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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 55 44
Rank change year-on-year -33 -11 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 652 903 1,221
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 5.44% 4.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.03% 28.49% 23.80%
Number of salaries quoted 569 560 994
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £32,500
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 £80,242 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%

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 3,100 3,170 5,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.92% 19.11% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,494 2,123 4,035
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £37,880
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £91,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,622 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.03% +1.04% -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 2 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 42 (6.44%) IIS
2 31 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.84%) Confluence
5 8 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.92%) nginx
7 3 (0.46%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.31%) CMS
8 2 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.31%) 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 21 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.77%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.61%) Magento
4 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.46%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.31%) 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
1 397 (60.89%) Azure
2 115 (17.64%) AWS
3 89 (13.65%) Power Platform
4 74 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (11.35%) Snowflake
5 58 (8.90%) Azure AI
6 57 (8.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (8.59%) Azure Machine Learning
8 55 (8.44%) SaaS
9 53 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (4.14%) Azure Service Bus
11 26 (3.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 25 (3.83%) Power Automate
12 25 (3.83%) PowerApps
13 23 (3.53%) Serverless
14 22 (3.37%) Entra ID
15 21 (3.22%) GCP
16 20 (3.07%) GitHub
17 19 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (2.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.98%) Firewall
2 28 (4.29%) VPN
3 25 (3.83%) TCP/IP
4 24 (3.68%) DNS
5 16 (2.45%) DHCP
6 7 (1.07%) HTTP
6 7 (1.07%) LAN
6 7 (1.07%) VLAN
6 7 (1.07%) WAN
7 5 (0.77%) VoIP
8 4 (0.61%) Network Security
8 4 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.46%) DMZ
9 3 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.46%) SAN
9 3 (0.46%) STUN
9 3 (0.46%) Wireless
10 2 (0.31%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.15%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.82%) Power BI
2 58 (8.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 55 (8.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (7.36%) MySQL
5 47 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (7.06%) Relational Database
7 43 (6.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (4.75%) Redis
10 16 (2.45%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.45%) MongoDB
10 16 (2.45%) Oracle Database
11 14 (2.15%) Db2
12 11 (1.69%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.38%) Tableau
15 4 (0.61%) Ataccama
15 4 (0.61%) BigQuery
15 4 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.61%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 41 (6.29%) Git
2 28 (4.29%) JIRA
3 9 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 9 (1.38%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.23%) NUnit
5 7 (1.07%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.46%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.46%) Selenium
9 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.31%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.31%) MSTest
9 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) GitLab
10 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (26.84%) Finance
2 174 (26.69%) Social Skills
3 76 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.37%) Law
5 31 (4.75%) Legal
6 28 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.68%) Banking
8 23 (3.53%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.15%) Retail
10 12 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.23%) Front Office
11 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.77%) Billing
15 4 (0.61%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.61%) Marketing
15 4 (0.61%) Publishing
16 3 (0.46%) Advertising
16 3 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 224 (34.36%) Developer
2 89 (13.65%) Senior
3 84 (12.88%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.28%) SQL Developer
5 64 (9.82%) Data Engineer
6 62 (9.51%) Graduate
7 55 (8.44%) .NET Developer
8 54 (8.28%) Lead
9 53 (8.13%) Software Engineer
10 51 (7.82%) Analyst
11 49 (7.52%) C# Developer
12 44 (6.75%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (6.60%) Graduate Developer
13 43 (6.60%) Graduate Software Developer
14 38 (5.83%) C# Software Developer
15 37 (5.67%) Data Manager
16 35 (5.37%) Engineering Manager
16 35 (5.37%) Support Analyst
17 34 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
18 33 (5.06%) Graduate C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (33.74%) .NET
2 85 (13.04%) CSS
3 58 (8.90%) .NET Framework
4 57 (8.74%) HTML
5 54 (8.28%) .NET Core
5 54 (8.28%) ASP.NET
6 50 (7.67%) React
7 49 (7.52%) REST
8 44 (6.75%) jQuery
9 43 (6.60%) AngularJS
9 43 (6.60%) Entity Framework
10 36 (5.52%) Node.js
11 29 (4.45%) XML
12 28 (4.29%) Vue
13 20 (3.07%) JSON
14 19 (2.91%) Blazor
15 17 (2.61%) ASP.NET MVC
15 17 (2.61%) RESTful
15 17 (2.61%) Web Services
16 16 (2.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (3.83%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.07%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.07%) Replication
4 20 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.30%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.69%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.69%) Clustering
10 10 (1.53%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.38%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.07%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.92%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.92%) Video\Live Streaming
14 5 (0.77%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 97 (14.88%) Windows
2 67 (10.28%) Windows Server
3 44 (6.75%) Linux
4 10 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.07%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.46%) CentOS
6 3 (0.46%) Debian
6 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.31%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (29.91%) Agile
2 139 (21.32%) DevOps
3 119 (18.25%) AI
3 119 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (17.02%) CI/CD
5 105 (16.10%) Roadmaps
6 104 (15.95%) Data Engineering
7 102 (15.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 99 (15.18%) Migration
8 99 (15.18%) Software Engineering
9 94 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (14.42%) Data Architecture
10 87 (13.34%) Computer Science
11 82 (12.58%) Mentoring
12 78 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
13 72 (11.04%) Data Governance
14 70 (10.74%) MVC
15 68 (10.43%) Regulatory Compliance
16 65 (9.97%) Microservices
17 64 (9.82%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 382 (58.59%) SQL
2 254 (38.96%) C#
3 98 (15.03%) JavaScript
4 86 (13.19%) Python
5 66 (10.12%) PowerShell
6 63 (9.66%) PHP
7 59 (9.05%) TypeScript
8 57 (8.74%) T-SQL
9 52 (7.98%) Java
10 33 (5.06%) C++
11 14 (2.15%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.15%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.84%) Bash
13 8 (1.23%) Bicep
14 7 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.07%) R
14 7 (1.07%) VBA
15 6 (0.92%) VBScript
16 5 (0.77%) Go
16 5 (0.77%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 117 (17.94%) Degree
2 74 (11.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.91%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.15%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.69%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.77%) HNC
8 5 (0.77%) HND
8 5 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.46%) 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 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.21%) QA
3 25 (3.83%) SLA
4 21 (3.22%) GDPR
5 16 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.46%) 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 (10.89%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (8.74%) Active Directory
3 56 (8.59%) Docker
4 14 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.77%) vSphere
6 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (4.60%) Terraform
2 29 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.38%) Ansible
5 7 (1.07%) Grafana
5 7 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.31%) 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
1 337 (51.69%) Microsoft
2 86 (13.19%) Databricks
3 46 (7.06%) Oracle
4 21 (3.22%) VMware
5 19 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.99%) Cisco
7 13 (1.99%) Google
8 12 (1.84%) Citrix
9 11 (1.69%) iManage
9 11 (1.69%) Veeam
10 10 (1.53%) IBM
11 9 (1.38%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.38%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.23%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.07%) Informatica
14 5 (0.77%) Intapp
14 5 (0.77%) Remedy
14 5 (0.77%) Sybase
14 5 (0.77%) Synology