 44 (7.75%) Windows Server
3 38 (6.69%) Linux
4 17 (2.99%) Unix
5 7 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.88%) Debian
6 5 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.53%) Android
7 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.35%) Solaris
8 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (41.02%) Agile
2 194 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (30.28%) DevOps
4 145 (25.53%) CI/CD
5 123 (21.65%) Business Intelligence
6 113 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 113 (19.89%) Mentoring
7 112 (19.72%) Microservices
8 109 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 108 (19.01%) Software Engineering
10 86 (15.14%) Computer Science
11 78 (13.73%) Test Automation
12 75 (13.20%) MVC
13 69 (12.15%) OOP
14 68 (11.97%) Containerisation
15 67 (11.80%) SDLC
16 66 (11.62%) Migration
17 65 (11.44%) Performance Optimisation
18 64 (11.27%) Analytics
18 64 (11.27%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 336 (59.15%) SQL
2 232 (40.85%) C#
3 141 (24.82%) JavaScript
4 110 (19.37%) Java
5 70 (12.32%) TypeScript
6 61 (10.74%) Python
7 53 (9.33%) PHP
8 51 (8.98%) T-SQL
9 46 (8.10%) C++
10 42 (7.39%) PowerShell
11 29 (5.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 19 (3.35%) VB.NET
13 14 (2.46%) C
14 10 (1.76%) Bicep
15 9 (1.58%) VBA
16 7 (1.23%) Shell Script
17 6 (1.06%) Delphi
17 6 (1.06%) VB
18 5 (0.88%) PL/SQL
19 3 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 144 (25.35%) Degree
2 82 (14.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.99%) Master's Degree
4 13 (2.29%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 10 (1.76%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.76%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) ACCA
12 2 (0.35%) CIMA
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (13.91%) QA
2 50 (8.80%) Accessibility
3 33 (5.81%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.99%) ISO 9001
6 15 (2.64%) GDPR
7 12 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.06%) SLA
9 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.18%) MiFID
10 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 85 (14.96%) Docker
2 27 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.88%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.53%) vSphere
6 3 (0.53%) XenApp
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 78 (13.73%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.40%) Terraform
3 13 (2.29%) Grafana
4 8 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.88%) SCCM
6 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.53%) Ansible
9 2 (0.35%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.18%) Kibana
10 1 (0.18%) logstash
10 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 208 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.27%) Oracle
3 36 (6.34%) Solace
4 31 (5.46%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.52%) VMware
6 15 (2.64%) DevExpress
7 14 (2.46%) Databricks
7 14 (2.46%) Google
8 10 (1.76%) Talend
9 9 (1.58%) Rollbar
9 9 (1.58%) Sage
9 9 (1.58%) Zoho
10 8 (1.41%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.23%) Informatica
11 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.06%) Alteryx
12 6 (1.06%) IBM
12 6 (1.06%) Infor
12 6 (1.06%) Trayport