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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 50 21
Rank change year-on-year -41 -29 +21
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 517 863 2,651
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 5.95% 8.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.08% 26.64% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 463 514 2,409
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -0.97%

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 2,453 3,239 7,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.99% 22.32% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 2,138 6,225
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,775 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,121 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,900 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 May 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 28 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.48%) IIS
4 14 (2.71%) Confluence
5 5 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.13%) Magento
4 9 (1.74%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 335 (64.80%) Azure
2 87 (16.83%) AWS
3 73 (14.12%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.61%) Snowflake
5 59 (11.41%) SaaS
6 57 (11.03%) Azure AI
7 56 (10.83%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (10.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 48 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (5.42%) Serverless
10 27 (5.22%) GitHub
11 24 (4.64%) Entra ID
12 21 (4.06%) PaaS
12 21 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 20 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (3.29%) PowerApps
15 14 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.22%) Firewall
2 14 (2.71%) VPN
3 9 (1.74%) DNS
3 9 (1.74%) VLAN
4 8 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.35%) DMZ
6 6 (1.16%) DHCP
6 6 (1.16%) VoIP
7 5 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.97%) STUN
8 4 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.58%) AMQP
9 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.58%) SAN
10 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) LAN
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.80%) Power BI
2 41 (7.93%) MySQL
3 40 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (7.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (7.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (4.84%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.90%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.90%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.71%) NoSQL
10 13 (2.51%) Redis
11 11 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.13%) DB2
12 6 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.16%) Metadata
13 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.77%) GIS
13 4 (0.77%) Power Query
13 4 (0.77%) QGIS
13 4 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (5.42%) JIRA
2 25 (4.84%) Git
3 11 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.97%) NUnit
5 5 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.58%) Maven
6 3 (0.58%) MSTest
6 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) TestRail
8 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 162 (31.33%) Finance
2 124 (23.98%) Social Skills
3 57 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.45%) Banking
5 19 (3.68%) Law
6 18 (3.48%) Legal
7 16 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.32%) Retail
9 10 (1.93%) Back Office
9 10 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.97%) Front Office
13 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.77%) Publishing
14 3 (0.58%) Automotive
14 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
15 2 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 164 (31.72%) Developer
2 106 (20.50%) Senior
3 64 (12.38%) Software Developer
4 49 (9.48%) SQL Developer
5 47 (9.09%) C# Developer
6 46 (8.90%) Analyst
7 43 (8.32%) Graduate
7 43 (8.32%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.32%) Graduate Software Developer
8 39 (7.54%) Software Engineer
9 37 (7.16%) Applications Support
9 37 (7.16%) Data Manager
10 36 (6.96%) C# Software Developer
10 36 (6.96%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (6.77%) Lead
12 33 (6.38%) Data Engineer
12 33 (6.38%) Finance Manager
12 33 (6.38%) Graduate C# Developer
12 33 (6.38%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 32 (6.19%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (32.69%) .NET
2 70 (13.54%) CSS
3 48 (9.28%) React
4 44 (8.51%) HTML
5 40 (7.74%) .NET Core
6 38 (7.35%) jQuery
7 34 (6.58%) REST
8 32 (6.19%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.42%) ASP.NET
10 26 (5.03%) .NET Framework
11 25 (4.84%) RESTful
12 24 (4.64%) Entity Framework
13 22 (4.26%) Node.js
14 16 (3.09%) Vue
15 15 (2.90%) JSON
15 15 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
15 15 (2.90%) SOAP
15 15 (2.90%) XML
16 13 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
17 12 (2.32%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (3.09%) Legacy Applications
2 16 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.90%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.90%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.90%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.13%) Low-Code
5 11 (2.13%) Replication
6 8 (1.55%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.16%) Clustering
9 5 (0.97%) NHS
9 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.77%) CMDB
10 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.93%) Windows
2 45 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.16%) Linux
4 9 (1.74%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.35%) VMS
5 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.97%) Debian
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (32.50%) Agile
2 104 (20.12%) DevOps
3 93 (17.99%) Data Engineering
4 91 (17.60%) Roadmaps
5 89 (17.21%) AI
6 82 (15.86%) CI/CD
6 82 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (15.28%) Data Architecture
7 79 (15.28%) Migration
8 74 (14.31%) Full-Stack Development
8 74 (14.31%) Software Engineering
9 73 (14.12%) Mentoring
10 72 (13.93%) Computer Science
11 67 (12.96%) Regulatory Compliance
12 66 (12.77%) Machine Learning
13 65 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
14 64 (12.38%) Line Management
15 62 (11.99%) Analytics
15 62 (11.99%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 312 (60.35%) SQL
2 175 (33.85%) C#
3 88 (17.02%) Python
4 59 (11.41%) JavaScript
5 56 (10.83%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.86%) PHP
7 50 (9.67%) PowerShell
8 46 (8.90%) Java
9 38 (7.35%) TypeScript
10 26 (5.03%) C++
11 16 (3.09%) R
12 14 (2.71%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.51%) Bash
14 11 (2.13%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.16%) Bicep
16 6 (1.16%) VBA
16 6 (1.16%) VBScript
17 4 (0.77%) VB
18 3 (0.58%) Korn
Qualifications
1 97 (18.76%) Degree
2 63 (12.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.29%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) HNC
8 5 (0.97%) HND
8 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) CCNA
10 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.68%) SLA
4 18 (3.48%) QA
5 17 (3.29%) GDPR
6 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (11.99%) Virtual Machines
2 52 (10.06%) Active Directory
3 43 (8.32%) Docker
4 7 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) vSphere
6 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.03%) Terraform
3 8 (1.55%) Ansible
4 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.77%) Grafana
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.58%) SCCM
8 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.39%) MIIS
8 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 249 (48.16%) Microsoft
2 73 (14.12%) Databricks
3 51 (9.86%) Oracle
4 21 (4.06%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.09%) Cisco
6 12 (2.32%) VMware
7 11 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.13%) Veeam
8 10 (1.93%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.74%) Citrix
9 9 (1.74%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.74%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.35%) iManage
11 5 (0.97%) Google
11 5 (0.97%) IBM
11 5 (0.97%) Meraki
11 5 (0.97%) Synology
12 4 (0.77%) Dell
12 4 (0.77%) ESRI
12 4 (0.77%) JDA