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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -41 -28 +20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 523 877 2,655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.73% 5.99% 8.02%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.72% 26.96% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 465 532 2,410
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -0.53%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.45%

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 2,524 3,253 7,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.17% 22.22% 22.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 2,156 6,252
10th Percentile £37,850 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 29 May 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 28 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 21 (4.02%) IIS
4 14 (2.68%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.76%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.57%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) nginx
8 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.10%) Magento
4 9 (1.72%) Shopify
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 335 (64.05%) Azure
2 87 (16.63%) AWS
3 74 (14.15%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.47%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.90%) SaaS
6 56 (10.71%) Azure Machine Learning
6 56 (10.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 55 (10.52%) Azure AI
8 50 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (9.37%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (5.74%) Serverless
11 26 (4.97%) GitHub
12 24 (4.59%) Entra ID
13 23 (4.40%) PaaS
14 21 (4.02%) Power Automate
15 20 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (3.25%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.35%) Firewall
2 15 (2.87%) VPN
3 9 (1.72%) VLAN
4 8 (1.53%) DNS
4 8 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
5 7 (1.34%) VoIP
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.96%) STUN
8 4 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.57%) AMQP
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.38%) Network Security
10 2 (0.38%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.19%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.66%) Power BI
2 40 (7.65%) MySQL
3 39 (7.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (7.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (4.97%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.87%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.68%) MongoDB
9 12 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.29%) Redis
10 11 (2.10%) DB2
10 11 (2.10%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.96%) Metadata
12 5 (0.96%) Tableau
13 4 (0.76%) GIS
13 4 (0.76%) Power Query
13 4 (0.76%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 29 (5.54%) JIRA
2 23 (4.40%) Git
3 11 (2.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.53%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.96%) NUnit
5 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.57%) MSTest
8 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.38%) Maven
8 2 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) GitLab
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.19%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 160 (30.59%) Finance
2 130 (24.86%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.59%) Banking
5 21 (4.02%) Law
6 18 (3.44%) Legal
7 17 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.49%) Retail
9 10 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.72%) Back Office
11 8 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.96%) Front Office
13 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Publishing
14 3 (0.57%) Automotive
14 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.57%) Marketing
14 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 167 (31.93%) Developer
2 101 (19.31%) Senior
3 69 (13.19%) Software Developer
4 50 (9.56%) Analyst
4 50 (9.56%) SQL Developer
5 46 (8.80%) C# Developer
6 45 (8.60%) Graduate
7 43 (8.22%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.22%) Graduate Software Developer
8 40 (7.65%) Software Engineer
9 37 (7.07%) C# Software Developer
9 37 (7.07%) Data Manager
10 36 (6.88%) Applications Support
10 36 (6.88%) Data Engineer
10 36 (6.88%) Engineering Manager
11 33 (6.31%) Finance Manager
11 33 (6.31%) Graduate C# Developer
11 33 (6.31%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 32 (6.12%) Support Analyst
13 31 (5.93%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (32.50%) .NET
2 73 (13.96%) CSS
3 49 (9.37%) HTML
4 48 (9.18%) React
5 38 (7.27%) .NET Core
5 38 (7.27%) jQuery
6 32 (6.12%) AngularJS
7 31 (5.93%) REST
8 28 (5.35%) ASP.NET
9 27 (5.16%) .NET Framework
10 24 (4.59%) Entity Framework
11 22 (4.21%) Node.js
11 22 (4.21%) RESTful
12 17 (3.25%) Vue
12 17 (3.25%) XML
13 16 (3.06%) JSON
14 14 (2.68%) SOAP
15 13 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (2.49%) Kafka
16 12 (2.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.21%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.87%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.87%) Legacy Applications
3 15 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.87%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.10%) Low-Code
5 11 (2.10%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.10%) Replication
6 10 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.53%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.34%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.15%) Clustering
10 5 (0.96%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (0.76%) CMDB
11 4 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.15%) Windows
2 47 (8.99%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.88%) Linux
4 9 (1.72%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.15%) VMS
7 5 (0.96%) Debian
8 3 (0.57%) CentOS
8 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (32.70%) Agile
2 102 (19.50%) DevOps
3 95 (18.16%) Data Engineering
4 92 (17.59%) Roadmaps
5 91 (17.40%) AI
6 80 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (15.11%) CI/CD
7 79 (15.11%) Data Architecture
7 79 (15.11%) Full-Stack Development
7 79 (15.11%) Migration
8 77 (14.72%) Business Intelligence
9 73 (13.96%) Computer Science
10 72 (13.77%) Software Engineering
11 68 (13.00%) Mentoring
11 68 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
12 67 (12.81%) Regulatory Compliance
13 66 (12.62%) Machine Learning
14 65 (12.43%) Line Management
15 64 (12.24%) Analytics
16 62 (11.85%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 320 (61.19%) SQL
2 177 (33.84%) C#
3 92 (17.59%) Python
4 60 (11.47%) JavaScript
5 57 (10.90%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.75%) PHP
7 50 (9.56%) PowerShell
8 46 (8.80%) Java
9 38 (7.27%) TypeScript
10 27 (5.16%) C++
11 16 (3.06%) R
12 14 (2.68%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.49%) Bash
14 11 (2.10%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.15%) Bicep
16 6 (1.15%) VBA
16 6 (1.15%) VBScript
17 4 (0.76%) VB
18 3 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (19.12%) Degree
2 63 (12.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.25%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.87%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.53%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.15%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.96%) HNC
8 5 (0.96%) HND
8 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.38%) CCNA
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.38%) MCSA
10 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.63%) SLA
4 18 (3.44%) QA
5 17 (3.25%) GDPR
6 4 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 63 (12.05%) Virtual Machines
2 55 (10.52%) Active Directory
3 41 (7.84%) Docker
4 7 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.96%) vSphere
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.97%) Terraform
3 8 (1.53%) Ansible
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.57%) Grafana
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) MIIS
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 256 (48.95%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.15%) Databricks
3 49 (9.37%) Oracle
4 21 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.06%) Cisco
6 14 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.29%) VMware
8 11 (2.10%) Citrix
8 11 (2.10%) Veeam
9 10 (1.91%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.72%) ConnectWise
10 9 (1.72%) WooCommerce
11 7 (1.34%) iManage
12 5 (0.96%) IBM
12 5 (0.96%) Meraki
12 5 (0.96%) Synology
13 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.76%) Dell
13 4 (0.76%) ESRI
13 4 (0.76%) JDA