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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 67 56
Rank change year-on-year -43 -11 -23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 576 778 988
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 4.68% 4.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.39% 29.79% 20.72%
Number of salaries quoted 466 450 634
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £32,075
25th Percentile £39,250 £39,156 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 3,132 2,612 4,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.59% 15.72% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,788 2,954
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £39,325
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.32%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 11 October 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 41 (7.12%) IIS
2 37 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.39%) Confluence
5 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.87%) nginx
7 4 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Documentum
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Finacle
5 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 316 (54.86%) Azure
2 100 (17.36%) AWS
3 97 (16.84%) Power Platform
4 92 (15.97%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (10.42%) SaaS
6 59 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (6.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 32 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 30 (5.21%) Snowflake
10 28 (4.86%) Serverless
11 27 (4.69%) Entra ID
12 26 (4.51%) Power Automate
12 26 (4.51%) PowerApps
13 25 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (4.17%) GCP
15 23 (3.99%) GitHub
16 20 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (2.78%) PaaS
18 15 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
19 14 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.90%) DNS
1 34 (5.90%) Firewall
2 29 (5.03%) VPN
3 28 (4.86%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.47%) DHCP
5 10 (1.74%) VLAN
6 9 (1.56%) WAN
7 8 (1.39%) HTTP
7 8 (1.39%) VoIP
8 7 (1.22%) LAN
9 5 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.69%) Network Security
11 3 (0.52%) FTP
11 3 (0.52%) Wireless
12 2 (0.35%) Broadband
13 1 (0.17%) ATM
13 1 (0.17%) RTSP
13 1 (0.17%) SAN
13 1 (0.17%) SSL
13 1 (0.17%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.50%) Power BI
2 58 (10.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 53 (9.20%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
5 51 (8.85%) Relational Database
6 48 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 36 (6.25%) Redis
8 34 (5.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 33 (5.73%) MySQL
10 31 (5.38%) MongoDB
11 20 (3.47%) Data Lake
12 19 (3.30%) NoSQL
13 14 (2.43%) Metadata
14 13 (2.26%) Star Schema
15 12 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.91%) Tableau
17 9 (1.56%) Amazon QuickSight
17 9 (1.56%) DynamoDB
17 9 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
18 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 69 (11.98%) Git
2 28 (4.86%) JIRA
3 10 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.04%) NUnit
5 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.87%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) MSTest
10 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.17%) Flyway
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
10 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.17%) Storybook
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 189 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 103 (17.88%) Finance
3 70 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.64%) Law
5 36 (6.25%) Legal
6 34 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.78%) Retail
9 12 (2.08%) Banking
9 12 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.74%) Front Office
11 9 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.22%) Marketing
12 7 (1.22%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.87%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.87%) Publishing
15 3 (0.52%) Advertising
15 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 213 (36.98%) Developer
2 99 (17.19%) Senior
3 65 (11.28%) Software Developer
4 61 (10.59%) Software Engineer
5 58 (10.07%) .NET Developer
5 58 (10.07%) Data Engineer
6 57 (9.90%) Lead
7 49 (8.51%) Graduate
8 43 (7.47%) Azure Engineer
9 41 (7.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 40 (6.94%) SQL Developer
11 36 (6.25%) Lead Developer
12 33 (5.73%) Analyst
13 30 (5.21%) Senior Developer
14 28 (4.86%) Support Engineer
15 24 (4.17%) Architect
15 24 (4.17%) C# Developer
15 24 (4.17%) Support Analyst
16 22 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (3.65%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (38.54%) .NET
2 67 (11.63%) ASP.NET
3 63 (10.94%) .NET Framework
4 61 (10.59%) REST
5 60 (10.42%) CSS
6 58 (10.07%) .NET Core
7 54 (9.38%) React
8 51 (8.85%) HTML
9 46 (7.99%) Entity Framework
10 41 (7.12%) AngularJS
10 41 (7.12%) Node.js
11 34 (5.90%) XML
12 31 (5.38%) Blazor
13 28 (4.86%) Vue
14 25 (4.34%) jQuery
15 24 (4.17%) RESTful
16 23 (3.99%) Terraform
17 22 (3.82%) Web Services
18 21 (3.65%) Middleware
19 20 (3.47%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
2 32 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (4.34%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.78%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.26%) Replication
9 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.91%) Clustering
10 11 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.91%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.04%) Client/Server
13 6 (1.04%) Equities
13 6 (1.04%) Online Gambling
13 6 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 95 (16.49%) Windows
2 67 (11.63%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.25%) Linux
4 8 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) AIX
7 2 (0.35%) Android
7 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (29.17%) DevOps
2 144 (25.00%) Agile
2 144 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (22.05%) CI/CD
4 120 (20.83%) Software Engineering
5 112 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 83 (14.41%) AI
8 81 (14.06%) Computer Science
9 80 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
10 78 (13.54%) Mentoring
11 74 (12.85%) Clean Code
12 69 (11.98%) Analytics
13 63 (10.94%) Microservices
14 60 (10.42%) ETL
15 51 (8.85%) Performance Tuning
16 47 (8.16%) Migration
16 47 (8.16%) MVC
16 47 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 46 (7.99%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 298 (51.74%) SQL
2 255 (44.27%) C#
3 105 (18.23%) JavaScript
4 85 (14.76%) Python
5 57 (9.90%) PowerShell
6 56 (9.72%) TypeScript
7 51 (8.85%) T-SQL
8 46 (7.99%) PHP
9 38 (6.60%) Java
10 16 (2.78%) C++
11 12 (2.08%) Go
12 11 (1.91%) Bicep
13 9 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.22%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.04%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) VBA
16 5 (0.87%) Bash
16 5 (0.87%) Tcl
16 5 (0.87%) VBScript
17 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (18.58%) Degree
2 59 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.34%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.47%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.08%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.04%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.17%) HNC
8 1 (0.17%) HND
8 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.17%) MCT
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.72%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.08%) QA
3 18 (3.13%) GDPR
4 14 (2.43%) SLA
5 11 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.52%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) IASME
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (9.20%) Docker
2 45 (7.81%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.34%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) HDFS
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.91%) Ansible
4 6 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.04%) Grafana
5 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
7 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.35%) SCOM
7 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 282 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.29%) Databricks
3 41 (7.12%) Oracle
4 24 (4.17%) VMware
5 15 (2.60%) Informatica
6 14 (2.43%) Google
7 13 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.08%) Citrix
9 11 (1.91%) IBM
9 11 (1.91%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.74%) Talend
10 10 (1.74%) Veeam
11 9 (1.56%) iManage
11 9 (1.56%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.39%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.22%) Intapp
14 6 (1.04%) RedGate
15 5 (0.87%) Cisco
15 5 (0.87%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.87%) Remedy
493 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs