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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 55 34
Rank change year-on-year -38 -21 +2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 617 909 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 5.51% 5.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.45% 28.33% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 546 565 1,425
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,638 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,181 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -4.42%

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 3,017 3,209 5,938
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.92% 19.46% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,425 2,151 4,816
10th Percentile £36,552 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,163 £46,375 £45,893
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +5.15% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% -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 23 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 (6.65%) IIS
2 31 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 27 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.94%) Confluence
5 7 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.97%) nginx
7 3 (0.49%) SAS
8 2 (0.32%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.32%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.81%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.81%) Magento
2 5 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.49%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 384 (62.24%) Azure
2 108 (17.50%) AWS
3 91 (14.75%) Power Platform
4 73 (11.83%) Snowflake
5 69 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.24%) Azure AI
6 57 (9.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.08%) Azure Machine Learning
8 55 (8.91%) SaaS
9 54 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (4.05%) Entra ID
12 24 (3.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 24 (3.89%) Power Automate
12 24 (3.89%) Serverless
13 23 (3.73%) PowerApps
14 20 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (3.24%) PaaS
15 17 (2.76%) GitHub
16 16 (2.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.32%) Firewall
2 28 (4.54%) VPN
3 23 (3.73%) TCP/IP
4 22 (3.57%) DNS
5 15 (2.43%) DHCP
6 8 (1.30%) VLAN
7 6 (0.97%) LAN
7 6 (0.97%) VoIP
7 6 (0.97%) WAN
8 4 (0.65%) DMZ
8 4 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.65%) STUN
9 3 (0.49%) HTTP
9 3 (0.49%) Network Security
9 3 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.49%) SAN
9 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.49%) Wireless
10 2 (0.32%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.16%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.02%) Power BI
2 52 (8.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 46 (7.46%) MySQL
4 45 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (7.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (5.83%) Relational Database
7 28 (4.54%) Redis
8 23 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.59%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.11%) Db2
10 13 (2.11%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.78%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.62%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.46%) Tableau
14 4 (0.65%) Power Query
15 3 (0.49%) Ataccama
15 3 (0.49%) Metadata
15 3 (0.49%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 31 (5.02%) Git
2 28 (4.54%) JIRA
3 12 (1.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.46%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.97%) NUnit
5 6 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.49%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.49%) Selenium
9 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.32%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.32%) MSTest
9 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.16%) Gatling
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 168 (27.23%) Finance
2 161 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 74 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.70%) Law
5 25 (4.05%) Banking
5 25 (4.05%) Legal
6 22 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.27%) Retail
9 13 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.46%) Front Office
11 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.81%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.65%) Billing
14 4 (0.65%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.65%) Publishing
15 3 (0.49%) Advertising
15 3 (0.49%) Back Office
15 3 (0.49%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 216 (35.01%) Developer
2 84 (13.61%) Senior
3 80 (12.97%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.86%) SQL Developer
5 61 (9.89%) Graduate
6 56 (9.08%) Data Engineer
7 53 (8.59%) Analyst
8 50 (8.10%) .NET Developer
8 50 (8.10%) Software Engineer
9 47 (7.62%) Lead
10 45 (7.29%) C# Developer
11 44 (7.13%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (6.97%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (6.97%) Graduate Software Developer
13 37 (6.00%) Data Manager
14 36 (5.83%) C# Software Developer
14 36 (5.83%) Engineering Manager
15 33 (5.35%) Graduate C# Developer
15 33 (5.35%) Lead Developer
15 33 (5.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (32.41%) .NET
2 78 (12.64%) CSS
3 51 (8.27%) ASP.NET
4 50 (8.10%) HTML
5 49 (7.94%) .NET Framework
6 48 (7.78%) .NET Core
7 45 (7.29%) REST
8 43 (6.97%) jQuery
9 42 (6.81%) React
10 37 (6.00%) AngularJS
11 36 (5.83%) Entity Framework
12 34 (5.51%) Node.js
13 30 (4.86%) XML
14 26 (4.21%) Vue
15 24 (3.89%) JSON
16 17 (2.76%) Middleware
17 16 (2.59%) ASP.NET MVC
17 16 (2.59%) Blazor
17 16 (2.59%) RESTful
18 15 (2.43%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
2 23 (3.73%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.76%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.27%) Replication
9 12 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.78%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.30%) Clustering
13 7 (1.13%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.97%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 93 (15.07%) Windows
2 64 (10.37%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.65%) Linux
4 10 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.65%) Debian
7 3 (0.49%) CentOS
7 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (30.31%) Agile
2 125 (20.26%) DevOps
3 115 (18.64%) AI
4 111 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (17.34%) CI/CD
6 103 (16.69%) Roadmaps
7 102 (16.53%) Data Engineering
8 99 (16.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 95 (15.40%) Migration
10 89 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 87 (14.10%) Data Architecture
12 86 (13.94%) Computer Science
13 85 (13.78%) Software Engineering
14 83 (13.45%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (12.64%) Mentoring
16 71 (11.51%) MVC
17 69 (11.18%) Data Governance
18 68 (11.02%) Regulatory Compliance
19 64 (10.37%) Microservices
20 63 (10.21%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 366 (59.32%) SQL
2 230 (37.28%) C#
3 89 (14.42%) JavaScript
4 85 (13.78%) Python
5 68 (11.02%) PowerShell
6 63 (10.21%) PHP
7 56 (9.08%) T-SQL
7 56 (9.08%) TypeScript
8 51 (8.27%) Java
9 32 (5.19%) C++
10 14 (2.27%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.11%) Bash
12 11 (1.78%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.30%) Bicep
14 8 (1.30%) R
15 7 (1.13%) VBA
16 6 (0.97%) VBScript
17 5 (0.81%) Tcl
18 4 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 112 (18.15%) Degree
2 73 (11.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.43%) Azure Certification
3 15 (2.43%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (1.62%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.13%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.81%) HNC
7 5 (0.81%) HND
7 5 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.32%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCSA
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 30 (4.86%) QA
3 25 (4.05%) SLA
4 21 (3.40%) GDPR
5 20 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.16%) NCSC
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.51%) Virtual Machines
2 60 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 50 (8.10%) Docker
4 14 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.81%) vSphere
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.54%) Terraform
2 26 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.30%) Ansible
5 7 (1.13%) Grafana
5 7 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.81%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.49%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.32%) MIIS
10 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 315 (51.05%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.97%) Databricks
3 46 (7.46%) Oracle
4 21 (3.40%) VMware
5 20 (3.24%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.11%) Cisco
7 13 (2.11%) Google
8 12 (1.94%) Citrix
9 11 (1.78%) Veeam
10 10 (1.62%) IBM
10 10 (1.62%) iManage
11 9 (1.46%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.30%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.30%) TIBCO
13 6 (0.97%) Informatica
14 5 (0.81%) Meraki
14 5 (0.81%) Remedy
14 5 (0.81%) Sybase
14 5 (0.81%) Synology