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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 56 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -34 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 523 665 2,733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 5.17% 8.69%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.00% 19.48% 37.83%
Number of salaries quoted 446 573 2,492
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,825 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.50% - -2.65%

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 2,274 3,413 7,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.38% 26.52% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,679 2,444 6,177
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,075 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,822 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -10.16%

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 5 April 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 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.29%) IIS
3 10 (1.91%) Confluence
4 6 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.76%) Apache
5 4 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.76%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.76%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
6 3 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Moodle
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 34 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (1.91%) Magento
4 9 (1.72%) Shopify
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 332 (63.48%) Azure
2 103 (19.69%) AWS
3 85 (16.25%) Power Platform
4 83 (15.87%) SaaS
5 64 (12.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 53 (10.13%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (8.60%) Azure Data Factory
8 41 (7.84%) GitHub
8 41 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (7.65%) Snowflake
10 39 (7.46%) Azure AI
11 36 (6.88%) Azure Machine Learning
12 34 (6.50%) Serverless
13 30 (5.74%) Entra ID
14 23 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (3.63%) PaaS
17 15 (2.87%) Power Automate
18 14 (2.68%) PowerApps
19 13 (2.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.54%) Firewall
2 15 (2.87%) VPN
3 10 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.53%) DNS
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
5 7 (1.34%) VLAN
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.96%) STUN
7 5 (0.96%) VoIP
8 3 (0.57%) AMQP
8 3 (0.57%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.38%) Network Security
9 2 (0.38%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.38%) SSL
9 2 (0.38%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.11%) Power BI
2 64 (12.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 54 (10.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (8.80%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.60%) MySQL
5 45 (8.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (3.82%) NoSQL
7 19 (3.63%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.25%) Oracle Database
9 16 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.29%) DB2
11 11 (2.10%) Redis
12 8 (1.53%) Tableau
13 7 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.34%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.76%) Metadata
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
14 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.76%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 40 (7.65%) Git
2 22 (4.21%) JIRA
3 11 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.91%) Selenium
5 9 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.53%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.53%) GitLab
6 8 (1.53%) JUnit
7 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.57%) Maven
9 3 (0.57%) NUnit
9 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.19%) JMeter
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) MSTest
11 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 170 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.64%) Finance
3 91 (17.40%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.74%) Banking
5 17 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (3.06%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.49%) Billing
9 12 (2.29%) Retail
10 11 (2.10%) Law
11 10 (1.91%) Back Office
11 10 (1.91%) Legal
12 8 (1.53%) Marketing
13 7 (1.34%) Front Office
14 6 (1.15%) Automotive
15 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 149 (28.49%) Developer
2 113 (21.61%) Senior
3 64 (12.24%) Analyst
4 50 (9.56%) Software Developer
5 42 (8.03%) C# Developer
5 42 (8.03%) SQL Developer
5 42 (8.03%) Support Engineer
6 41 (7.84%) .NET Developer
7 38 (7.27%) Software Engineer
8 35 (6.69%) Applications Support
8 35 (6.69%) Lead
9 34 (6.50%) Azure Developer
9 34 (6.50%) Senior Developer
10 31 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (5.74%) C# Software Developer
11 30 (5.74%) Data Engineer
12 29 (5.54%) DBA
12 29 (5.54%) Graduate
12 29 (5.54%) Graduate Developer
12 29 (5.54%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (36.52%) .NET
2 67 (12.81%) CSS
3 51 (9.75%) .NET Core
4 50 (9.56%) React
5 40 (7.65%) HTML
6 36 (6.88%) .NET Framework
6 36 (6.88%) jQuery
6 36 (6.88%) REST
7 30 (5.74%) Entity Framework
8 29 (5.54%) ASP.NET
9 28 (5.35%) RESTful
10 27 (5.16%) AngularJS
11 20 (3.82%) Django
12 19 (3.63%) JSON
12 19 (3.63%) XML
13 17 (3.25%) ASP.NET Web API
14 16 (3.06%) Razor View Engine
14 16 (3.06%) SOAP
15 15 (2.87%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 15 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.93%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.59%) Legacy Applications
4 23 (4.40%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.68%) Replication
9 12 (2.29%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.91%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.53%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.53%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.34%) NHS
13 7 (1.34%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.96%) Clustering
16 4 (0.76%) N-Tier
17 3 (0.57%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.15%) Windows
2 42 (8.03%) Windows Server
3 28 (5.35%) Linux
4 10 (1.91%) VMS
5 7 (1.34%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.96%) Debian
7 3 (0.57%) CentOS
8 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) Android
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.17%) Agile
2 113 (21.61%) DevOps
3 112 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (19.69%) CI/CD
6 94 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
7 87 (16.63%) Software Engineering
8 82 (15.68%) Analytics
9 80 (15.30%) Mentoring
10 74 (14.15%) Data Engineering
11 71 (13.58%) AI
12 65 (12.43%) Migration
13 64 (12.24%) Roadmaps
14 63 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
15 62 (11.85%) Decision-Making
16 60 (11.47%) Computer Science
17 59 (11.28%) MVC
18 55 (10.52%) Microservices
19 54 (10.33%) Data Architecture
20 49 (9.37%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 308 (58.89%) SQL
2 158 (30.21%) C#
3 92 (17.59%) Python
4 55 (10.52%) T-SQL
5 54 (10.33%) JavaScript
6 45 (8.60%) Java
7 43 (8.22%) PowerShell
8 36 (6.88%) TypeScript
9 34 (6.50%) PHP
10 28 (5.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 27 (5.16%) C++
12 16 (3.06%) R
13 13 (2.49%) Bicep
13 13 (2.49%) PL/SQL
14 12 (2.29%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.72%) Bash
15 9 (1.72%) Delphi
16 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.38%) C
16 2 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 98 (18.74%) Degree
2 49 (9.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.06%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.68%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.72%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.57%) HNC
11 3 (0.57%) HND
12 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 2 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.94%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.78%) QA
3 19 (3.63%) SLA
4 16 (3.06%) GDPR
5 13 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 49 (9.37%) Docker
2 44 (8.41%) Active Directory
3 41 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.96%) vSphere
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.93%) Terraform
3 11 (2.10%) Grafana
4 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.15%) Ansible
6 5 (0.96%) SCCM
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.38%) MIIS
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Consul
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) Puppet
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 213 (40.73%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.52%) Oracle
3 52 (9.94%) Databricks
4 18 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.49%) Cisco
6 12 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.10%) VMware
8 10 (1.91%) Citrix
8 10 (1.91%) Google
9 9 (1.72%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.72%) WooCommerce
10 8 (1.53%) New Relic
11 6 (1.15%) Sage
11 6 (1.15%) Veeam
12 5 (0.96%) Informatica
13 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.76%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.76%) ESRI
13 4 (0.76%) IBM