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

 6 months to
20 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 49 22
Rank change year-on-year -40 -27 +19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 511 910 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 6.03% 8.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.06% 26.59% 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 459 557 2,421
10th Percentile £27,700 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £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 £85,000 £71,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -0.90%

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 2,426 3,422 7,333
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.91% 22.67% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,833 2,301 6,224
10th Percentile £37,650 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £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 £80,000 £88,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £97,500
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 20 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 26 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.13%) IIS
4 13 (2.54%) Confluence
5 5 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.59%) nginx
7 3 (0.59%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) Moodle
8 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.20%) Drupal
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (2.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (2.15%) Magento
3 9 (1.76%) Shopify
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Actimize
6 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 335 (65.56%) Azure
2 88 (17.22%) AWS
3 69 (13.50%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.74%) SaaS
4 60 (11.74%) Snowflake
5 57 (11.15%) Azure AI
6 56 (10.96%) Azure Machine Learning
6 56 (10.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 47 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (5.48%) GitHub
9 28 (5.48%) Serverless
10 26 (5.09%) Entra ID
11 21 (4.11%) PaaS
12 20 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (3.72%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.13%) PowerApps
15 15 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.48%) Firewall
2 13 (2.54%) VPN
3 9 (1.76%) DNS
3 9 (1.76%) VLAN
4 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.37%) DMZ
6 6 (1.17%) DHCP
6 6 (1.17%) VoIP
7 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.98%) STUN
8 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.59%) AMQP
9 3 (0.59%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.59%) 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 (0.20%) LAN
11 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.74%) Power BI
2 41 (8.02%) MySQL
2 41 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (7.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (7.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 29 (5.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (4.50%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.94%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.94%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.74%) Redis
9 11 (2.15%) DB2
10 10 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.17%) Metadata
12 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.78%) GIS
12 4 (0.78%) Power Query
12 4 (0.78%) QGIS
12 4 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (5.28%) Git
1 27 (5.28%) JIRA
2 11 (2.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.98%) NUnit
4 5 (0.98%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.59%) Jasmine
5 3 (0.59%) Maven
5 3 (0.59%) MSTest
5 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.20%) Gatling
7 1 (0.20%) JMeter
7 1 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.20%) TestRail
7 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 158 (30.92%) Finance
2 124 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 55 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.50%) Banking
5 16 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 15 (2.94%) Law
6 15 (2.94%) Legal
7 12 (2.35%) Retail
8 11 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.96%) Back Office
10 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.98%) Front Office
13 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Publishing
14 3 (0.59%) Automotive
14 3 (0.59%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
15 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 158 (30.92%) Developer
2 105 (20.55%) Senior
3 63 (12.33%) Software Developer
4 49 (9.59%) Analyst
5 48 (9.39%) SQL Developer
6 47 (9.20%) C# Developer
7 43 (8.41%) Graduate
7 43 (8.41%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.41%) Graduate Software Developer
8 40 (7.83%) Software Engineer
9 37 (7.24%) Data Manager
10 36 (7.05%) C# Software Developer
10 36 (7.05%) Engineering Manager
10 36 (7.05%) Lead
11 35 (6.85%) Applications Support
12 33 (6.46%) .NET Developer
12 33 (6.46%) Finance Manager
12 33 (6.46%) Graduate C# Developer
12 33 (6.46%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 32 (6.26%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (33.46%) .NET
2 67 (13.11%) CSS
3 47 (9.20%) React
4 42 (8.22%) .NET Core
5 41 (8.02%) HTML
6 36 (7.05%) jQuery
7 34 (6.65%) REST
8 31 (6.07%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.48%) ASP.NET
10 26 (5.09%) .NET Framework
10 26 (5.09%) RESTful
11 24 (4.70%) Entity Framework
12 21 (4.11%) Node.js
13 16 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
13 16 (3.13%) Vue
14 15 (2.94%) JSON
14 15 (2.94%) SOAP
14 15 (2.94%) XML
15 13 (2.54%) ASP.NET Core
16 12 (2.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
2 17 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.94%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.15%) Replication
5 9 (1.76%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.57%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.37%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.17%) Clustering
9 5 (0.98%) NHS
9 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.89%) Windows
2 43 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 36 (7.05%) Linux
4 9 (1.76%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.57%) VMS
6 5 (0.98%) Debian
6 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.59%) CentOS
7 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (32.68%) Agile
2 102 (19.96%) DevOps
3 93 (18.20%) Data Engineering
4 90 (17.61%) Roadmaps
5 88 (17.22%) AI
6 81 (15.85%) CI/CD
7 80 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (15.46%) Data Architecture
9 78 (15.26%) Migration
10 77 (15.07%) Business Intelligence
11 75 (14.68%) Software Engineering
12 74 (14.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 74 (14.48%) Mentoring
13 71 (13.89%) Computer Science
14 67 (13.11%) Regulatory Compliance
15 66 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
16 65 (12.72%) Machine Learning
17 64 (12.52%) Analytics
18 63 (12.33%) Line Management
19 62 (12.13%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 310 (60.67%) SQL
2 176 (34.44%) C#
3 88 (17.22%) Python
4 58 (11.35%) JavaScript
5 53 (10.37%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.98%) PHP
7 46 (9.00%) Java
7 46 (9.00%) PowerShell
8 38 (7.44%) TypeScript
9 26 (5.09%) C++
10 15 (2.94%) R
11 13 (2.54%) PL/SQL
12 12 (2.35%) Bash
13 11 (2.15%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.17%) Bicep
16 4 (0.78%) VB
16 4 (0.78%) VBA
16 4 (0.78%) VBScript
17 3 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 95 (18.59%) Degree
2 62 (12.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.17%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.98%) HNC
7 5 (0.98%) HND
7 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CCNA
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.39%) MCSA
9 2 (0.39%) MCSE
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.02%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.72%) SLA
3 18 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.52%) QA
4 17 (3.33%) GDPR
5 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.39%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) HL7
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (12.13%) Virtual Machines
2 50 (9.78%) Active Directory
3 43 (8.41%) Docker
4 7 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.98%) vSphere
6 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.09%) Terraform
3 8 (1.57%) Ansible
3 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.78%) Grafana
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.59%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.59%) SCCM
7 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.39%) MIIS
7 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) CASB
8 1 (0.20%) Consul
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 245 (47.95%) Microsoft
2 73 (14.29%) Databricks
3 50 (9.78%) Oracle
4 21 (4.11%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.13%) Cisco
6 12 (2.35%) VMware
7 11 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.15%) Veeam
8 10 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.76%) Citrix
9 9 (1.76%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.76%) WooCommerce
10 5 (0.98%) IBM
10 5 (0.98%) iManage
10 5 (0.98%) Meraki
10 5 (0.98%) Synology
11 4 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.78%) Dell
11 4 (0.78%) ESRI
11 4 (0.78%) JDA
172 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs