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

 6 months to
10 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -49 -9 -24
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 579 778 994
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 4.67% 4.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.56% 29.81% 20.90%
Number of salaries quoted 469 450 636
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £32,125
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,813 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 3,119 2,610 4,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.55% 15.65% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,391 1,785 2,952
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,854 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £137,500
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 10 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 42 (7.25%) IIS
2 37 (6.39%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.55%) Confluence
5 7 (1.21%) 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 (0.35%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Documentum
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.38%) 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 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Finacle
5 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
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
1 318 (54.92%) Azure
2 101 (17.44%) AWS
3 97 (16.75%) Power Platform
4 92 (15.89%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (10.36%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (10.36%) SaaS
6 39 (6.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 32 (5.53%) Azure Service Bus
8 30 (5.18%) Snowflake
9 28 (4.84%) Serverless
10 27 (4.66%) Entra ID
11 26 (4.49%) Power Automate
11 26 (4.49%) PowerApps
12 25 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (4.32%) GCP
13 23 (3.97%) GitHub
14 20 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (2.76%) PaaS
16 15 (2.59%) Copilot Studio
17 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.04%) Firewall
2 34 (5.87%) DNS
3 30 (5.18%) VPN
4 28 (4.84%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.45%) DHCP
6 10 (1.73%) VLAN
7 9 (1.55%) WAN
8 8 (1.38%) HTTP
8 8 (1.38%) VoIP
9 7 (1.21%) 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 (0.35%) Broadband
14 1 (0.17%) ATM
14 1 (0.17%) RTP
14 1 (0.17%) SAN
14 1 (0.17%) SS7
14 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.44%) Power BI
2 58 (10.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 53 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (8.98%) Relational Database
5 49 (8.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (6.22%) Redis
7 34 (5.87%) MySQL
7 34 (5.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (5.53%) MongoDB
9 21 (3.63%) Data Lake
10 20 (3.45%) NoSQL
11 14 (2.42%) Metadata
12 13 (2.25%) Star Schema
13 12 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.90%) Tableau
15 10 (1.73%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.55%) Amazon QuickSight
16 9 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
17 7 (1.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 69 (11.92%) Git
2 28 (4.84%) JIRA
3 10 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.21%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.04%) NUnit
5 6 (1.04%) 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 (0.35%) 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
1 189 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 103 (17.79%) Finance
3 70 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.60%) Law
5 36 (6.22%) Legal
6 33 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.76%) Retail
9 12 (2.07%) Banking
9 12 (2.07%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.73%) Front Office
11 9 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.21%) Marketing
12 7 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.86%) Publishing
15 3 (0.52%) Advertising
15 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 213 (36.79%) Developer
2 101 (17.44%) Senior
3 66 (11.40%) Software Developer
4 61 (10.54%) Software Engineer
5 59 (10.19%) Data Engineer
6 58 (10.02%) .NET Developer
7 57 (9.84%) Lead
8 50 (8.64%) Graduate
9 43 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
10 41 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 41 (7.08%) SQL Developer
11 36 (6.22%) Lead Developer
12 34 (5.87%) Analyst
13 30 (5.18%) Senior Developer
14 29 (5.01%) Support Engineer
15 25 (4.32%) C# Developer
15 25 (4.32%) Support Analyst
16 24 (4.15%) Architect
17 22 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 21 (3.63%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (38.34%) .NET
2 67 (11.57%) ASP.NET
3 63 (10.88%) .NET Framework
4 61 (10.54%) REST
5 59 (10.19%) CSS
6 58 (10.02%) .NET Core
7 54 (9.33%) React
8 50 (8.64%) HTML
9 46 (7.94%) Entity Framework
10 41 (7.08%) AngularJS
10 41 (7.08%) Node.js
11 33 (5.70%) XML
12 31 (5.35%) Blazor
13 28 (4.84%) Vue
14 24 (4.15%) jQuery
14 24 (4.15%) RESTful
15 23 (3.97%) Terraform
16 22 (3.80%) Web Services
17 21 (3.63%) Middleware
18 20 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
2 32 (5.53%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (4.49%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.11%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.76%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.25%) Replication
9 13 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.90%) Clustering
10 11 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.38%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.21%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.04%) Equities
13 6 (1.04%) Online Gambling
13 6 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.75%) Windows
2 68 (11.74%) Windows Server
3 37 (6.39%) Linux
4 8 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) AIX
7 2 (0.35%) Android
7 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (29.02%) DevOps
2 145 (25.04%) Agile
3 143 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (21.93%) CI/CD
5 120 (20.73%) Software Engineering
6 112 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 96 (16.58%) Full-Stack Development
8 83 (14.34%) AI
9 82 (14.16%) Computer Science
10 81 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
11 78 (13.47%) Mentoring
12 74 (12.78%) Clean Code
13 69 (11.92%) Analytics
14 63 (10.88%) Microservices
15 61 (10.54%) ETL
16 51 (8.81%) Performance Tuning
17 48 (8.29%) MVC
18 47 (8.12%) Data Pipeline
18 47 (8.12%) Migration
18 47 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 301 (51.99%) SQL
2 256 (44.21%) C#
3 104 (17.96%) JavaScript
4 86 (14.85%) Python
5 57 (9.84%) PowerShell
6 56 (9.67%) TypeScript
7 50 (8.64%) T-SQL
8 47 (8.12%) PHP
9 38 (6.56%) Java
10 16 (2.76%) C++
11 12 (2.07%) Go
12 11 (1.90%) Bicep
13 9 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.21%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.04%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) VBA
16 5 (0.86%) Bash
16 5 (0.86%) Tcl
16 5 (0.86%) VBScript
17 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (18.65%) Degree
2 60 (10.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.07%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.07%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.04%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.35%) HNC
8 2 (0.35%) HND
9 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.17%) MCT
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.04%) QA
3 18 (3.11%) GDPR
4 15 (2.59%) SLA
5 11 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.52%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) IASME
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (9.15%) Docker
2 47 (8.12%) Active Directory
3 25 (4.32%) Hyper-V
4 16 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.90%) Ansible
4 7 (1.21%) Grafana
5 6 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.86%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.35%) SCOM
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.17%) Control-M
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 284 (49.05%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.25%) Databricks
3 41 (7.08%) Oracle
4 25 (4.32%) VMware
5 15 (2.59%) Informatica
6 14 (2.42%) Google
7 13 (2.25%) Citrix
7 13 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.90%) IBM
8 11 (1.90%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.90%) Veeam
9 10 (1.73%) Talend
10 9 (1.55%) iManage
10 9 (1.55%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.38%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.21%) Intapp
13 6 (1.04%) Cisco
13 6 (1.04%) RedGate
14 5 (0.86%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.86%) Remedy
446 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs