Hybrid/Remote Azure SQL Database Job Trends

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 244 331
Rank change year-on-year +8 +87 +108
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Database 144 236 148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.25% 0.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.47% 5.25% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 107 159 129
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £49,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £80,000 £95,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Azure SQL Database 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 2,226 4,493 5,068
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.55% 23.89% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,676 2,786 4,074
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,563 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +15.51% -2.44%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £109,375 £122,500 £93,525
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -4.00%

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure SQL Database
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure SQL Database.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure SQL Database over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Azure SQL Database salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure SQL Database
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 6 (4.17%) Confluence
2 4 (2.78%) IIS
2 4 (2.78%) nginx
3 3 (2.08%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 27 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.08%) Trello
3 2 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 144 (100.00%) Azure
2 49 (34.03%) Power Platform
3 43 (29.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 39 (27.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 27 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (17.36%) AWS
7 22 (15.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 22 (15.28%) SaaS
8 14 (9.72%) GitHub
9 11 (7.64%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (6.94%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.17%) Serverless
12 5 (3.47%) Azure AKS
13 4 (2.78%) Azure API Management
13 4 (2.78%) Azure App Service
13 4 (2.78%) Azure Pipelines
13 4 (2.78%) Cloudflare
13 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.39%) DNS
1 2 (1.39%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (35.42%) SQL Server
2 45 (31.25%) Power BI
3 42 (29.17%) MongoDB
4 34 (23.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 29 (20.14%) Data Lake
6 23 (15.97%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (14.58%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (8.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 12 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (6.25%) Data Mining
10 8 (5.56%) Data Vault
11 7 (4.86%) NonStop SQL
12 4 (2.78%) Delta Lake
12 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
13 3 (2.08%) Big Data
13 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
13 3 (2.08%) Power Query
14 2 (1.39%) MySQL
14 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (9.72%) Git
2 6 (4.17%) JIRA
2 6 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.78%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (2.08%) JMeter
4 3 (2.08%) Postman
4 3 (2.08%) Selenium
4 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.69%) git-flow
6 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 49 (34.03%) Finance
2 46 (31.94%) Social Skills
3 34 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (11.11%) Retail
5 12 (8.33%) Billing
6 7 (4.86%) Advertising
7 5 (3.47%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.78%) Law
8 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.08%) Marketing
10 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.69%) Back Office
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
11 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (38.19%) Developer
2 49 (34.03%) .NET Developer
3 29 (20.14%) Senior
4 16 (11.11%) Data Engineer
5 15 (10.42%) Analyst
5 15 (10.42%) Architect
5 15 (10.42%) Azure Architect
6 14 (9.72%) Azure Data Architect
6 14 (9.72%) Data Architect
7 12 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (8.33%) Business Manager
7 12 (8.33%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (8.33%) DBA
7 12 (8.33%) Insight Analyst
7 12 (8.33%) Insight Manager
7 12 (8.33%) SQL DBA
8 9 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
8 9 (6.25%) Applications Support Engineer
8 9 (6.25%) Senior Architect
8 9 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (40.28%) .NET
2 47 (32.64%) .NET Core
3 44 (30.56%) ASP.NET
4 42 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
5 36 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
6 35 (24.31%) AngularJS
7 29 (20.14%) React
8 28 (19.44%) Entity Framework
9 26 (18.06%) HTML
10 24 (16.67%) Node.js
10 24 (16.67%) Vue
11 22 (15.28%) .NET Framework
12 21 (14.58%) HTML5
13 18 (12.50%) RESTful
14 14 (9.72%) LINQ
15 12 (8.33%) CSS
16 7 (4.86%) Blazor
16 7 (4.86%) CSS3
17 5 (3.47%) ARM Templates
18 4 (2.78%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (9.03%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (9.03%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.86%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.86%) Digital TV
4 6 (4.17%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.78%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.78%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.08%) Social Media
8 2 (1.39%) IoT
8 2 (1.39%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.69%) Clustering
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.69%) EPoS
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Linux
1 5 (3.47%) Windows
2 2 (1.39%) VMS
3 1 (0.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (47.92%) Agile
2 54 (37.50%) Analytics
3 51 (35.42%) Business Intelligence
4 46 (31.94%) DevOps
4 46 (31.94%) Microservices
5 45 (31.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 44 (30.56%) MVC
7 40 (27.78%) Visualisation
8 36 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (24.31%) Data Modelling
10 34 (23.61%) Scrum
11 33 (22.92%) Decision-Making
12 30 (20.83%) TDD
13 28 (19.44%) BDD
13 28 (19.44%) Data Analysis
14 27 (18.75%) Kanban
15 26 (18.06%) AI
16 24 (16.67%) Process Improvement
16 24 (16.67%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (16.67%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 143 (99.31%) SQL
2 57 (39.58%) C#
3 47 (32.64%) JavaScript
4 26 (18.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 25 (17.36%) TypeScript
6 15 (10.42%) T-SQL
7 13 (9.03%) Python
8 7 (4.86%) Bicep
8 7 (4.86%) Scala
9 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.39%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (9.03%) Degree
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 9 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.39%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.39%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.28%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (4.86%) QA
4 3 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.08%) WCAG
5 1 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 9 (6.25%) Docker
2 5 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.69%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 8 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.78%) Grafana
2 4 (2.78%) Prometheus
2 4 (2.78%) Terraform
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 79 (54.86%) Microsoft
2 26 (18.06%) Databricks
3 7 (4.86%) Facebook
3 7 (4.86%) YouTube
4 4 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (2.78%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.78%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.08%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.08%) Google
5 3 (2.08%) Mercator
6 2 (1.39%) VMware
7 1 (0.69%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.69%) Foundry
7 1 (0.69%) NetApp
7 1 (0.69%) OpenAI