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

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -37 -32 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 553 896 2,607
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 5.76% 7.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.80% 27.43% 34.98%
Number of salaries quoted 489 550 2,302
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,793 3,266 7,452
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.68% 20.98% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,190 2,186 6,213
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,140 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 24 June 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 36 (6.51%) IIS
2 29 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (4.88%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.17%) Confluence
5 6 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.36%) JBoss
7 2 (0.36%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.27%) Magento
3 5 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.90%) Shopify
4 4 (0.72%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 350 (63.29%) Azure
2 95 (17.18%) AWS
3 82 (14.83%) Power Platform
4 64 (11.57%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.13%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (9.95%) Azure AI
7 55 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (9.76%) SaaS
9 51 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (5.06%) Serverless
11 26 (4.70%) Entra ID
12 21 (3.80%) PaaS
13 20 (3.62%) GitHub
13 20 (3.62%) Power Automate
14 18 (3.25%) PowerApps
15 15 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.15%) Firewall
2 22 (3.98%) VPN
3 14 (2.53%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.35%) DNS
5 10 (1.81%) DHCP
6 9 (1.63%) VLAN
7 7 (1.27%) VoIP
8 5 (0.90%) DMZ
8 5 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.90%) STUN
9 4 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.54%) LAN
10 3 (0.54%) SAN
10 3 (0.54%) WAN
11 2 (0.36%) AMQP
11 2 (0.36%) HTTP
11 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.36%) Wireless
12 1 (0.18%) SCTP
12 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.39%) Power BI
2 43 (7.78%) MySQL
3 40 (7.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 38 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (6.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (5.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (5.24%) Relational Database
8 19 (3.44%) Redis
9 16 (2.89%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (2.17%) Db2
11 12 (2.17%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.81%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.08%) Tableau
14 5 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.72%) Metadata
15 4 (0.72%) Power Query
16 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (5.24%) JIRA
2 21 (3.80%) Git
3 14 (2.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.08%) NUnit
5 6 (1.08%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.54%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.36%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.36%) MSTest
8 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.18%) Gatling
9 1 (0.18%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 162 (29.29%) Finance
2 143 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.70%) Banking
5 22 (3.98%) Law
6 19 (3.44%) Legal
7 18 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.53%) Retail
10 12 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Front Office
12 8 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.90%) Back Office
13 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.72%) Marketing
14 4 (0.72%) Publishing
15 3 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 186 (33.63%) Developer
2 90 (16.27%) Senior
3 75 (13.56%) Software Developer
4 61 (11.03%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.58%) Graduate
6 52 (9.40%) Analyst
7 46 (8.32%) C# Developer
8 44 (7.96%) Software Engineer
9 43 (7.78%) Graduate Developer
9 43 (7.78%) Graduate Software Developer
10 41 (7.41%) Data Engineer
11 37 (6.69%) .NET Developer
11 37 (6.69%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (6.69%) Data Manager
12 36 (6.51%) Engineering Manager
13 33 (5.97%) Applications Support
13 33 (5.97%) Finance Manager
13 33 (5.97%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (5.97%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (5.97%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (31.65%) .NET
2 74 (13.38%) CSS
3 46 (8.32%) .NET Core
3 46 (8.32%) HTML
4 44 (7.96%) jQuery
5 43 (7.78%) React
6 35 (6.33%) AngularJS
6 35 (6.33%) ASP.NET
7 33 (5.97%) .NET Framework
8 32 (5.79%) REST
9 28 (5.06%) Node.js
10 27 (4.88%) Entity Framework
11 20 (3.62%) Vue
12 18 (3.25%) RESTful
12 18 (3.25%) XML
13 16 (2.89%) JSON
13 16 (2.89%) Middleware
14 15 (2.71%) ASP.NET Core
15 12 (2.17%) Kafka
16 11 (1.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.98%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.89%) Data Structures
4 16 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.17%) Replication
7 11 (1.99%) Client/Server
8 10 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.63%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.27%) Clustering
10 7 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.27%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.90%) PKI
11 5 (0.90%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 82 (14.83%) Windows
2 54 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.15%) Linux
4 9 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.90%) Debian
7 3 (0.54%) CentOS
7 3 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (32.19%) Agile
2 107 (19.35%) DevOps
3 104 (18.81%) AI
4 101 (18.26%) Data Engineering
5 94 (17.00%) Roadmaps
6 85 (15.37%) Full-Stack Development
7 84 (15.19%) CI/CD
8 83 (15.01%) Migration
9 82 (14.83%) Computer Science
9 82 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (14.47%) Business Intelligence
10 80 (14.47%) Data Architecture
11 79 (14.29%) Software Engineering
12 77 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (12.66%) Mentoring
14 67 (12.12%) Regulatory Compliance
15 64 (11.57%) Line Management
16 62 (11.21%) Data Governance
16 62 (11.21%) Machine Learning
17 58 (10.49%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 345 (62.39%) SQL
2 188 (34.00%) C#
3 88 (15.91%) Python
4 69 (12.48%) JavaScript
5 63 (11.39%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.95%) PHP
6 55 (9.95%) T-SQL
7 51 (9.22%) Java
8 48 (8.68%) TypeScript
9 31 (5.61%) C++
10 15 (2.71%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.53%) Bash
12 12 (2.17%) R
13 11 (1.99%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.27%) Bicep
14 7 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.08%) VBA
15 6 (1.08%) VBScript
16 4 (0.72%) Tcl
16 4 (0.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (19.71%) Degree
2 67 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.89%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.63%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.90%) HNC
7 5 (0.90%) HND
7 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.36%) CCNA
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.36%) MCSA
9 2 (0.36%) MCSE
10 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.23%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.98%) QA
3 19 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.25%) SLA
5 17 (3.07%) GDPR
6 5 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.54%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 68 (12.30%) Virtual Machines
2 62 (11.21%) Active Directory
3 40 (7.23%) Docker
4 13 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.90%) vSphere
7 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.52%) Terraform
3 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.45%) Ansible
5 5 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.72%) Grafana
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.54%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.36%) MIIS
9 1 (0.18%) Consul
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.18%) Puppet
9 1 (0.18%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) SCOM
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 277 (50.09%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.92%) Databricks
3 45 (8.14%) Oracle
4 18 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.07%) VMware
6 16 (2.89%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.53%) Cisco
8 13 (2.35%) Citrix
9 12 (2.17%) Veeam
10 8 (1.45%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.27%) IBM
11 7 (1.27%) iManage
11 7 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.90%) ConnectWise
12 5 (0.90%) Meraki
12 5 (0.90%) Synology
12 5 (0.90%) WooCommerce
13 4 (0.72%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.72%) Okta
13 4 (0.72%) OneLogin
162 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs