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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 53 43
Rank change year-on-year -39 -10 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 665 903 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 5.48% 4.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.29% 28.66% 23.80%
Number of salaries quoted 581 561 988
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £84,893
UK median annual salary £55,279 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.86% +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 3,124 3,151 5,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.86% 19.12% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 2,111 4,018
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £37,940
25th Percentile £45,309 £46,250 £46,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £91,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 6 August 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 44 (6.62%) IIS
2 32 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.80%) Confluence
5 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.90%) nginx
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) SAS
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.75%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.60%) Magento
4 3 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.45%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 405 (60.90%) Azure
2 116 (17.44%) AWS
3 85 (12.78%) Power Platform
4 77 (11.58%) Snowflake
5 76 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (9.02%) Azure AI
7 57 (8.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.42%) Azure Machine Learning
9 53 (7.97%) SaaS
10 52 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (4.21%) Azure Service Bus
12 27 (4.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (3.76%) Power Automate
13 25 (3.76%) PowerApps
14 23 (3.46%) Serverless
15 22 (3.31%) GitHub
16 21 (3.16%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.16%) GCP
17 20 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (2.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.02%) Firewall
2 28 (4.21%) VPN
3 26 (3.91%) TCP/IP
4 25 (3.76%) DNS
5 17 (2.56%) DHCP
6 8 (1.20%) HTTP
6 8 (1.20%) LAN
6 8 (1.20%) WAN
7 7 (1.05%) VLAN
8 5 (0.75%) Network Security
8 5 (0.75%) VoIP
8 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.45%) DMZ
9 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.45%) SAN
9 3 (0.45%) STUN
9 3 (0.45%) Wireless
10 2 (0.30%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.15%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (9.02%) Power BI
2 58 (8.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 57 (8.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (7.22%) Relational Database
5 47 (7.07%) MySQL
5 47 (7.07%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 34 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (4.81%) Redis
9 18 (2.71%) Data Lake
10 17 (2.56%) MongoDB
11 16 (2.41%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.95%) Db2
12 13 (1.95%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.35%) Tableau
15 4 (0.60%) Ataccama
15 4 (0.60%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.60%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 45 (6.77%) Git
2 28 (4.21%) JIRA
3 10 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.20%) NUnit
5 8 (1.20%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.45%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.45%) Selenium
9 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.30%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.30%) MSTest
9 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) GitLab
10 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 177 (26.62%) Finance
1 177 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 77 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (5.71%) Law
4 32 (4.81%) Legal
5 31 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.76%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.61%) Banking
8 13 (1.95%) Retail
9 12 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.20%) Front Office
12 7 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.75%) Billing
13 5 (0.75%) Marketing
14 4 (0.60%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.60%) Publishing
15 3 (0.45%) Advertising
15 3 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 231 (34.74%) Developer
2 92 (13.83%) Senior
3 88 (13.23%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.08%) SQL Developer
5 66 (9.92%) Graduate
6 65 (9.77%) Data Engineer
7 57 (8.57%) .NET Developer
7 57 (8.57%) Lead
8 54 (8.12%) Software Engineer
9 51 (7.67%) C# Developer
10 50 (7.52%) Analyst
11 45 (6.77%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (6.47%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (6.47%) Graduate Software Developer
13 38 (5.71%) C# Software Developer
14 36 (5.41%) Data Manager
14 36 (5.41%) Support Analyst
15 35 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
15 35 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
15 35 (5.26%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (33.68%) .NET
2 87 (13.08%) CSS
3 62 (9.32%) .NET Framework
4 59 (8.87%) HTML
5 58 (8.72%) .NET Core
6 56 (8.42%) ASP.NET
7 55 (8.27%) React
8 53 (7.97%) REST
9 47 (7.07%) AngularJS
9 47 (7.07%) Entity Framework
10 45 (6.77%) jQuery
11 38 (5.71%) Node.js
12 29 (4.36%) Vue
13 27 (4.06%) XML
14 21 (3.16%) Blazor
15 18 (2.71%) ASP.NET MVC
15 18 (2.71%) JSON
16 17 (2.56%) Middleware
16 17 (2.56%) RESTful
16 17 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.51%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.16%) Virtual Team
4 20 (3.01%) Replication
5 19 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.65%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.65%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.65%) Clustering
8 11 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.05%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (0.90%) Online Gambling
11 5 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (15.04%) Windows
2 68 (10.23%) Windows Server
3 44 (6.62%) Linux
4 10 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.05%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.45%) Debian
6 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) CentOS
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (30.08%) Agile
2 143 (21.50%) DevOps
3 124 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (18.20%) AI
5 114 (17.14%) CI/CD
6 106 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
6 106 (15.94%) Software Engineering
7 105 (15.79%) Roadmaps
8 102 (15.34%) Data Engineering
9 100 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 100 (15.04%) Migration
10 96 (14.44%) Data Architecture
11 90 (13.53%) Computer Science
12 84 (12.63%) Mentoring
13 75 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (10.83%) MVC
15 71 (10.68%) Data Governance
16 69 (10.38%) Clean Code
17 68 (10.23%) Microservices
17 68 (10.23%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 385 (57.89%) SQL
2 264 (39.70%) C#
3 102 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 84 (12.63%) Python
5 66 (9.92%) PHP
6 63 (9.47%) PowerShell
7 61 (9.17%) TypeScript
8 54 (8.12%) Java
8 54 (8.12%) T-SQL
9 34 (5.11%) C++
10 13 (1.95%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.95%) VB.NET
11 11 (1.65%) Bash
12 8 (1.20%) Bicep
12 8 (1.20%) Go
13 7 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.05%) VBA
14 6 (0.90%) R
14 6 (0.90%) VBScript
15 5 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 120 (18.05%) Degree
2 75 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (3.16%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.11%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (1.95%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.75%) HNC
7 5 (0.75%) HND
7 5 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.15%) CCNA
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.41%) QA
3 25 (3.76%) SLA
4 21 (3.16%) GDPR
5 14 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.45%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (10.68%) Virtual Machines
2 58 (8.72%) Docker
3 56 (8.42%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.75%) vSphere
6 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (4.66%) Terraform
2 30 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.35%) Ansible
5 7 (1.05%) Grafana
5 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.75%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.45%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 343 (51.58%) Microsoft
2 88 (13.23%) Databricks
3 47 (7.07%) Oracle
4 22 (3.31%) VMware
5 19 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.11%) Cisco
8 13 (1.95%) Google
9 12 (1.80%) Citrix
10 11 (1.65%) iManage
10 11 (1.65%) Veeam
11 10 (1.50%) IBM
12 9 (1.35%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.35%) TIBCO
13 7 (1.05%) Informatica
13 7 (1.05%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.75%) Intapp
14 5 (0.75%) Remedy
14 5 (0.75%) Sybase
14 5 (0.75%) Synology