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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 58 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 -25 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 823 1,045 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.06% 4.47% 7.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.17% 21.36% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 485 705 1,576
10th Percentile £30,200 £32,500 £38,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,728 4,892 6,148
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.77% 20.93% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,903 3,268 5,150
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,425 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,751 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £140,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.61% +0.64% +4.17%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 171 (20.78%) Confluence
2 62 (7.53%) IIS
3 46 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (3.40%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.70%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.09%) Moodle
7 5 (0.61%) CMS
8 4 (0.49%) nginx
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.49%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.36%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.24%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) Apache
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 23 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.36%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.94%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.97%) Infor CloudSuite
4 8 (0.97%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.49%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 555 (67.44%) Azure
2 326 (39.61%) AWS
3 168 (20.41%) GCP
4 110 (13.37%) Power Platform
5 79 (9.60%) SaaS
6 68 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (7.78%) GitHub
8 51 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
9 42 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (4.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (3.65%) Power Automate
12 23 (2.79%) Entra ID
12 23 (2.79%) Serverless
13 16 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (1.94%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (1.70%) Cloudflare
15 11 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.34%) IaaS
15 11 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.16%) Firewall
2 18 (2.19%) DNS
3 14 (1.70%) DHCP
3 14 (1.70%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.58%) SSL
4 13 (1.58%) VPN
5 11 (1.34%) SAN
6 9 (1.09%) DMARC
7 8 (0.97%) VLAN
7 8 (0.97%) VoIP
8 5 (0.61%) DMZ
8 5 (0.61%) STUN
8 5 (0.61%) WAN
9 4 (0.49%) LAN
9 4 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.36%) Internet
11 2 (0.24%) HTTP
11 2 (0.24%) Multicast
11 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (11.79%) Power BI
2 95 (11.54%) MySQL
3 71 (8.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 62 (7.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 57 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (6.08%) MongoDB
7 49 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (4.13%) Relational Database
9 30 (3.65%) Data Hub
10 26 (3.16%) SQL CLR
11 23 (2.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 18 (2.19%) Metadata
13 17 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (1.82%) NoSQL
14 15 (1.82%) Tableau
15 13 (1.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 11 (1.34%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.34%) DB2
17 9 (1.09%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 270 (32.81%) JIRA
2 254 (30.86%) GitLab
3 252 (30.62%) Bitbucket
4 251 (30.50%) SonarQube
5 249 (30.26%) Selenium
6 248 (30.13%) Maven
7 247 (30.01%) Cucumber
7 247 (30.01%) Sonatype Nexus
8 86 (10.45%) Git
9 24 (2.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 14 (1.70%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.58%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.34%) NUnit
13 8 (0.97%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.85%) Jenkins
15 6 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.49%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.49%) Toad
17 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 408 (49.57%) Finance
2 261 (31.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 259 (31.47%) Banking
4 200 (24.30%) Social Skills
5 118 (14.34%) Retail
6 91 (11.06%) Investment Banking
7 90 (10.94%) Corporate Banking
8 61 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (5.95%) Back Office
10 33 (4.01%) Law
11 29 (3.52%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.79%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.67%) Front Office
14 21 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (2.07%) Games
16 15 (1.82%) Marketing
17 11 (1.34%) Legal
18 10 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (1.09%) Czech Language
19 9 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 267 (32.44%) Software Engineer
2 257 (31.23%) Developer
3 97 (11.79%) Senior
4 65 (7.90%) .NET Developer
5 60 (7.29%) Analyst
5 60 (7.29%) Senior Developer
6 53 (6.44%) Lead
7 47 (5.71%) SQL Developer
