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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 56 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 -25 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 795 1,008 1,736
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.74% 4.61% 7.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.19% 21.14% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 464 644 1,540
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £38,688
25th Percentile £39,906 £41,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 2,633 4,768 5,991
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.71% 21.79% 25.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,807 2,993 4,984
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £112,500 £138,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 October 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
1 172 (21.64%) Confluence
2 60 (7.55%) IIS
3 42 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (2.89%) SharePoint
5 15 (1.89%) Tomcat
6 8 (1.01%) Moodle
7 6 (0.75%) CMS
8 5 (0.63%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.63%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.50%) nginx
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.13%) Kentico
11 1 (0.13%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.38%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.38%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 17 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.01%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.88%) Infor CloudSuite
4 7 (0.88%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.63%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.50%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.50%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.25%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 539 (67.80%) Azure
2 328 (41.26%) AWS
3 172 (21.64%) GCP
4 104 (13.08%) Power Platform
5 78 (9.81%) SaaS
6 71 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (7.92%) GitHub
8 48 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (4.78%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (3.65%) Power Automate
12 27 (3.40%) Serverless
13 24 (3.02%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.01%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.76%) Cloudflare
17 13 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 12 (1.51%) PaaS
19 11 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
19 11 (1.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.77%) Firewall
2 16 (2.01%) DNS
3 15 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.76%) SSL
5 12 (1.51%) VPN
6 11 (1.38%) DHCP
7 9 (1.13%) DMARC
8 7 (0.88%) VLAN
8 7 (0.88%) VoIP
9 6 (0.75%) SAN
10 5 (0.63%) DMZ
10 5 (0.63%) STUN
10 5 (0.63%) WAN
11 4 (0.50%) LAN
12 3 (0.38%) Internet
13 2 (0.25%) Broadband
13 2 (0.25%) HTTP
13 2 (0.25%) Skype
13 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.57%) MySQL
2 91 (11.45%) Power BI
3 63 (7.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 56 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
5 54 (6.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 52 (6.54%) MongoDB
7 47 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (4.28%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.77%) Data Hub
10 27 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (3.27%) SQL CLR
12 22 (2.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 18 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (2.14%) Metadata
15 16 (2.01%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.76%) Tableau
17 11 (1.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 10 (1.26%) DB2
19 9 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
19 9 (1.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 271 (34.09%) JIRA
2 255 (32.08%) GitLab
3 252 (31.70%) Bitbucket
4 251 (31.57%) SonarQube
5 249 (31.32%) Selenium
6 248 (31.19%) Maven
7 247 (31.07%) Cucumber
7 247 (31.07%) Sonatype Nexus
8 90 (11.32%) Git
9 21 (2.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 13 (1.64%) TeamCity
11 12 (1.51%) Visual Studio
12 11 (1.38%) NUnit
13 8 (1.01%) Jasmine
13 8 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.88%) Jenkins
15 5 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.50%) Toad
17 3 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 398 (50.06%) Finance
2 262 (32.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 259 (32.58%) Banking
4 201 (25.28%) Social Skills
5 119 (14.97%) Retail
6 91 (11.45%) Investment Banking
7 90 (11.32%) Corporate Banking
8 58 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (5.91%) Back Office
10 32 (4.03%) Law
11 29 (3.65%) Manufacturing
12 25 (3.14%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (2.64%) Front Office
15 17 (2.14%) Games
16 15 (1.89%) Marketing
17 11 (1.38%) Legal
18 10 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (1.13%) Czech Language
19 9 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 269 (33.84%) Software Engineer
2 248 (31.19%) Developer
3 89 (11.19%) Senior
4 67 (8.43%) .NET Developer
5 58 (7.30%) Senior Developer
6 55 (6.92%) Analyst
7 51 (6.42%) Lead
8 43 (5.41%) C# Developer
9 42 (5.28%) Graduate
10 41 (5.16%) SQL Developer
11 40 (5.03%) IT Graduate
12 39 (4.91%) Full-Stack Developer
13 37 (4.65%) Graduate Developer
14 32 (4.03%) Applications Support
15 31 (3.90%) DBA
16 29 (3.65%) SaaS Developer
16 29 (3.65%) Support Engineer
17 28 (3.52%) Administrator
18 27 (3.40%) Software Developer
19 24 (3.02%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (41.89%) CSS
2 302 (37.99%) React
3 297 (37.36%) HTML
4 266 (33.46%) Kafka
5 252 (31.70%) Spring
5 252 (31.70%) Spring Boot
6 249 (31.32%) Redux
7 248 (31.19%) JPA
8 239 (30.06%) .NET
9 157 (19.75%) Hibernate
10 146 (18.36%) REST
11 122 (15.35%) RESTful
12 108 (13.58%) HTML5
13 105 (13.21%) CSS3
14 98 (12.33%) Jest
15 91 (11.45%) Sass
16 77 (9.69%) ASP.NET
17 74 (9.31%) .NET Core
18 67 (8.43%) .NET Framework
19 52 (6.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 270 (33.96%) Enterprise Software
2 257 (32.33%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.27%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.64%) NHS
6 16 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 15 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 14 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.64%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.26%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.01%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.01%) Learning Management System
14 7 (0.88%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.75%) BYOD
16 5 (0.63%) Data Structures
16 5 (0.63%) Online Games
16 5 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 99 (12.45%) Windows
2 56 (7.04%) Linux
3 55 (6.92%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.02%) Unix
5 8 (1.01%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.75%) Android
6 6 (0.75%) Debian
6 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.25%) Solaris
8 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (57.23%) Agile
2 379 (47.67%) DevOps
3 351 (44.15%) CI/CD
4 337 (42.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 322 (40.50%) Software Engineering
6 321 (40.38%) Microservices
7 284 (35.72%) Test Automation
8 277 (34.84%) SDLC
9 275 (34.59%) Performance Optimisation
10 274 (34.47%) Containerisation
11 269 (33.84%) Front End Development
12 251 (31.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 227 (28.55%) Clean Code
14 178 (22.39%) TDD
15 177 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
16 171 (21.51%) Mentoring
17 129 (16.23%) Migration
18 123 (15.47%) Business Intelligence
19 109 (13.71%) Strategic Thinking
20 104 (13.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 546 (68.68%) SQL
2 370 (46.54%) JavaScript
3 321 (40.38%) Java
4 250 (31.45%) C#
5 128 (16.10%) TypeScript
6 64 (8.05%) T-SQL
7 56 (7.04%) Python
8 55 (6.92%) PowerShell
9 46 (5.79%) PHP
10 40 (5.03%) C++
11 20 (2.52%) VB.NET
12 18 (2.26%) C
13 14 (1.76%) VBA
14 8 (1.01%) Bicep
14 8 (1.01%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.88%) VB
16 6 (0.75%) X++
17 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 3 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 124 (15.60%) Degree
2 70 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.26%) Security Cleared
4 14 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (1.64%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.51%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.50%) MCP
10 4 (0.50%) MCSA
11 3 (0.38%) MCSE
12 2 (0.25%) ACCA
12 2 (0.25%) CCNA
12 2 (0.25%) CCNP
12 2 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (36.10%) QA
2 107 (13.46%) Accessibility
3 34 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.77%) ISO 9001
5 20 (2.52%) GDPR
6 19 (2.39%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.88%) SLA
8 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) SEPA
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 290 (36.48%) Docker
2 42 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (5.16%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.63%) Kamailio
7 4 (0.50%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 289 (36.35%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.27%) Terraform
3 13 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.13%) Ansible
6 9 (1.13%) SCCM
7 8 (1.01%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.88%) Grafana
9 3 (0.38%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.25%) SCOM
10 2 (0.25%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.25%) SCSM
10 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.13%) Autotask
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) logstash
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 258 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 247 (31.07%) Solace
3 48 (6.04%) Oracle
3 48 (6.04%) VMware
4 25 (3.14%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.01%) DevExpress
6 13 (1.64%) Databricks
7 11 (1.38%) Rollbar
8 10 (1.26%) Google
8 10 (1.26%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.26%) Talend
9 9 (1.13%) Informatica
9 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.01%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.01%) Splunk
11 7 (0.88%) Infor
11 7 (0.88%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.88%) Sage
11 7 (0.88%) Zoho
12 6 (0.75%) Fortinet