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

 6 months to
9 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 56 46
Rank change year-on-year -32 -10 -10
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 673 901 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 5.45% 4.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.37% 28.67% 23.60%
Number of salaries quoted 585 558 962
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,550
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 £84,985
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -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 3,149 3,143 5,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.89% 19.00% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,528 2,108 3,953
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,125
25th Percentile £45,489 £46,250 £47,500
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 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 9 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 (6.54%) IIS
2 32 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.78%) Confluence
5 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.89%) nginx
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.30%) SAS
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 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.74%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
2 3 (0.45%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.45%) Magento
3 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 410 (60.92%) Azure
2 119 (17.68%) AWS
3 84 (12.48%) Power Platform
4 79 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
4 79 (11.74%) Snowflake
5 60 (8.92%) Azure AI
6 58 (8.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.32%) Azure Machine Learning
8 54 (8.02%) SaaS
9 51 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (4.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 28 (4.16%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (3.71%) Power Automate
11 25 (3.71%) PowerApps
12 23 (3.42%) GCP
12 23 (3.42%) Serverless
13 22 (3.27%) GitHub
14 20 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (2.97%) Entra ID
15 18 (2.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.79%) Firewall
2 27 (4.01%) VPN
3 26 (3.86%) TCP/IP
4 25 (3.71%) DNS
5 17 (2.53%) DHCP
6 8 (1.19%) HTTP
6 8 (1.19%) LAN
6 8 (1.19%) WAN
7 6 (0.89%) VLAN
8 5 (0.74%) Network Security
8 5 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.59%) VoIP
10 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.45%) SAN
10 3 (0.45%) Wireless
11 2 (0.30%) Broadband
11 2 (0.30%) DMZ
11 2 (0.30%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.30%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 59 (8.77%) Power BI
3 58 (8.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (7.28%) Relational Database
5 48 (7.13%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (6.98%) MySQL
7 39 (5.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
9 33 (4.90%) Redis
10 21 (3.12%) Data Lake
11 18 (2.67%) MongoDB
12 16 (2.38%) Oracle Database
13 15 (2.23%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.93%) Db2
15 11 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (1.34%) Tableau
17 4 (0.59%) BigQuery
17 4 (0.59%) IBM InfoSphere
17 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.59%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 48 (7.13%) Git
2 27 (4.01%) JIRA
3 10 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.34%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.19%) NUnit
5 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.19%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.59%) 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%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) GitLab
10 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
General
1 177 (26.30%) Finance
2 176 (26.15%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (5.79%) Law
5 32 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (4.75%) Legal
6 26 (3.86%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.57%) Banking
8 13 (1.93%) Retail
9 11 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.19%) Front Office
12 7 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.74%) Billing
13 5 (0.74%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 3 (0.45%) Advertising
15 3 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 235 (34.92%) Developer
2 95 (14.12%) Senior
3 90 (13.37%) Software Developer
4 68 (10.10%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.96%) SQL Developer
6 66 (9.81%) Graduate
7 60 (8.92%) .NET Developer
8 58 (8.62%) Lead
9 56 (8.32%) Software Engineer
10 52 (7.73%) C# Developer
11 49 (7.28%) Analyst
12 46 (6.84%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (6.39%) Graduate Developer
13 43 (6.39%) Graduate Software Developer
14 39 (5.79%) C# Software Developer
15 37 (5.50%) Azure Engineer
16 36 (5.35%) Data Manager
16 36 (5.35%) Lead Developer
17 35 (5.20%) Engineering Manager
17 35 (5.20%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (34.03%) .NET
2 88 (13.08%) CSS
3 64 (9.51%) .NET Framework
4 60 (8.92%) .NET Core
4 60 (8.92%) HTML
5 58 (8.62%) ASP.NET
6 57 (8.47%) React
7 53 (7.88%) REST
8 49 (7.28%) AngularJS
8 49 (7.28%) Entity Framework
9 45 (6.69%) jQuery
10 39 (5.79%) Node.js
11 31 (4.61%) Vue
12 26 (3.86%) XML
13 21 (3.12%) Blazor
14 19 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
15 18 (2.67%) Web Services
16 17 (2.53%) JSON
16 17 (2.53%) RESTful
17 16 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.16%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.12%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.97%) Replication
6 19 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.23%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.63%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.63%) Clustering
10 11 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.89%) Online Gambling
13 5 (0.74%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 101 (15.01%) Windows
2 67 (9.96%) Windows Server
3 43 (6.39%) Linux
4 10 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.04%) Ubuntu
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%) Debian
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (30.46%) Agile
2 147 (21.84%) DevOps
3 127 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (17.98%) AI
5 119 (17.68%) CI/CD
6 110 (16.34%) Software Engineering
7 108 (16.05%) Full-Stack Development
8 105 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (15.60%) Roadmaps
9 103 (15.30%) Data Engineering
10 100 (14.86%) Data Architecture
10 100 (14.86%) Migration
11 92 (13.67%) Computer Science
12 86 (12.78%) Mentoring
13 74 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
14 73 (10.85%) Clean Code
14 73 (10.85%) MVC
15 72 (10.70%) Data Governance
16 70 (10.40%) Microservices
17 68 (10.10%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 387 (57.50%) SQL
2 269 (39.97%) C#
3 105 (15.60%) JavaScript
4 82 (12.18%) Python
5 66 (9.81%) PHP
6 63 (9.36%) TypeScript
7 62 (9.21%) PowerShell
8 55 (8.17%) Java
9 52 (7.73%) T-SQL
10 34 (5.05%) C++
11 13 (1.93%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.93%) VB.NET
12 10 (1.49%) Bash
13 8 (1.19%) Bicep
13 8 (1.19%) Go
14 7 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.04%) VBA
15 6 (0.89%) VBScript
16 5 (0.74%) R
16 5 (0.74%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 123 (18.28%) Degree
2 76 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.93%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.74%) HNC
8 5 (0.74%) HND
8 5 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) MCSA
11 1 (0.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.58%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.35%) QA
3 25 (3.71%) SLA
4 22 (3.27%) GDPR
5 13 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.45%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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 (10.55%) Virtual Machines
2 59 (8.77%) Docker
3 54 (8.02%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.74%) 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 (4.61%) Kubernetes
1 31 (4.61%) Terraform
2 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.34%) Ansible
4 7 (1.04%) Grafana
4 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.74%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.45%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) MIIS
9 1 (0.15%) Consul
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCCM
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 347 (51.56%) Microsoft
2 91 (13.52%) Databricks
3 48 (7.13%) Oracle
4 22 (3.27%) VMware
5 18 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.08%) Google
8 13 (1.93%) Cisco
9 12 (1.78%) Citrix
10 11 (1.63%) iManage
10 11 (1.63%) Veeam
11 10 (1.49%) IBM
12 9 (1.34%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.34%) TIBCO
13 7 (1.04%) Informatica
13 7 (1.04%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.74%) Intapp
14 5 (0.74%) Meraki
14 5 (0.74%) Remedy
14 5 (0.74%) Sybase
219 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs