SQL Server Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 42 41
Rank change year-on-year -25 -1 -11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 948 1,727 4,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.16% 7.06% 7.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.84% 29.08% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 604 1,479 3,301
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 5,628 5,939 16,540
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.68% 24.29% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 4,493 9,683
10th Percentile £39,250 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,715 £80,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.93% +6.40%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL Server.

SQL Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

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 74 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (5.49%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.06%) IIS
4 18 (1.90%) Umbraco
5 15 (1.58%) CMS
5 15 (1.58%) nginx
6 10 (1.05%) Apache
7 5 (0.53%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Confluence
9 2 (0.21%) Luigi
9 2 (0.21%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.11%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.37%) Endur
3 5 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 5 (0.53%) PlanetPress Connect
3 5 (0.53%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.32%) Maximo
6 2 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.21%) Magento
6 2 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.21%) TIBCO iProcess
6 2 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.11%) Findur
7 1 (0.11%) Front Arena
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 546 (57.59%) Azure
2 139 (14.66%) AWS
3 137 (14.45%) Azure DevOps
4 113 (11.92%) Power Platform
5 79 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 72 (7.59%) SaaS
7 42 (4.43%) Serverless
8 40 (4.22%) Azure Logic Apps
9 38 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 36 (3.80%) Power Automate
11 34 (3.59%) PowerApps
12 33 (3.48%) Entra ID
13 32 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 32 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 31 (3.27%) Azure Functions
15 28 (2.95%) GitHub
16 26 (2.74%) Snowflake
17 23 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 23 (2.43%) Azure Pipelines
17 23 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 59 (6.22%) Firewall
2 46 (4.85%) DNS
3 37 (3.90%) DHCP
4 29 (3.06%) VPN
5 24 (2.53%) TCP/IP
6 23 (2.43%) VLAN
7 17 (1.79%) Wireless
8 16 (1.69%) Network Security
9 13 (1.37%) Internet
10 12 (1.27%) Broadband
10 12 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (0.84%) LAN
11 8 (0.84%) SAN
12 6 (0.63%) NetScaler
12 6 (0.63%) SSL
12 6 (0.63%) WAN
12 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.53%) iSCSI
13 5 (0.53%) VoIP
14 4 (0.42%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (10.97%) Azure SQL Database
2 103 (10.86%) Power BI
3 96 (10.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 90 (9.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 87 (9.18%) MySQL
6 81 (8.54%) Relational Database
7 74 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
8 73 (7.70%) PostgreSQL
9 33 (3.48%) MongoDB
10 31 (3.27%) Tableau
11 29 (3.06%) NoSQL
12 26 (2.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 24 (2.53%) Data Lake
14 22 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
14 22 (2.32%) RDBMS
15 14 (1.48%) Oracle Database
16 10 (1.05%) Power Query
17 9 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
17 9 (0.95%) Metadata
18 8 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 129 (13.61%) Git
2 45 (4.75%) JIRA
3 33 (3.48%) Visual Studio
4 24 (2.53%) Bitbucket
5 20 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 17 (1.79%) Octopus Deploy
7 11 (1.16%) Jenkins
8 9 (0.95%) Postman
9 8 (0.84%) Selenium
10 7 (0.74%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.53%) Moq
12 5 (0.53%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.42%) GitLab
14 3 (0.32%) Bugzilla
14 3 (0.32%) SoapUI
14 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
14 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
15 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
15 2 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 249 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 196 (20.68%) Finance
3 128 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (2.95%) Back Office
6 27 (2.85%) Marketing
7 26 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 26 (2.74%) Retail
8 24 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.43%) Banking
10 22 (2.32%) Law
10 22 (2.32%) Legal
11 21 (2.22%) Games
11 21 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.58%) Advertising
12 15 (1.58%) Automotive
13 11 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.74%) Front Office
15 7 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 460 (48.52%) Developer
2 193 (20.36%) .NET Developer
3 169 (17.83%) Senior
4 113 (11.92%) Senior Developer
5 109 (11.50%) C# Developer
6 96 (10.13%) Software Developer
7 87 (9.18%) Analyst
8 77 (8.12%) C# .NET Developer
9 72 (7.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 67 (7.07%) SQL Developer
11 60 (6.33%) Lead
