Hybrid/Remote Senior Database Developer Job Trends

Senior Database Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Database Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 - 488
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Database Developer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.004% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61,750
25th Percentile £72,500 - £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £76,875
90th Percentile - - £80,250
UK median annual salary £125,000 - £97,500
% change year-on-year - - +90.24%

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 23,177 15,297 22,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 92.79% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16,143 8,924 14,002
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Senior Database Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Database Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Database Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Database Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Database Developer job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, Senior Database 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 Database Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Inmon Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) OLTP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Sentry

Senior Database 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) OLTP
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Inmon Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) RedGate