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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 53 23
Rank change year-on-year -37 -30 +15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 537 895 2,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.67% 5.78% 7.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.74% 27.35% 35.14%
Number of salaries quoted 478 550 2,340
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,606 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -0.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,720 3,272 7,538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.50% 21.14% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 2,188 6,287
10th Percentile £37,300 £36,250 £37,042
25th Percentile £46,177 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -9.45%

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 June 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 34 (6.33%) IIS
2 29 (5.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (5.03%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.23%) Confluence
5 6 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.56%) nginx
6 3 (0.56%) SAS
7 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.37%) JBoss
7 2 (0.37%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.30%) Magento
3 5 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.93%) Shopify
4 4 (0.74%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 340 (63.31%) Azure
2 90 (16.76%) AWS
3 82 (15.27%) Power Platform
4 64 (11.92%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.43%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.24%) Azure AI
8 53 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (9.50%) SaaS
10 50 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (5.21%) Serverless
12 25 (4.66%) Entra ID
13 21 (3.91%) PaaS
14 20 (3.72%) GitHub
14 20 (3.72%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.35%) PowerApps
16 15 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
17 14 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
18 13 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.96%) Firewall
2 21 (3.91%) VPN
3 12 (2.23%) DNS
3 12 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.68%) DHCP
4 9 (1.68%) VLAN
5 7 (1.30%) VoIP
6 5 (0.93%) DMZ
6 5 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.93%) STUN
7 4 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) LAN
8 3 (0.56%) SAN
8 3 (0.56%) WAN
9 2 (0.37%) AMQP
9 2 (0.37%) HTTP
9 2 (0.37%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.37%) Wireless
10 1 (0.19%) SCTP
10 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.73%) Power BI
2 43 (8.01%) MySQL
3 40 (7.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (6.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 29 (5.40%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.17%) Redis
9 16 (2.98%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (2.23%) Db2
11 12 (2.23%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.86%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.12%) Tableau
14 5 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.74%) Metadata
15 4 (0.74%) Power Query
16 3 (0.56%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (5.40%) JIRA
2 19 (3.54%) Git
3 14 (2.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.12%) NUnit
5 6 (1.12%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.56%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.56%) Selenium
7 2 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.37%) MSTest
7 2 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.19%) JMeter
8 1 (0.19%) JUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 162 (30.17%) Finance
2 134 (24.95%) Social Skills
3 65 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.84%) Banking
5 22 (4.10%) Law
6 19 (3.54%) Legal
7 17 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.42%) Retail
10 11 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.68%) Front Office
12 8 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.93%) Back Office
13 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.74%) Publishing
15 3 (0.56%) Advertising
15 3 (0.56%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 179 (33.33%) Developer
2 91 (16.95%) Senior
3 75 (13.97%) Software Developer
4 57 (10.61%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.87%) Graduate
6 52 (9.68%) Analyst
7 45 (8.38%) C# Developer
8 43 (8.01%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.01%) Graduate Software Developer
9 42 (7.82%) Software Engineer
10 40 (7.45%) Data Engineer
11 37 (6.89%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (6.89%) Data Manager
12 36 (6.70%) .NET Developer
12 36 (6.70%) Engineering Manager
13 33 (6.15%) Applications Support
13 33 (6.15%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.15%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.15%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (6.15%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (31.84%) .NET
2 73 (13.59%) CSS
3 45 (8.38%) .NET Core
3 45 (8.38%) HTML
4 43 (8.01%) jQuery
4 43 (8.01%) React
5 35 (6.52%) AngularJS
6 34 (6.33%) ASP.NET
7 32 (5.96%) .NET Framework
8 31 (5.77%) REST
9 27 (5.03%) Entity Framework
9 27 (5.03%) Node.js
10 19 (3.54%) Vue
11 18 (3.35%) RESTful
12 17 (3.17%) XML
13 15 (2.79%) JSON
14 14 (2.61%) ASP.NET Core
14 14 (2.61%) Middleware
15 12 (2.23%) Kafka
16 11 (2.05%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.10%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.98%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.61%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.42%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.23%) Replication
8 10 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.68%) Client/Server
9 9 (1.68%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.49%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.30%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.12%) Clustering
12 6 (1.12%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.93%) Raspberry Pi
14 4 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.08%) Windows
2 53 (9.87%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.15%) Linux
4 9 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.93%) Debian
7 3 (0.56%) CentOS
7 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (32.59%) Agile
2 103 (19.18%) DevOps
3 102 (18.99%) AI
4 100 (18.62%) Data Engineering
5 92 (17.13%) Roadmaps
6 82 (15.27%) CI/CD
6 82 (15.27%) Full-Stack Development
7 81 (15.08%) Migration
8 80 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
8 80 (14.90%) Data Architecture
9 78 (14.53%) Computer Science
10 76 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
12 73 (13.59%) Software Engineering
13 70 (13.04%) Mentoring
14 67 (12.48%) Regulatory Compliance
15 64 (11.92%) Line Management
16 62 (11.55%) Data Governance
16 62 (11.55%) Machine Learning
17 58 (10.80%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 337 (62.76%) SQL
2 186 (34.64%) C#
3 86 (16.01%) Python
4 68 (12.66%) JavaScript
5 60 (11.17%) PowerShell
6 55 (10.24%) PHP
7 52 (9.68%) T-SQL
8 51 (9.50%) Java
9 47 (8.75%) TypeScript
10 31 (5.77%) C++
11 15 (2.79%) PL/SQL
12 14 (2.61%) Bash
13 12 (2.23%) R
14 11 (2.05%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.30%) Bicep
15 7 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.12%) VBA
16 6 (1.12%) VBScript
17 4 (0.74%) Tcl
17 4 (0.74%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (19.93%) Degree
2 66 (12.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.98%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.61%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.93%) HNC
7 5 (0.93%) HND
7 5 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.93%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.37%) CCNA
9 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.37%) MCSA
9 2 (0.37%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.91%) QA
3 19 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.17%) GDPR
4 17 (3.17%) SLA
5 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.56%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 66 (12.29%) Virtual Machines
2 60 (11.17%) Active Directory
3 39 (7.26%) Docker
4 11 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.93%) vSphere
7 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.66%) Terraform
3 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.30%) Ansible
5 5 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.74%) Grafana
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.56%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.37%) MIIS
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 271 (50.47%) Microsoft
2 74 (13.78%) Databricks
3 45 (8.38%) Oracle
4 17 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.98%) VMware
6 15 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.61%) Cisco
8 13 (2.42%) Citrix
9 12 (2.23%) Veeam
10 8 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.30%) IBM
11 7 (1.30%) iManage
11 7 (1.30%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.93%) ConnectWise
12 5 (0.93%) Meraki
12 5 (0.93%) Synology
12 5 (0.93%) WooCommerce
13 4 (0.74%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.74%) Okta
13 4 (0.74%) OneLogin