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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 53 31
Rank change year-on-year -38 -22 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 603 922 2,034
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 5.59% 6.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.28% 28.35% 30.32%
Number of salaries quoted 538 574 1,756
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,075 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,875 £43,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +0.91% -1.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,438 £66,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%

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 2,974 3,252 6,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.93% 19.70% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,382 2,183 5,528
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,247 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,041 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,759
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -8.00%

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 16 July 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 41 (6.80%) IIS
2 29 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 28 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.99%) Confluence
5 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.00%) nginx
6 3 (0.50%) SAS
7 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.00%) Magento
3 5 (0.83%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.66%) Shopify
5 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.50%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 382 (63.35%) Azure
2 106 (17.58%) AWS
3 88 (14.59%) Power Platform
4 69 (11.44%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (11.44%) Snowflake
5 58 (9.62%) SaaS
6 57 (9.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.29%) Azure AI
7 56 (9.29%) Azure Machine Learning
8 55 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (4.64%) Entra ID
10 27 (4.48%) Serverless
11 24 (3.98%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 22 (3.65%) PaaS
12 22 (3.65%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.48%) PowerApps
14 19 (3.15%) GitHub
15 18 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
16 16 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.47%) Firewall
2 28 (4.64%) VPN
3 21 (3.48%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.32%) DNS
5 14 (2.32%) DHCP
6 9 (1.49%) VLAN
7 7 (1.16%) VoIP
8 5 (0.83%) DMZ
8 5 (0.83%) LAN
8 5 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.83%) STUN
8 5 (0.83%) WAN
9 4 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.50%) SAN
10 3 (0.50%) Wireless
11 2 (0.33%) HTTP
11 2 (0.33%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.33%) Network Security
11 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.11%) Power BI
2 50 (8.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 46 (7.63%) MySQL
4 45 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (7.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 43 (7.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 35 (5.80%) Relational Database
8 27 (4.48%) Redis
9 18 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (2.65%) Oracle Database
11 14 (2.32%) Db2
12 11 (1.82%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.66%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.49%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.33%) Tableau
16 7 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
17 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.66%) Power Query
18 3 (0.50%) Ataccama
18 3 (0.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (4.81%) JIRA
2 25 (4.15%) Git
3 13 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.00%) NUnit
5 6 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.50%) Selenium
9 2 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.33%) MSTest
9 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.17%) Gatling
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (27.53%) Finance
2 156 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 69 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.31%) Law
5 25 (4.15%) Banking
6 22 (3.65%) Legal
7 19 (3.15%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.32%) Retail
10 9 (1.49%) Front Office
11 7 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.66%) Back Office
13 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.66%) Publishing
13 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.50%) Advertising
14 3 (0.50%) Billing
14 3 (0.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 210 (34.83%) Developer
2 83 (13.76%) Senior
3 79 (13.10%) Software Developer
4 65 (10.78%) SQL Developer
5 57 (9.45%) Graduate
6 54 (8.96%) Analyst
7 50 (8.29%) .NET Developer
8 49 (8.13%) Data Engineer
9 45 (7.46%) Lead
9 45 (7.46%) Software Engineer
10 44 (7.30%) C# Developer
11 43 (7.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 43 (7.13%) Graduate Developer
11 43 (7.13%) Graduate Software Developer
12 37 (6.14%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.97%) C# Software Developer
13 36 (5.97%) Engineering Manager
14 35 (5.80%) Support Analyst
15 34 (5.64%) Applications Support
16 33 (5.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (32.34%) .NET
2 79 (13.10%) CSS
3 51 (8.46%) HTML
4 49 (8.13%) ASP.NET
5 48 (7.96%) .NET Framework
6 47 (7.79%) .NET Core
7 44 (7.30%) jQuery
7 44 (7.30%) REST
8 43 (7.13%) React
9 35 (5.80%) AngularJS
9 35 (5.80%) Entity Framework
10 34 (5.64%) Node.js
11 30 (4.98%) XML
12 26 (4.31%) Vue
13 24 (3.98%) JSON
14 19 (3.15%) RESTful
15 18 (2.99%) Middleware
16 16 (2.65%) ASP.NET Core
17 15 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
17 15 (2.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.81%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.99%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.65%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (2.16%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.99%) Replication
10 11 (1.82%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.49%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.33%) Clustering
13 8 (1.33%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.00%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (0.83%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.83%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 95 (15.75%) Windows
2 64 (10.61%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.80%) Linux
4 10 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.83%) Debian
7 3 (0.50%) CentOS
7 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.33%) Unix
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (31.34%) Agile
2 123 (20.40%) DevOps
3 112 (18.57%) AI
4 106 (17.58%) CI/CD
5 103 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (16.75%) Roadmaps
7 99 (16.42%) Data Engineering
8 98 (16.25%) Full-Stack Development
9 89 (14.76%) Migration
10 86 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (14.26%) Data Architecture
11 84 (13.93%) Computer Science
12 83 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
13 79 (13.10%) Software Engineering
14 77 (12.77%) Mentoring
15 71 (11.77%) MVC
16 68 (11.28%) Regulatory Compliance
17 66 (10.95%) Data Governance
18 63 (10.45%) Line Management
18 63 (10.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 370 (61.36%) SQL
2 220 (36.48%) C#
3 89 (14.76%) JavaScript
4 83 (13.76%) Python
5 71 (11.77%) PowerShell
6 59 (9.78%) PHP
7 57 (9.45%) T-SQL
7 57 (9.45%) TypeScript
8 52 (8.62%) Java
9 31 (5.14%) C++
10 15 (2.49%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.32%) Bash
12 11 (1.82%) VB.NET
13 10 (1.66%) Bicep
14 9 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.33%) R
16 6 (1.00%) VBA
16 6 (1.00%) VBScript
17 5 (0.83%) Tcl
18 4 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (18.08%) Degree
2 71 (11.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.65%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.16%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.66%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.83%) HNC
7 5 (0.83%) HND
7 5 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.83%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.33%) CCNA
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.33%) MCSA
10 2 (0.33%) MCSE
11 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.64%) QA
3 23 (3.81%) SLA
4 22 (3.65%) GDPR
4 22 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.50%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.77%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (10.61%) Active Directory
3 47 (7.79%) Docker
4 17 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.83%) vSphere
7 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (4.98%) Terraform
2 27 (4.48%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.33%) Ansible
5 7 (1.16%) Grafana
5 7 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.50%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) MIIS
10 1 (0.17%) Consul
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) SCCM
10 1 (0.17%) SCOM
10 1 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 317 (52.57%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.27%) Databricks
3 45 (7.46%) Oracle
4 21 (3.48%) VMware
5 20 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.65%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.32%) Cisco
8 13 (2.16%) Citrix
9 12 (1.99%) Google
9 12 (1.99%) Veeam
10 10 (1.66%) IBM
10 10 (1.66%) iManage
11 8 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.33%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.33%) TIBCO
12 6 (1.00%) Informatica
13 5 (0.83%) Meraki
13 5 (0.83%) Sybase
13 5 (0.83%) Synology
14 4 (0.66%) Alteryx