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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 55 49
Rank change year-on-year -33 -6 -14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 693 898 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.03% 5.41% 4.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.94% 29.59% 23.60%
Number of salaries quoted 599 556 948
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,617
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -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 3,159 3,035 5,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.83% 18.30% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,530 2,063 3,896
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £46,250 £47,498
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.94% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,680
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 16 August 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 44 (6.35%) IIS
2 31 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.73%) Confluence
5 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.87%) nginx
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.43%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Documentum
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Magento
4 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Finacle
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 416 (60.03%) Azure
2 123 (17.75%) AWS
3 85 (12.27%) Power Platform
4 84 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (11.54%) Snowflake
6 60 (8.66%) Azure AI
7 59 (8.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.08%) Azure Machine Learning
8 56 (8.08%) SaaS
9 50 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (4.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 30 (4.33%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (3.75%) Power Automate
12 26 (3.75%) PowerApps
13 24 (3.46%) Serverless
14 23 (3.32%) GCP
14 23 (3.32%) GitHub
15 22 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (2.74%) PaaS
17 18 (2.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.63%) Firewall
2 27 (3.90%) VPN
3 26 (3.75%) DNS
3 26 (3.75%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.60%) DHCP
5 8 (1.15%) HTTP
5 8 (1.15%) LAN
5 8 (1.15%) WAN
6 6 (0.87%) VLAN
6 6 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.72%) Network Security
8 4 (0.58%) SAN
9 3 (0.43%) FTP
9 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.43%) VoIP
9 3 (0.43%) Wireless
10 2 (0.29%) Broadband
10 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.14%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 60 (8.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 59 (8.51%) Power BI
4 54 (7.79%) Relational Database
5 53 (7.65%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (7.07%) MySQL
7 42 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (5.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 35 (5.05%) Redis
10 21 (3.03%) Data Lake
11 20 (2.89%) MongoDB
12 16 (2.31%) NoSQL
12 16 (2.31%) Oracle Database
13 13 (1.88%) Db2
13 13 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.30%) Tableau
15 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.87%) Metadata
17 4 (0.58%) Ataccama
17 4 (0.58%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 56 (8.08%) Git
2 27 (3.90%) JIRA
3 10 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.15%) NUnit
4 8 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.43%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.43%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.29%) MSTest
9 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) GitLab
10 1 (0.14%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 185 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 182 (26.26%) Finance
3 83 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.06%) Law
5 35 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.91%) Legal
7 28 (4.04%) Public Sector
8 26 (3.75%) Banking
9 14 (2.02%) Retail
10 10 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.30%) Front Office
11 9 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.72%) Billing
13 5 (0.72%) Legal Technology
13 5 (0.72%) Marketing
14 4 (0.58%) Publishing
15 3 (0.43%) Advertising
15 3 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 248 (35.79%) Developer
2 100 (14.43%) Senior
3 94 (13.56%) Software Developer
4 70 (10.10%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.67%) Graduate
5 67 (9.67%) SQL Developer
6 64 (9.24%) .NET Developer
7 61 (8.80%) Lead
8 55 (7.94%) Software Engineer
9 54 (7.79%) C# Developer
10 49 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 47 (6.78%) Analyst
12 43 (6.20%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (6.20%) Graduate Software Developer
13 39 (5.63%) C# Software Developer
13 39 (5.63%) Lead Developer
14 38 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
15 36 (5.19%) Data Manager
16 35 (5.05%) Engineering Manager
17 34 (4.91%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (34.49%) .NET
2 91 (13.13%) CSS
3 66 (9.52%) .NET Framework
4 63 (9.09%) .NET Core
4 63 (9.09%) ASP.NET
4 63 (9.09%) HTML
5 60 (8.66%) React
6 57 (8.23%) REST
7 50 (7.22%) AngularJS
7 50 (7.22%) Entity Framework
8 45 (6.49%) jQuery
9 42 (6.06%) Node.js
10 31 (4.47%) Vue
11 28 (4.04%) XML
12 25 (3.61%) Blazor
13 19 (2.74%) Web Services
14 18 (2.60%) ASP.NET MVC
15 17 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
15 17 (2.45%) RESTful
16 16 (2.31%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.04%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.89%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.89%) Replication
6 19 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.73%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.59%) Client/Server
11 11 (1.59%) Clustering
11 11 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.30%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.87%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.87%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.43%) Windows
2 66 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 42 (6.06%) Linux
4 10 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (31.02%) Agile
2 158 (22.80%) DevOps
3 135 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (18.33%) CI/CD
5 124 (17.89%) AI
6 114 (16.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (16.45%) Software Engineering
7 109 (15.73%) Full-Stack Development
8 105 (15.15%) Data Engineering
8 105 (15.15%) Roadmaps
9 102 (14.72%) Data Architecture
9 102 (14.72%) Migration
10 96 (13.85%) Computer Science
11 91 (13.13%) Mentoring
12 79 (11.40%) Clean Code
13 74 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
13 74 (10.68%) Data Governance
13 74 (10.68%) MVC
14 73 (10.53%) Microservices
15 68 (9.81%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 392 (56.57%) SQL
2 280 (40.40%) C#
3 109 (15.73%) JavaScript
4 85 (12.27%) Python
5 66 (9.52%) PHP
6 65 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 59 (8.51%) PowerShell
8 56 (8.08%) Java
9 53 (7.65%) T-SQL
10 34 (4.91%) C++
11 13 (1.88%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.73%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.30%) Bicep
13 9 (1.30%) Go
14 8 (1.15%) Bash
14 8 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.01%) VBA
16 6 (0.87%) VBScript
17 5 (0.72%) R
17 5 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 130 (18.76%) Degree
2 79 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.45%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.88%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.44%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.72%) HNC
8 5 (0.72%) HND
8 5 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.14%) CCNA
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.65%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.63%) QA
3 26 (3.75%) SLA
4 24 (3.46%) GDPR
5 12 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.43%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.25%) Virtual Machines
2 61 (8.80%) Docker
3 53 (7.65%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.02%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.72%) vSphere
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (4.62%) Terraform
2 31 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.44%) Ansible
5 7 (1.01%) Grafana
5 7 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.72%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.43%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.29%) MIIS
9 2 (0.29%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Consul
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) SCOM
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 357 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.42%) Databricks
3 52 (7.50%) Oracle
4 23 (3.32%) VMware
5 16 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.02%) Google
7 12 (1.73%) Cisco
7 12 (1.73%) Citrix
7 12 (1.73%) IBM
8 11 (1.59%) iManage
8 11 (1.59%) Veeam
9 9 (1.30%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.30%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.15%) Informatica
11 7 (1.01%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.72%) Intapp
12 5 (0.72%) Remedy
12 5 (0.72%) Sybase
12 5 (0.72%) Synology