Hybrid/Remote Senior SQL Developer Job Trends

Senior SQL Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior SQL Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 422 446
Rank change year-on-year +77 +24 +178
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior SQL Developer 20 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 22
10th Percentile £60,000 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £61,875 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £69,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +3.85% +6.12% -8.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,145 16,379 19,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 96.15% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,116 10,040 15,901
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,563 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior SQL Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior SQL Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior SQL Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior SQL Developer job vacancies

Senior SQL Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior SQL Developer over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Senior SQL Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior SQL Developer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (55.00%) OLTP
3 11 (55.00%) Oracle
3 11 (55.00%) PL/SQL
4 8 (40.00%) Degree
4 8 (40.00%) SOAP
4 8 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 8 (40.00%) XML
5 5 (25.00%) AWS
5 5 (25.00%) OOP
5 5 (25.00%) Python
6 4 (20.00%) Azure
6 4 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 4 (20.00%) CSS
6 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 4 (20.00%) Docker
6 4 (20.00%) Event-Driven
6 4 (20.00%) Event-Driven Programming
6 4 (20.00%) Flask
6 4 (20.00%) GitHub
6 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (20.00%) MVC
6 4 (20.00%) OAuth
6 4 (20.00%) OAuth2
6 4 (20.00%) OpenID
6 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning

Senior SQL Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) GitHub
2 4 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) OLTP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 8 (40.00%) SOAP
2 8 (40.00%) XML
3 4 (20.00%) CSS
3 4 (20.00%) Flask
3 4 (20.00%) OAuth
3 4 (20.00%) OAuth2
3 4 (20.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (25.00%) OOP
4 4 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 4 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 4 (20.00%) Event-Driven Programming
4 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (20.00%) MVC
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (20.00%) Storage Management
4 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (20.00%) User Experience
4 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (55.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (25.00%) Python
4 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Docker
1 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle