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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 59 21
Rank change year-on-year -24 -38 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 501 652 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 5.08% 8.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.78% 18.74% 38.25%
Number of salaries quoted 426 560 2,501
10th Percentile £33,125 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,944 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,650 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% - -1.79%

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 2,199 3,479 7,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.07% 27.12% 23.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,617 2,419 6,134
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,700 £36,825
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% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,012 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% -8.00%

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 27 March 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 18 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.40%) IIS
4 11 (2.20%) Confluence
5 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 4 (0.80%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.80%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.60%) nginx
7 3 (0.60%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.60%) SAS
8 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.40%) JBoss
8 2 (0.40%) Moodle
8 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.59%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (2.00%) Magento
4 9 (1.80%) Shopify
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.60%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Actimize
7 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 308 (61.48%) Azure
2 101 (20.16%) AWS
3 85 (16.97%) Power Platform
3 85 (16.97%) SaaS
4 56 (11.18%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (9.18%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (8.18%) GitHub
8 40 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (6.79%) Serverless
10 30 (5.99%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.19%) Snowflake
13 20 (3.99%) Azure AI
14 19 (3.79%) PaaS
15 17 (3.39%) Azure Machine Learning
16 14 (2.79%) Power Automate
16 14 (2.79%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.79%) Firewall
2 14 (2.79%) VPN
3 11 (2.20%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.80%) DNS
5 7 (1.40%) DMZ
5 7 (1.40%) VLAN
6 5 (1.00%) DHCP
6 5 (1.00%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.00%) STUN
6 5 (1.00%) VoIP
7 3 (0.60%) AMQP
7 3 (0.60%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.60%) SSL
7 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.40%) Network Security
8 2 (0.40%) SAN
8 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.40%) WAN
9 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.77%) Power BI
2 67 (13.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 49 (9.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (9.18%) MySQL
6 45 (8.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (3.99%) Relational Database
8 19 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (3.59%) NoSQL
10 16 (3.19%) Oracle Database
11 13 (2.59%) DB2
12 11 (2.20%) Redis
13 8 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.60%) Tableau
14 7 (1.40%) MongoDB
15 6 (1.20%) Data Lake
15 6 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.80%) Data Mining
16 4 (0.80%) GIS
16 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 44 (8.78%) Git
2 24 (4.79%) JIRA
3 11 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.00%) Selenium
5 9 (1.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.60%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.60%) GitLab
6 8 (1.60%) JUnit
7 5 (1.00%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.60%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.60%) Maven
9 3 (0.60%) NUnit
9 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.20%) JMeter
11 1 (0.20%) Moq
11 1 (0.20%) MSTest
11 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 170 (33.93%) Social Skills
2 132 (26.35%) Finance
3 92 (18.36%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.19%) Banking
5 19 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.59%) Billing
8 13 (2.59%) Law
9 11 (2.20%) Retail
10 10 (2.00%) Back Office
10 10 (2.00%) Legal
11 9 (1.80%) Marketing
12 7 (1.40%) Front Office
13 6 (1.20%) Automotive
14 5 (1.00%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.80%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.60%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (29.74%) Developer
2 111 (22.16%) Senior
3 64 (12.77%) Analyst
4 47 (9.38%) Software Developer
5 43 (8.58%) Support Engineer
6 42 (8.38%) .NET Developer
7 40 (7.98%) C# Developer
8 39 (7.78%) Software Engineer
9 38 (7.58%) SQL Developer
10 36 (7.19%) Applications Support
11 35 (6.99%) Lead
11 35 (6.99%) Senior Developer
12 31 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (5.99%) Azure Developer
13 30 (5.99%) Data Engineer
14 28 (5.59%) DBA
15 26 (5.19%) C# Software Developer
16 25 (4.99%) Graduate Developer
16 25 (4.99%) Graduate Software Developer
16 25 (4.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (38.72%) .NET
2 64 (12.77%) CSS
3 55 (10.98%) .NET Core
4 50 (9.98%) React
5 41 (8.18%) HTML
6 39 (7.78%) .NET Framework
7 35 (6.99%) REST
8 33 (6.59%) Entity Framework
9 32 (6.39%) jQuery
10 29 (5.79%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.59%) AngularJS
12 26 (5.19%) RESTful
13 20 (3.99%) JSON
13 20 (3.99%) XML
14 19 (3.79%) ASP.NET Web API
14 19 (3.79%) Django
15 16 (3.19%) Razor View Engine
15 16 (3.19%) SOAP
16 15 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web Forms
17 13 (2.59%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.79%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.39%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.79%) Legacy Applications
3 24 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (4.59%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.79%) Replication
7 10 (2.00%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.60%) Client/Server
9 8 (1.60%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.60%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.40%) NHS
10 7 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.00%) Clustering
12 4 (0.80%) N-Tier
13 3 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.77%) Windows
2 42 (8.38%) Windows Server
3 28 (5.59%) Linux
4 10 (2.00%) VMS
5 6 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.00%) Debian
7 3 (0.60%) CentOS
7 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.60%) Unix
8 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) Android
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (28.34%) Agile
2 115 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (22.55%) DevOps
4 110 (21.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (20.56%) CI/CD
6 94 (18.76%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (18.16%) Software Engineering
8 82 (16.37%) Analytics
9 78 (15.57%) Mentoring
10 62 (12.38%) Full-Stack Development
11 61 (12.18%) Decision-Making
12 59 (11.78%) Microservices
13 57 (11.38%) Computer Science
14 55 (10.98%) MVC
15 53 (10.58%) Data Engineering
16 52 (10.38%) AI
17 48 (9.58%) Data Modelling
17 48 (9.58%) Visualisation
18 46 (9.18%) Migration
18 46 (9.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 284 (56.69%) SQL
2 157 (31.34%) C#
3 91 (18.16%) Python
4 54 (10.78%) JavaScript
5 53 (10.58%) T-SQL
6 45 (8.98%) PowerShell
7 41 (8.18%) Java
8 34 (6.79%) TypeScript
9 30 (5.99%) PHP
10 27 (5.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 23 (4.59%) C++
12 16 (3.19%) R
13 13 (2.59%) Bicep
13 13 (2.59%) PL/SQL
14 12 (2.40%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.80%) Bash
16 8 (1.60%) Delphi
17 3 (0.60%) Erlang
18 2 (0.40%) Korn
18 2 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (19.36%) Degree
2 46 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.59%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.99%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.20%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.40%) CCNA
13 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.40%) HNC
13 2 (0.40%) HND
13 2 (0.40%) MCSA
13 2 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.98%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.99%) QA
3 19 (3.79%) SLA
4 15 (2.99%) GDPR
5 13 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 47 (9.38%) Docker
2 41 (8.18%) Active Directory
3 21 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.80%) vSphere
7 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.40%) XenApp
9 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.20%) vCloud
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.79%) Terraform
3 10 (2.00%) Grafana
4 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.20%) Ansible
6 5 (1.00%) SCCM
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.40%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.40%) MIIS
10 1 (0.20%) CASB
10 1 (0.20%) Consul
10 1 (0.20%) Packer
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) Puppet
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 186 (37.13%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.98%) Oracle
3 34 (6.79%) Databricks
4 18 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.40%) Cisco
5 12 (2.40%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.40%) VMware
6 11 (2.20%) Google
7 10 (2.00%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.80%) Citrix
8 9 (1.80%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.80%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.60%) New Relic
10 7 (1.40%) Sage
11 5 (1.00%) IBM
11 5 (1.00%) Informatica
11 5 (1.00%) Veeam
12 4 (0.80%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.80%) ESRI
12 4 (0.80%) Xamarin