8 46 (5.59%) C# Developer
9 45 (5.47%) Graduate
10 43 (5.22%) IT Graduate
11 40 (4.86%) Graduate Developer
12 38 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
13 35 (4.25%) DBA
14 33 (4.01%) Applications Support
15 32 (3.89%) Support Engineer
16 31 (3.77%) Software Developer
17 30 (3.65%) Administrator
18 28 (3.40%) SaaS Developer
18 28 (3.40%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (41.19%) CSS
2 307 (37.30%) React
3 300 (36.45%) HTML
4 271 (32.93%) Kafka
5 252 (30.62%) Spring
5 252 (30.62%) Spring Boot
6 249 (30.26%) Redux
7 248 (30.13%) JPA
8 234 (28.43%) .NET
9 157 (19.08%) Hibernate
10 147 (17.86%) REST
11 126 (15.31%) RESTful
12 111 (13.49%) HTML5
13 108 (13.12%) CSS3
14 98 (11.91%) Jest
15 91 (11.06%) Sass
16 85 (10.33%) ASP.NET
17 69 (8.38%) .NET Core
18 62 (7.53%) .NET Framework
19 58 (7.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 270 (32.81%) Enterprise Software
2 260 (31.59%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.16%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.55%) NHS
6 17 (2.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 15 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.58%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.46%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.09%) Learning Management System
14 8 (0.97%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.73%) BYOD
16 6 (0.73%) Client/Server
16 6 (0.73%) Data Centre
17 5 (0.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 104 (12.64%) Windows
2 60 (7.29%) Linux
3 59 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.92%) Unix
5 9 (1.09%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.85%) Android
6 7 (0.85%) Debian
7 6 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.24%) Solaris
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) AIX
11 1 (0.12%) CentOS
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (55.77%) Agile
2 378 (45.93%) DevOps
3 345 (41.92%) CI/CD
4 335 (40.70%) Full-Stack Development
5 318 (38.64%) Software Engineering
6 316 (38.40%) Microservices
7 285 (34.63%) Test Automation
8 278 (33.78%) SDLC
9 274 (33.29%) Containerisation
10 271 (32.93%) Performance Optimisation
11 268 (32.56%) Front End Development
12 247 (30.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 222 (26.97%) Clean Code
14 181 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
15 178 (21.63%) TDD
16 169 (20.53%) Mentoring
17 135 (16.40%) Migration
18 131 (15.92%) Business Intelligence
19 110 (13.37%) Strategic Thinking
20 106 (12.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 568 (69.02%) SQL
2 376 (45.69%) JavaScript
3 332 (40.34%) Java
4 250 (30.38%) C#
5 132 (16.04%) TypeScript
6 70 (8.51%) T-SQL
7 57 (6.93%) PowerShell
8 56 (6.80%) Python
9 50 (6.08%) PHP
10 44 (5.35%) C++
11 20 (2.43%) VB.NET
12 18 (2.19%) C
13 14 (1.70%) VBA
14 9 (1.09%) Bicep
15 8 (0.97%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.85%) VB
17 6 (0.73%) X++
18 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
19 4 (0.49%) Bash
19 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 128 (15.55%) Degree
2 72 (8.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (1.82%) Security Cleared
5 14 (1.70%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 8 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.61%) MCP
9 5 (0.61%) MCSA
10 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.36%) MCSE
12 2 (0.24%) ACCA
12 2 (0.24%) CCNA
12 2 (0.24%) CCNP
12 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (34.63%) QA
2 107 (13.00%) Accessibility
3 35 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (3.04%) ISO 9001
5 21 (2.55%) GDPR
6 18 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.73%) SLA
8 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) SEPA
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 293 (35.60%) Docker
2 45 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (5.35%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.70%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.85%) vSphere
6 5 (0.61%) Kamailio
7 4 (0.49%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 291 (35.36%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.16%) Terraform
3 13 (1.58%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.22%) SCCM
5 10 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.09%) Ansible
7 8 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.85%) Grafana
9 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.24%) SCOM
10 2 (0.24%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.24%) SCSM
10 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.12%) Autotask
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 283 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 247 (30.01%) Solace
3 52 (6.32%) VMware
4 49 (5.95%) Oracle
5 25 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.94%) DevExpress
7 13 (1.58%) Databricks
8 11 (1.34%) Rollbar
9 10 (1.22%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.22%) Talend
10 9 (1.09%) Informatica
11 8 (0.97%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.97%) IBM
11 8 (0.97%) Infor
11 8 (0.97%) Splunk
12 7 (0.85%) Google
12 7 (0.85%) HP
12 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.85%) RedGate