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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 58 20
Rank change year-on-year -38 -38 +19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 471 709 2,740
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.79% 5.25% 9.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.89% 19.29% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 394 571 2,499
10th Percentile £33,575 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £77,375 £71,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.51%

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 2,152 3,676 7,077
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.76% 27.25% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 2,439 6,054
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,425 £65,769 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +14.38% -8.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,125 £118,750 £92,850
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -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 18 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 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.76%) IIS
4 8 (1.70%) Confluence
5 5 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.85%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.85%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.64%) Apache
7 3 (0.64%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.64%) SAS
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.42%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) JBoss
8 2 (0.42%) Moodle
8 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 33 (7.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.82%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.91%) Magento
3 9 (1.91%) Shopify
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.64%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Actimize
6 1 (0.21%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 280 (59.45%) Azure
2 96 (20.38%) AWS
3 86 (18.26%) SaaS
4 83 (17.62%) Power Platform
5 58 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 39 (8.28%) GitHub
8 38 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (7.64%) Serverless
10 28 (5.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 28 (5.94%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (4.03%) PaaS
14 15 (3.18%) GCP
15 14 (2.97%) PowerApps
16 13 (2.76%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.55%) Azure App Service
18 11 (2.34%) IaaS
19 10 (2.12%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.73%) Firewall
2 13 (2.76%) VPN
3 12 (2.55%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.12%) DNS
5 7 (1.49%) DMZ
5 7 (1.49%) VLAN
6 6 (1.27%) DHCP
7 5 (1.06%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (1.06%) STUN
7 5 (1.06%) VoIP
8 3 (0.64%) AMQP
8 3 (0.64%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.64%) SSL
9 2 (0.42%) SAN
9 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.21%) Internet
10 1 (0.21%) MPLS
10 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.14%) Power BI
2 67 (14.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 47 (9.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 47 (9.98%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (9.77%) MySQL
5 42 (8.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.82%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.82%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.55%) DB2
9 10 (2.12%) MongoDB
9 10 (2.12%) Oracle Database
9 10 (2.12%) Redis
10 8 (1.70%) Tableau
11 7 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.49%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.85%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.85%) Oracle Database 10g
13 4 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 46 (9.77%) Git
2 23 (4.88%) JIRA
3 11 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.91%) GitLab
4 9 (1.91%) Selenium
4 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.70%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.70%) JUnit
6 4 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.64%) Maven
7 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.42%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.42%) NUnit
8 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.21%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.21%) Moq
9 1 (0.21%) MSTest
9 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 169 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.35%) Finance
3 86 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.10%) Banking
5 19 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.18%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.97%) Law
9 12 (2.55%) Billing
9 12 (2.55%) Retail
10 10 (2.12%) Back Office
10 10 (2.12%) Marketing
11 9 (1.91%) Legal
12 7 (1.49%) Front Office
13 6 (1.27%) Automotive
14 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.85%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 3 (0.64%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 143 (30.36%) Developer
2 109 (23.14%) Senior
3 61 (12.95%) Analyst
4 44 (9.34%) .NET Developer
4 44 (9.34%) Support Engineer
5 43 (9.13%) Software Engineer
6 41 (8.70%) Software Developer
7 38 (8.07%) Lead
8 35 (7.43%) Senior Developer
9 33 (7.01%) Applications Support
9 33 (7.01%) C# Developer
10 32 (6.79%) SQL Developer
11 31 (6.58%) Azure Developer
11 31 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (6.16%) DBA
13 26 (5.52%) Data Engineer
14 23 (4.88%) Support Analyst
15 22 (4.67%) Senior Software Engineer
16 20 (4.25%) Full-Stack Developer
16 20 (4.25%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (42.04%) .NET
2 63 (13.38%) CSS
3 59 (12.53%) .NET Core
4 50 (10.62%) React
5 44 (9.34%) HTML
6 41 (8.70%) .NET Framework
7 35 (7.43%) Entity Framework
8 34 (7.22%) REST
9 30 (6.37%) ASP.NET
10 28 (5.94%) AngularJS
10 28 (5.94%) jQuery
11 26 (5.52%) RESTful
12 21 (4.46%) ASP.NET Web API
13 20 (4.25%) JSON
14 19 (4.03%) Django
14 19 (4.03%) XML
15 16 (3.40%) Razor View Engine
15 16 (3.40%) SOAP
16 15 (3.18%) ASP.NET Web Forms
16 15 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (5.52%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (5.10%) Data Structures
5 23 (4.88%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.12%) Replication
9 9 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.70%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.49%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.49%) NHS
12 6 (1.27%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.06%) Clustering
14 4 (0.85%) CMDB
14 4 (0.85%) N-Tier
14 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (14.65%) Windows
2 37 (7.86%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.31%) Linux
4 11 (2.34%) VMS
5 5 (1.06%) Debian
5 5 (1.06%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.64%) CentOS
6 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.64%) Unix
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) Android
8 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (27.39%) Agile
2 116 (24.63%) DevOps
2 116 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (23.35%) CI/CD
4 108 (22.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (19.75%) Software Engineering
6 90 (19.11%) Business Intelligence
7 80 (16.99%) Analytics
8 74 (15.71%) Mentoring
9 64 (13.59%) Full-Stack Development
10 61 (12.95%) Microservices
11 57 (12.10%) Decision-Making
12 54 (11.46%) Computer Science
13 49 (10.40%) MVC
14 48 (10.19%) Visualisation
15 44 (9.34%) Data Modelling
16 42 (8.92%) ETL
17 39 (8.28%) Data Analysis
17 39 (8.28%) Scrum
18 38 (8.07%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 258 (54.78%) SQL
2 153 (32.48%) C#
3 87 (18.47%) Python
4 58 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 54 (11.46%) T-SQL
6 45 (9.55%) PowerShell
7 36 (7.64%) Java
8 34 (7.22%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 23 (4.88%) PHP
11 19 (4.03%) C++
12 16 (3.40%) R
13 12 (2.55%) Bicep
14 11 (2.34%) PL/SQL
14 11 (2.34%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.91%) Bash
16 8 (1.70%) Delphi
17 3 (0.64%) Erlang
18 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 2 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 94 (19.96%) Degree
2 42 (8.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.40%) Master's Degree
3 16 (3.40%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.55%) Azure Certification
4 12 (2.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 11 (2.34%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.64%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.42%) CCNA
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.42%) MCSA
10 2 (0.42%) MCSE
11 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.19%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.94%) QA
3 16 (3.40%) SLA
4 13 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (2.34%) GDPR
7 2 (0.42%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 46 (9.77%) Docker
2 38 (8.07%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.64%) vSphere
7 2 (0.42%) XenApp
8 1 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.21%) vCloud
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.52%) Terraform
3 10 (2.12%) Grafana
4 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.06%) Ansible
6 4 (0.85%) SCCM
7 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) CASB
9 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.21%) MIIS
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 157 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.19%) Oracle
3 17 (3.61%) Databricks
4 16 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.76%) Google
6 12 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.34%) Cisco
7 11 (2.34%) VMware
8 10 (2.12%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.91%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.91%) Sage
9 9 (1.91%) WooCommerce
10 8 (1.70%) Citrix
10 8 (1.70%) New Relic
11 6 (1.27%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.06%) IBM
12 5 (1.06%) Informatica
12 5 (1.06%) Zoho
13 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.85%) ESRI