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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 52 31
Rank change year-on-year -44 -21 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 602 932 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 5.64% 6.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.95% 28.35% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 537 582 1,776
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,556 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,600 £43,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +0.91% -0.90%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,438 £66,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -0.36%

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 3,017 3,287 6,729
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.11% 19.88% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,410 2,201 5,540
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,759
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,182 £57,501
% change year-on-year -1.93% +6.40% -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 12 July 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 42 (6.98%) IIS
2 31 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 29 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.99%) Confluence
5 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.00%) nginx
6 4 (0.66%) SAS
7 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.00%) Magento
3 5 (0.83%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.66%) Shopify
5 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 381 (63.29%) Azure
2 105 (17.44%) AWS
3 89 (14.78%) Power Platform
4 68 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (11.30%) Snowflake
5 60 (9.97%) SaaS
6 57 (9.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.30%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (9.14%) Azure AI
9 28 (4.65%) Entra ID
10 26 (4.32%) Serverless
11 23 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.65%) PaaS
13 21 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (3.49%) Power Automate
14 20 (3.32%) PowerApps
15 19 (3.16%) GitHub
16 17 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.48%) Firewall
2 28 (4.65%) VPN
3 21 (3.49%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.32%) DNS
5 14 (2.33%) DHCP
6 9 (1.50%) VLAN
7 7 (1.16%) VoIP
8 5 (0.83%) DMZ
8 5 (0.83%) LAN
8 5 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.83%) STUN
8 5 (0.83%) WAN
9 4 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.50%) SAN
10 3 (0.50%) Wireless
11 2 (0.33%) HTTP
11 2 (0.33%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.33%) Network Security
11 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.30%) Power BI
2 48 (7.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 45 (7.48%) MySQL
4 43 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (5.32%) Relational Database
7 26 (4.32%) Redis
8 18 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.66%) Oracle Database
10 14 (2.33%) Db2
11 11 (1.83%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.66%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.33%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.33%) Tableau
14 6 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.66%) Power Query
15 4 (0.66%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (4.82%) JIRA
2 24 (3.99%) Git
3 13 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.50%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.00%) NUnit
5 6 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.50%) Selenium
9 2 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.33%) MSTest
9 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.17%) Gatling
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
10 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (27.57%) Finance
2 159 (26.41%) Social Skills
3 71 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.49%) Banking
5 25 (4.15%) Law
6 23 (3.82%) Legal
7 19 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.33%) Retail
11 10 (1.66%) Front Office
12 7 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.66%) Back Office
15 4 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.66%) Marketing
15 4 (0.66%) Publishing
15 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 207 (34.39%) Developer
2 86 (14.29%) Senior
3 79 (13.12%) Software Developer
4 64 (10.63%) SQL Developer
5 54 (8.97%) Analyst
6 53 (8.80%) Graduate
7 50 (8.31%) Data Engineer
8 49 (8.14%) .NET Developer
9 45 (7.48%) C# Developer
10 43 (7.14%) Graduate Developer
10 43 (7.14%) Graduate Software Developer
11 42 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
11 42 (6.98%) Lead
11 42 (6.98%) Software Engineer
12 37 (6.15%) C# Software Developer
12 37 (6.15%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.98%) Engineering Manager
14 35 (5.81%) Support Analyst
15 34 (5.65%) Applications Support
15 34 (5.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (32.39%) .NET
2 79 (13.12%) CSS
3 51 (8.47%) HTML
4 48 (7.97%) .NET Framework
5 47 (7.81%) .NET Core
5 47 (7.81%) ASP.NET
6 44 (7.31%) jQuery
7 42 (6.98%) React
8 39 (6.48%) REST
9 36 (5.98%) Entity Framework
10 35 (5.81%) AngularJS
11 33 (5.48%) Node.js
12 31 (5.15%) XML
13 24 (3.99%) JSON
13 24 (3.99%) Vue
14 18 (2.99%) Middleware
14 18 (2.99%) RESTful
15 15 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
15 15 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (2.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.82%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.16%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.66%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (2.16%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.99%) Replication
10 11 (1.83%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.50%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.33%) Clustering
14 7 (1.16%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.00%) Low-Code
15 6 (1.00%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.83%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.11%) Windows
2 65 (10.80%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.81%) Linux
4 10 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.83%) Debian
7 3 (0.50%) CentOS
7 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.33%) Unix
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.73%) Agile
2 124 (20.60%) DevOps
3 110 (18.27%) AI
4 106 (17.61%) CI/CD
5 101 (16.78%) Data Engineering
5 101 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (16.78%) Roadmaps
6 98 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
7 90 (14.95%) Migration
8 86 (14.29%) Data Architecture
9 85 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
10 84 (13.95%) Computer Science
10 84 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 76 (12.62%) Software Engineering
12 73 (12.13%) Mentoring
13 70 (11.63%) MVC
14 68 (11.30%) Regulatory Compliance
15 66 (10.96%) Data Governance
16 64 (10.63%) Line Management
17 60 (9.97%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 371 (61.63%) SQL
2 215 (35.71%) C#
3 88 (14.62%) JavaScript
4 85 (14.12%) Python
5 71 (11.79%) PowerShell
6 56 (9.30%) TypeScript
7 55 (9.14%) PHP
7 55 (9.14%) T-SQL
8 52 (8.64%) Java
9 31 (5.15%) C++
10 15 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.33%) Bash
12 11 (1.83%) VB.NET
13 10 (1.66%) Bicep
14 9 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.50%) R
15 6 (1.00%) VBA
15 6 (1.00%) VBScript
16 5 (0.83%) Tcl
17 4 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (18.27%) Degree
2 70 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.82%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.16%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.66%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.83%) HNC
7 5 (0.83%) HND
7 5 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.83%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.33%) CCNA
9 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.33%) MCSA
9 2 (0.33%) MCSE
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.49%) QA
3 22 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.65%) SLA
4 21 (3.49%) GDPR
5 5 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.50%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.79%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (10.63%) Active Directory
3 46 (7.64%) Docker
4 17 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.83%) vSphere
7 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (4.82%) Terraform
2 28 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.33%) Ansible
5 7 (1.16%) Grafana
5 7 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.50%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.50%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.33%) MIIS
10 1 (0.17%) Consul
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Packer
10 1 (0.17%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) SCCM
10 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 317 (52.66%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.29%) Databricks
3 47 (7.81%) Oracle
4 21 (3.49%) VMware
5 19 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.33%) Cisco
8 13 (2.16%) Citrix
9 12 (1.99%) Google
9 12 (1.99%) Veeam
10 10 (1.66%) IBM
10 10 (1.66%) iManage
11 8 (1.33%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.16%) TIBCO
13 6 (1.00%) Informatica
14 5 (0.83%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.83%) Meraki
14 5 (0.83%) Sybase
14 5 (0.83%) Synology
177 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs