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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 57 20
Rank change year-on-year -39 -37 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 457 742 2,747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.75% 5.32% 9.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.77% 19.50% 38.79%
Number of salaries quoted 380 576 2,510
10th Percentile £33,725 £31,250 £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 £77,500 £71,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,125 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -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 2,099 3,805 7,081
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.62% 27.27% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 2,463 6,066
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -8.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 11 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 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.41%) IIS
4 7 (1.53%) Confluence
5 5 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.88%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.88%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.66%) Apache
7 3 (0.66%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.66%) SAS
8 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.44%) Moodle
8 2 (0.44%) nginx
8 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.22%) JBoss
Applications
1 33 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.94%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.97%) Magento
3 9 (1.97%) Shopify
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.66%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.44%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 274 (59.96%) Azure
2 96 (21.01%) AWS
3 89 (19.47%) SaaS
4 82 (17.94%) Power Platform
5 57 (12.47%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (9.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (8.10%) GitHub
8 36 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (7.66%) Serverless
10 29 (6.35%) Entra ID
11 27 (5.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (5.25%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (4.16%) PaaS
15 17 (3.72%) GCP
16 14 (3.06%) Azure App Service
17 13 (2.84%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.63%) Power Automate
19 11 (2.41%) IaaS
20 10 (2.19%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.47%) Firewall
2 11 (2.41%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.41%) VPN
3 10 (2.19%) DNS
4 7 (1.53%) DMZ
5 6 (1.31%) DHCP
5 6 (1.31%) VLAN
6 5 (1.09%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.09%) STUN
6 5 (1.09%) VoIP
7 3 (0.66%) AMQP
7 3 (0.66%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.66%) SSL
8 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) IPv6
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (16.63%) Power BI
2 67 (14.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 47 (10.28%) MySQL
4 45 (9.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (8.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (4.38%) NoSQL
8 20 (4.38%) Relational Database
9 16 (3.50%) MongoDB
10 11 (2.41%) DB2
11 9 (1.97%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.97%) Redis
11 9 (1.97%) Tableau
12 7 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.31%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.88%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database 10g
15 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 47 (10.28%) Git
2 22 (4.81%) JIRA
3 11 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.19%) GitLab
5 9 (1.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.75%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.75%) JUnit
6 8 (1.75%) Selenium
7 3 (0.66%) Maven
7 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.44%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.22%) Moq
9 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.22%) MSTest
9 1 (0.22%) NUnit
9 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 172 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 110 (24.07%) Finance
3 83 (18.16%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.47%) Banking
5 18 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.28%) Billing
7 15 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.28%) Law
8 13 (2.84%) Marketing
8 13 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.63%) Retail
10 11 (2.41%) Back Office
11 10 (2.19%) Legal
12 9 (1.97%) Front Office
13 6 (1.31%) Automotive
14 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.66%) Advertising
16 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (30.42%) Developer
2 104 (22.76%) Senior
3 59 (12.91%) Analyst
4 45 (9.85%) .NET Developer
5 44 (9.63%) Software Engineer
6 42 (9.19%) Software Developer
6 42 (9.19%) Support Engineer
7 39 (8.53%) Lead
8 35 (7.66%) C# Developer
8 35 (7.66%) Senior Developer
9 33 (7.22%) Azure Developer
10 32 (7.00%) Applications Support
11 30 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (6.35%) SQL Developer
13 25 (5.47%) Data Engineer
13 25 (5.47%) DBA
14 23 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (4.60%) C# Software Developer
15 21 (4.60%) Support Analyst
16 20 (4.38%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (43.98%) .NET
2 61 (13.35%) .NET Core
2 61 (13.35%) CSS
3 50 (10.94%) React
4 42 (9.19%) .NET Framework
4 42 (9.19%) HTML
5 36 (7.88%) Entity Framework
6 30 (6.56%) REST
7 29 (6.35%) AngularJS
7 29 (6.35%) ASP.NET
7 29 (6.35%) jQuery
8 27 (5.91%) RESTful
9 23 (5.03%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (4.16%) JSON
10 19 (4.16%) XML
11 18 (3.94%) Django
12 17 (3.72%) Razor View Engine
13 16 (3.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 16 (3.50%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (3.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (5.25%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (5.03%) Data Structures
5 22 (4.81%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.19%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.75%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.53%) NHS
11 7 (1.53%) Replication
12 5 (1.09%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.09%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.88%) Clustering
13 4 (0.88%) CMDB
13 4 (0.88%) N-Tier
13 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 63 (13.79%) Windows
2 34 (7.44%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.47%) Linux
4 11 (2.41%) VMS
5 5 (1.09%) Debian
6 4 (0.88%) Android
6 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.66%) CentOS
7 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.44%) Unix
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.23%) Agile
2 118 (25.82%) DevOps
3 115 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
4 112 (24.51%) CI/CD
5 110 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (21.23%) Software Engineering
7 87 (19.04%) Business Intelligence
8 80 (17.51%) Analytics
9 76 (16.63%) Mentoring
10 62 (13.57%) Microservices
11 61 (13.35%) Full-Stack Development
12 54 (11.82%) Computer Science
12 54 (11.82%) Decision-Making
13 50 (10.94%) MVC
14 49 (10.72%) Visualisation
15 46 (10.07%) Data Modelling
16 42 (9.19%) Scrum
17 40 (8.75%) ETL
18 38 (8.32%) Data Analysis
18 38 (8.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 248 (54.27%) SQL
2 156 (34.14%) C#
3 85 (18.60%) Python
4 54 (11.82%) JavaScript
5 51 (11.16%) T-SQL
6 43 (9.41%) PowerShell
7 35 (7.66%) Java
8 34 (7.44%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (4.81%) PHP
11 19 (4.16%) C++
12 16 (3.50%) R
13 11 (2.41%) Bicep
14 10 (2.19%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.19%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.97%) Bash
16 8 (1.75%) Delphi
17 3 (0.66%) Erlang
17 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 96 (21.01%) Degree
2 42 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.50%) Master's Degree
4 15 (3.28%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.66%) MCSE
10 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.44%) CCNA
10 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.44%) MCSA
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.50%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.22%) QA
3 14 (3.06%) SLA
4 12 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 12 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.97%) GDPR
6 2 (0.44%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 43 (9.41%) Docker
2 35 (7.66%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.44%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.03%) Terraform
3 10 (2.19%) Grafana
4 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.09%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) SCCM
7 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) CASB
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.85%) Oracle
3 16 (3.50%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.28%) Databricks
5 13 (2.84%) Google
6 11 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.19%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.97%) Cisco
8 9 (1.97%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.97%) Sage
8 9 (1.97%) VMware
8 9 (1.97%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.75%) New Relic
10 6 (1.31%) Citrix
10 6 (1.31%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.09%) Informatica
11 5 (1.09%) Zoho
12 4 (0.88%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.88%) ESRI
12 4 (0.88%) IBM