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

 6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 66 55
Rank change year-on-year -49 -11 -22
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 581 774 960
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 4.71% 4.65%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.17% 29.86% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 466 446 616
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,063 £38,750 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,529 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.05% +2.73% -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 3,197 2,592 4,698
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 15.78% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,419 1,779 2,897
10th Percentile £37,700 £35,833 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +14.75%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £132,500
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 16 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 40 (6.88%) IIS
2 37 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.38%) Confluence
5 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.86%) nginx
7 4 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.34%) Apache
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) Documentum
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.86%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.86%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Finacle
5 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
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 (54.39%) Azure
2 101 (17.38%) AWS
3 100 (17.21%) Power Platform
4 96 (16.52%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (10.84%) SaaS
6 60 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (6.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 31 (5.34%) Azure Service Bus
8 31 (5.34%) Snowflake
9 28 (4.82%) Entra ID
9 28 (4.82%) Serverless
10 27 (4.65%) Power Automate
10 27 (4.65%) PowerApps
11 25 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
11 25 (4.30%) GCP
12 24 (4.13%) GitHub
13 21 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (2.58%) Copilot Studio
14 15 (2.58%) PaaS
15 14 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.85%) DNS
2 33 (5.68%) Firewall
3 30 (5.16%) VPN
4 27 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.27%) DHCP
6 10 (1.72%) VLAN
7 9 (1.55%) WAN
8 8 (1.38%) HTTP
8 8 (1.38%) VoIP
9 7 (1.20%) LAN
10 5 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.69%) Network Security
12 3 (0.52%) FTP
12 3 (0.52%) Wireless
13 2 (0.34%) Broadband
13 2 (0.34%) TETRA
14 1 (0.17%) ATM
14 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.17%) RTP
14 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (12.74%) Power BI
2 58 (9.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (9.12%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (8.95%) Relational Database
6 47 (8.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 37 (6.37%) Redis
8 34 (5.85%) MySQL
8 34 (5.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 31 (5.34%) MongoDB
10 20 (3.44%) Data Lake
11 19 (3.27%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.41%) Metadata
12 14 (2.41%) Star Schema
13 12 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.89%) Tableau
15 9 (1.55%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (1.55%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (1.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (12.05%) Git
2 28 (4.82%) JIRA
3 10 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.03%) NUnit
5 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.86%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.34%) MSTest
10 1 (0.17%) Flyway
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
10 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 192 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 101 (17.38%) Finance
3 71 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.40%) Law
5 35 (6.02%) Legal
6 34 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.30%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.41%) Retail
9 12 (2.07%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.89%) Front Office
11 10 (1.72%) Banking
12 9 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Marketing
13 7 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.86%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 4 (0.69%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.52%) Advertising
16 3 (0.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 216 (37.18%) Developer
2 102 (17.56%) Senior
3 64 (11.02%) Software Developer
4 62 (10.67%) Software Engineer
5 61 (10.50%) .NET Developer
6 57 (9.81%) Data Engineer
6 57 (9.81%) Lead
7 46 (7.92%) Graduate
8 42 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
8 42 (7.23%) Full-Stack Developer
9 36 (6.20%) Lead Developer
9 36 (6.20%) SQL Developer
10 35 (6.02%) Analyst
11 33 (5.68%) Senior Developer
12 29 (4.99%) Support Engineer
13 25 (4.30%) Support Analyst
14 24 (4.13%) Architect
15 23 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (3.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 21 (3.61%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (39.24%) .NET
2 69 (11.88%) ASP.NET
3 66 (11.36%) .NET Framework
4 65 (11.19%) REST
5 59 (10.15%) CSS
6 57 (9.81%) .NET Core
7 54 (9.29%) React
8 50 (8.61%) HTML
9 48 (8.26%) Entity Framework
10 42 (7.23%) AngularJS
10 42 (7.23%) Node.js
11 34 (5.85%) XML
12 32 (5.51%) Blazor
13 28 (4.82%) Vue
14 25 (4.30%) jQuery
15 23 (3.96%) Web Services
16 22 (3.79%) ASP.NET Core
16 22 (3.79%) RESTful
16 22 (3.79%) Terraform
17 21 (3.61%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
2 33 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (4.30%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.75%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.24%) Replication
7 13 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.07%) Clustering
9 11 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.38%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.20%) PKI
11 7 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.03%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.03%) Equities
12 6 (1.03%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 95 (16.35%) Windows
2 67 (11.53%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.20%) Linux
4 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.86%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.34%) Android
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (29.60%) DevOps
2 146 (25.13%) Agile
2 146 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (22.72%) CI/CD
4 122 (21.00%) Software Engineering
5 112 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (16.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 85 (14.63%) AI
8 82 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
9 79 (13.60%) Mentoring
10 78 (13.43%) Computer Science
11 76 (13.08%) Clean Code
12 69 (11.88%) Analytics
13 64 (11.02%) Microservices
14 60 (10.33%) ETL
15 52 (8.95%) Performance Tuning
16 49 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (8.09%) Data Modelling
17 47 (8.09%) Data Pipeline
17 47 (8.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 296 (50.95%) SQL
2 258 (44.41%) C#
3 107 (18.42%) JavaScript
4 85 (14.63%) Python
5 59 (10.15%) TypeScript
6 56 (9.64%) PowerShell
7 52 (8.95%) T-SQL
8 41 (7.06%) PHP
9 38 (6.54%) Java
10 16 (2.75%) C++
11 12 (2.07%) Bicep
11 12 (2.07%) Go
12 9 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.20%) VB.NET
14 6 (1.03%) Rust
14 6 (1.03%) VBA
15 5 (0.86%) Tcl
16 4 (0.69%) Bash
16 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (17.90%) Degree
2 56 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.44%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.41%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.17%) HNC
10 1 (0.17%) HND
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) MCT
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.02%) QA
3 18 (3.10%) GDPR
4 14 (2.41%) SLA
5 10 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.52%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (8.78%) Docker
2 45 (7.75%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) HDFS
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.89%) Ansible
4 7 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.03%) Grafana
6 5 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.86%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 3 (0.52%) SCOM
7 3 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.34%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) Control-M
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 290 (49.91%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.23%) Databricks
2 42 (7.23%) Oracle
3 25 (4.30%) VMware
4 15 (2.58%) Informatica
5 14 (2.41%) Google
6 13 (2.24%) Citrix
6 13 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.07%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.89%) IBM
9 10 (1.72%) Talend
9 10 (1.72%) Veeam
10 9 (1.55%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.38%) iManage
12 7 (1.20%) Intapp
12 7 (1.20%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.03%) RedGate
14 5 (0.86%) Cisco
14 5 (0.86%) Remedy
14 5 (0.86%) Sybase
364 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs