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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 54 39
Rank change year-on-year -36 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 646 902 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 5.48% 5.51%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.97% 28.48% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 565 560 1,238
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,006 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.38% -3.98%
75th Percentile £80,242 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -3.74%

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 3,081 3,167 5,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.99% 19.24% 20.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 2,123 4,397
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,109
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,091 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +0.94% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -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 30 July 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 (6.50%) IIS
2 31 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.86%) Confluence
5 7 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.93%) nginx
7 3 (0.46%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) Apache
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 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.77%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.77%) Magento
2 5 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.46%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.46%) Shopify
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 396 (61.30%) Azure
2 115 (17.80%) AWS
3 89 (13.78%) Power Platform
4 75 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (11.46%) Snowflake
6 58 (8.98%) Azure AI
7 57 (8.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.67%) Azure Machine Learning
8 56 (8.67%) SaaS
9 53 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (4.18%) Azure Service Bus
11 26 (4.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 24 (3.72%) Entra ID
12 24 (3.72%) Power Automate
12 24 (3.72%) PowerApps
12 24 (3.72%) Serverless
13 21 (3.25%) GitHub
14 20 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (3.10%) GCP
15 19 (2.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.19%) Firewall
2 29 (4.49%) VPN
3 25 (3.87%) TCP/IP
4 24 (3.72%) DNS
5 16 (2.48%) DHCP
6 8 (1.24%) VLAN
7 7 (1.08%) LAN
7 7 (1.08%) WAN
8 6 (0.93%) HTTP
8 6 (0.93%) VoIP
9 4 (0.62%) DMZ
9 4 (0.62%) Network Security
9 4 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.62%) STUN
9 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.46%) SAN
10 3 (0.46%) Wireless
11 2 (0.31%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.15%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.06%) Power BI
2 57 (8.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 52 (8.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 47 (7.28%) MySQL
5 46 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (6.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 43 (6.66%) Relational Database
8 29 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (4.49%) Redis
9 16 (2.48%) MongoDB
9 16 (2.48%) Oracle Database
10 14 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 14 (2.17%) Db2
11 12 (1.86%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.39%) Tableau
14 4 (0.62%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.62%) IBM InfoSphere
14 4 (0.62%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 37 (5.73%) Git
2 29 (4.49%) JIRA
3 11 (1.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.24%) NUnit
6 7 (1.08%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.62%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.46%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.46%) Selenium
10 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.31%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.31%) MSTest
10 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) Gatling
11 1 (0.15%) GitLab
11 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
11 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 174 (26.93%) Finance
2 171 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 73 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (5.11%) Law
5 31 (4.80%) Legal
6 26 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.72%) Banking
8 21 (3.25%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.17%) Retail
10 13 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.24%) Front Office
11 8 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.62%) Billing
14 4 (0.62%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.62%) Marketing
14 4 (0.62%) Publishing
15 3 (0.46%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 221 (34.21%) Developer
2 87 (13.47%) Senior
3 82 (12.69%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.37%) SQL Developer
5 61 (9.44%) Data Engineer
5 61 (9.44%) Graduate
6 55 (8.51%) Lead
7 53 (8.20%) .NET Developer
7 53 (8.20%) Analyst
8 52 (8.05%) Software Engineer
9 47 (7.28%) C# Developer
10 44 (6.81%) Full-Stack Developer
11 43 (6.66%) Graduate Developer
11 43 (6.66%) Graduate Software Developer
12 37 (5.73%) C# Software Developer
12 37 (5.73%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.57%) Support Analyst
14 35 (5.42%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
15 34 (5.26%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (33.28%) .NET
2 82 (12.69%) CSS
3 57 (8.82%) .NET Framework
4 54 (8.36%) HTML
5 53 (8.20%) ASP.NET
6 52 (8.05%) .NET Core
7 49 (7.59%) React
7 49 (7.59%) REST
8 44 (6.81%) jQuery
9 42 (6.50%) Entity Framework
10 41 (6.35%) AngularJS
11 34 (5.26%) Node.js
12 30 (4.64%) XML
13 26 (4.02%) Vue
14 21 (3.25%) JSON
15 19 (2.94%) Blazor
16 17 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
16 17 (2.63%) Middleware
16 17 (2.63%) RESTful
16 17 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
2 24 (3.72%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (3.10%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.10%) Replication
4 19 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.86%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (1.70%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.70%) Clustering
11 10 (1.55%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.39%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.93%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.77%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 99 (15.33%) Windows
2 69 (10.68%) Windows Server
3 45 (6.97%) Linux
4 10 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.62%) Debian
7 3 (0.46%) CentOS
7 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.31%) Unix
9 1 (0.15%) AIX
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Solaris
9 1 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (30.03%) Agile
2 137 (21.21%) DevOps
3 119 (18.42%) AI
4 117 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (17.34%) CI/CD
6 105 (16.25%) Roadmaps
7 103 (15.94%) Data Engineering
7 103 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
8 97 (15.02%) Migration
9 94 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 93 (14.40%) Software Engineering
11 92 (14.24%) Data Architecture
12 85 (13.16%) Computer Science
13 82 (12.69%) Mentoring
14 79 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (11.15%) Data Governance
15 72 (11.15%) MVC
16 68 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
17 65 (10.06%) Microservices
18 63 (9.75%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 384 (59.44%) SQL
2 247 (38.24%) C#
3 93 (14.40%) JavaScript
4 87 (13.47%) Python
5 69 (10.68%) PowerShell
6 62 (9.60%) PHP
7 59 (9.13%) T-SQL
8 58 (8.98%) TypeScript
9 52 (8.05%) Java
10 33 (5.11%) C++
11 14 (2.17%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.01%) Bash
13 12 (1.86%) VB.NET
14 8 (1.24%) Bicep
15 7 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.08%) R
15 7 (1.08%) VBA
16 6 (0.93%) VBScript
17 5 (0.77%) Tcl
18 4 (0.62%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (17.65%) Degree
2 73 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.63%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.32%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.39%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.77%) HNC
8 5 (0.77%) HND
8 5 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
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 50 (7.74%) Data Quality
2 33 (5.11%) QA
3 26 (4.02%) SLA
4 21 (3.25%) GDPR
5 17 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.39%) 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 (10.99%) Virtual Machines
2 59 (9.13%) Active Directory
3 55 (8.51%) Docker
4 14 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.17%) 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 (4.64%) Terraform
2 28 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.39%) Ansible
5 7 (1.08%) Grafana
5 7 (1.08%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.62%) 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
1 332 (51.39%) Microsoft
2 84 (13.00%) Databricks
3 46 (7.12%) Oracle
4 21 (3.25%) VMware
5 20 (3.10%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.17%) Cisco
8 13 (2.01%) Google
9 12 (1.86%) Citrix
10 11 (1.70%) iManage
10 11 (1.70%) Veeam
11 10 (1.55%) IBM
12 9 (1.39%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.39%) TIBCO
13 8 (1.24%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.08%) Informatica
15 5 (0.77%) Intapp
15 5 (0.77%) Remedy
15 5 (0.77%) Sybase
15 5 (0.77%) Synology