11 60 (6.33%) Senior .NET Developer
12 46 (4.85%) DBA
13 45 (4.75%) Junior
14 42 (4.43%) Applications Support
15 41 (4.32%) Data Engineer
16 39 (4.11%) Administrator
16 39 (4.11%) Architect
16 39 (4.11%) Software Engineer
17 38 (4.01%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 483 (50.95%) .NET
2 250 (26.37%) HTML
3 227 (23.95%) CSS
4 195 (20.57%) .NET Framework
5 170 (17.93%) ASP.NET
6 151 (15.93%) .NET Core
7 141 (14.87%) Entity Framework
8 129 (13.61%) AngularJS
9 114 (12.03%) React
10 85 (8.97%) HTML5
11 65 (6.86%) ASP.NET Web API
12 63 (6.65%) ASP.NET MVC
13 54 (5.70%) ASP.NET Core
14 53 (5.59%) CSS3
15 52 (5.49%) Web Services
16 49 (5.17%) jQuery
17 47 (4.96%) RESTful
18 41 (4.32%) Sass
19 37 (3.90%) REST
19 37 (3.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.95%) Product Ownership
2 24 (2.53%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (2.32%) Mobile App
4 19 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 18 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (1.69%) Replication
7 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 11 (1.16%) Swaptions
9 10 (1.05%) Clustering
9 10 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.84%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.74%) Life Science
12 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.63%) BBC
13 6 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 156 (16.46%) Windows
2 88 (9.28%) Linux
3 83 (8.76%) Windows Server
4 27 (2.85%) Android
5 25 (2.64%) Apple iOS
5 25 (2.64%) Unix
6 17 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (1.48%) Windows 10
8 11 (1.16%) Ubuntu
8 11 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.95%) Debian
10 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.11%) AIX
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.11%) NetWare
13 1 (0.11%) Solaris
13 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (32.70%) Agile
2 274 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
3 231 (24.37%) DevOps
4 178 (18.78%) MVC
5 172 (18.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 128 (13.50%) CI/CD
7 117 (12.34%) Business Intelligence
8 114 (12.03%) Software Engineering
9 104 (10.97%) Computer Science
10 96 (10.13%) Scrum
11 92 (9.70%) SDLC
12 87 (9.18%) Data Modelling
13 84 (8.86%) Mentoring
13 84 (8.86%) Microservices
14 81 (8.54%) Analytics
14 81 (8.54%) ETL
15 76 (8.02%) Customer Service
16 74 (7.81%) ITIL
17 62 (6.54%) SOLID
18 56 (5.91%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 536 (56.54%) SQL
2 497 (52.43%) C#
3 334 (35.23%) JavaScript
4 156 (16.46%) T-SQL
5 94 (9.92%) PowerShell
6 92 (9.70%) Python
7 77 (8.12%) Java
8 58 (6.12%) TypeScript
9 44 (4.64%) PHP
10 36 (3.80%) VB.NET
11 35 (3.69%) C++
12 29 (3.06%) VBA
13 26 (2.74%) Bicep
13 26 (2.74%) C
14 25 (2.64%) VB
15 20 (2.11%) Objective-C
16 19 (2.00%) PL/SQL
17 16 (1.69%) Bash
18 13 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 10 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 199 (20.99%) Degree
2 50 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (3.16%) ITIL Certification
4 29 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 16 (1.69%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.84%) ACCA
10 6 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.53%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.32%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.32%) MCITP
12 3 (0.32%) MCTS
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.59%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.16%) SLA
3 26 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.43%) QA
5 22 (2.32%) GDPR
6 13 (1.37%) NIST
7 12 (1.27%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.53%) NCSC
10 4 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.21%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 84 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 71 (7.49%) Docker
3 40 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (2.64%) Hyper-V
5 23 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.11%) vSphere
7 8 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.74%) Firmware
8 7 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.53%) NFS
11 4 (0.42%) pfSense
12 2 (0.21%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 46 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.74%) Terraform
3 19 (2.00%) Ansible
4 18 (1.90%) SCCM
5 15 (1.58%) Grafana
5 15 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.63%) Puppet
7 6 (0.63%) SCOM
8 4 (0.42%) Nessus
8 4 (0.42%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.21%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.21%) Nagios
10 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.21%) WSUS
11 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.11%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 410 (43.25%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.49%) Oracle
3 51 (5.38%) VMware
4 35 (3.69%) Xamarin
5 29 (3.06%) Databricks
6 23 (2.43%) Google
7 21 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.11%) Veeam
9 17 (1.79%) BT
10 16 (1.69%) Cisco
10 16 (1.69%) Citrix
11 13 (1.37%) OpenLink
11 13 (1.37%) TIBCO
12 11 (1.16%) Sybase
13 10 (1.05%) Atlassian
14 9 (0.95%) Dell
15 8 (0.84%) NetApp
16 6 (0.63%) Commvault
16 6 (0.63%) IBM
16 6 (0.63%) Sitecore