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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 57 31
Rank change year-on-year -24 -26 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 510 918 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 4.88% 7.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.91% 20.43% 30.74%
Number of salaries quoted 426 614 1,364
10th Percentile £32,125 £33,147 £37,603
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,350 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,226 4,493 5,068
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.55% 23.89% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,676 2,786 4,074
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,563 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -2.44%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £109,375 £122,500 £93,525
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -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 8 December 2025.

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 30 (5.88%) IIS
2 15 (2.94%) Confluence
3 13 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.37%) CMS
5 7 (1.37%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.18%) nginx
6 6 (1.18%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.18%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (0.98%) Moodle
8 4 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.59%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.59%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.39%) Apache
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.39%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 40 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 21 (4.12%) Dynamics NAV
2 16 (3.14%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (0.98%) Infor CloudSuite
3 5 (0.98%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 4 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.39%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.39%) Magento
6 2 (0.39%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.39%) Shopify
7 1 (0.20%) Actimize
7 1 (0.20%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 284 (55.69%) Azure
2 97 (19.02%) AWS
3 88 (17.25%) SaaS
4 84 (16.47%) Power Platform
5 82 (16.08%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (11.96%) GitHub
7 48 (9.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (7.06%) Serverless
9 34 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (5.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (4.31%) Entra ID
13 21 (4.12%) GCP
14 20 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (3.14%) PaaS
16 14 (2.75%) Azure App Service
17 13 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 13 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
18 12 (2.35%) Amazon S3
18 12 (2.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.53%) Firewall
2 11 (2.16%) DNS
2 11 (2.16%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.96%) VPN
4 7 (1.37%) SSL
5 5 (0.98%) DHCP
5 5 (0.98%) DMZ
5 5 (0.98%) STUN
5 5 (0.98%) VLAN
5 5 (0.98%) VoIP
6 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.39%) HTTP
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.39%) SAN
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) IPv6
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (15.10%) Power BI
2 67 (13.14%) MySQL
3 61 (11.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 51 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 34 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (6.27%) MongoDB
9 29 (5.69%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.51%) NoSQL
11 11 (2.16%) Tableau
12 9 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 8 (1.57%) DB2
14 7 (1.37%) Redis
15 6 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (1.18%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
15 6 (1.18%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 84 (16.47%) Git
2 20 (3.92%) JIRA
3 12 (2.35%) GitLab
4 10 (1.96%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.57%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.57%) JUnit
5 8 (1.57%) Selenium
5 8 (1.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.78%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.78%) Toad
8 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.20%) Fiddler
General
1 204 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 137 (26.86%) Finance
3 72 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.49%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (4.90%) Retail
6 24 (4.71%) Back Office
7 23 (4.51%) Banking
7 23 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.31%) Law
9 18 (3.53%) Front Office
9 18 (3.53%) Marketing
10 16 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.94%) Billing
12 14 (2.75%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.57%) Legal
14 6 (1.18%) Local Government
15 5 (0.98%) Games
16 4 (0.78%) Advertising
16 4 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 199 (39.02%) Developer
2 91 (17.84%) Senior
3 59 (11.57%) Analyst
4 56 (10.98%) .NET Developer
5 45 (8.82%) Support Engineer
6 44 (8.63%) Software Developer
7 43 (8.43%) Senior Developer
8 40 (7.84%) Lead
9 38 (7.45%) Graduate
10 36 (7.06%) C# Developer
11 34 (6.67%) Graduate Developer
12 31 (6.08%) Applications Support
13 30 (5.88%) Azure Developer
14 28 (5.49%) DBA
15 27 (5.29%) IT Graduate
15 27 (5.29%) SQL Developer
16 26 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (5.10%) Software Engineer
17 23 (4.51%) SaaS Developer
18 20 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (43.92%) .NET
2 79 (15.49%) CSS
3 66 (12.94%) .NET Core
4 63 (12.35%) .NET Framework
5 54 (10.59%) ASP.NET
6 50 (9.80%) React
7 47 (9.22%) Entity Framework
8 45 (8.82%) HTML
9 43 (8.43%) jQuery
10 40 (7.84%) AngularJS
11 37 (7.25%) REST
12 33 (6.47%) Web Services
13 32 (6.27%) RESTful
14 31 (6.08%) ASP.NET Web API
15 28 (5.49%) XML
16 24 (4.71%) Vue
17 22 (4.31%) RabbitMQ
18 17 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
18 17 (3.33%) JSON
19 16 (3.14%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.08%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (5.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (3.73%) NHS
5 16 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.76%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.37%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.37%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.18%) Replication
12 5 (0.98%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.51%) Windows
2 42 (8.24%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.25%) Linux
4 12 (2.35%) Unix
5 7 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.37%) VMS
6 5 (0.98%) Debian
7 4 (0.78%) Android
7 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.39%) Solaris
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (35.10%) Agile
2 171 (33.53%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (30.00%) DevOps
4 120 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 116 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 103 (20.20%) Business Intelligence
7 82 (16.08%) Software Engineering
8 81 (15.88%) Mentoring
9 78 (15.29%) Computer Science
10 76 (14.90%) Microservices
11 65 (12.75%) MVC
12 63 (12.35%) Analytics
12 63 (12.35%) Full-Stack Development
13 59 (11.57%) OOP
14 55 (10.78%) Scrum
15 52 (10.20%) Clean Code
16 51 (10.00%) ETL
17 49 (9.61%) Decision-Making
18 45 (8.82%) Test Automation
19 40 (7.84%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 280 (54.90%) SQL
2 210 (41.18%) C#
3 82 (16.08%) JavaScript
4 61 (11.96%) Python
5 60 (11.76%) Java
6 44 (8.63%) T-SQL
7 41 (8.04%) PHP
8 35 (6.86%) C++
8 35 (6.86%) PowerShell
9 32 (6.27%) TypeScript
10 29 (5.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 15 (2.94%) Bicep
12 14 (2.75%) C
13 11 (2.16%) VB.NET
14 8 (1.57%) Delphi
15 7 (1.37%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.18%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.18%) VB
17 3 (0.59%) Erlang
17 3 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 131 (25.69%) Degree
2 74 (14.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.53%) Master's Degree
4 13 (2.55%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.35%) AWS Certification
5 12 (2.35%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.39%) ACCA
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) MCSE
10 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.41%) QA
2 32 (6.27%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.33%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.37%) SLA
8 6 (1.18%) GDPR
9 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 51 (10.00%) Docker
2 25 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.98%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.59%) vSphere
6 3 (0.59%) XenApp
7 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 45 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.71%) Terraform
3 14 (2.75%) Grafana
4 5 (0.98%) Ansible
4 5 (0.98%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.98%) SCCM
5 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.61%) Oracle
3 26 (5.10%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.14%) Google
5 15 (2.94%) Databricks
6 12 (2.35%) VMware
7 10 (1.96%) DevExpress
7 10 (1.96%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.76%) Zoho
9 8 (1.57%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.57%) New Relic
9 8 (1.57%) Sage
9 8 (1.57%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.37%) Talend
11 6 (1.18%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.18%) IBM
11 6 (1.18%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.98%) Infor
12 5 (0.98%) SAP
12 5 (0.98%) Xamarin