SQL Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SQL Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median SQL Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £53,094 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 456 382
Rank change year-on-year +130 -74 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 71 136 321
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.40% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.42% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 70 129 297
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,094 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -11.51% +0.80% +13.38%
75th Percentile £70,938 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

SQL Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SQL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Developer.

SQL Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SQL Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 68 (95.77%) SQL
2 42 (59.15%) Azure
3 38 (53.52%) SQL Server
4 36 (50.70%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (38.03%) Finance
6 24 (33.80%) .NET
6 24 (33.80%) C#
6 24 (33.80%) Degree
7 23 (32.39%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (28.17%) ASP.NET
8 20 (28.17%) Power Platform
8 20 (28.17%) Power BI
9 19 (26.76%) CSS
9 19 (26.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (25.35%) HTML
10 18 (25.35%) T-SQL
10 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
11 17 (23.94%) PHP
11 17 (23.94%) Oracle
11 17 (23.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (23.94%) Computer Science
12 16 (22.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (21.13%) Agile
13 15 (21.13%) PL/SQL
13 15 (21.13%) XML
14 14 (19.72%) MVC
15 13 (18.31%) ETL
15 13 (18.31%) Java
15 13 (18.31%) C++
15 13 (18.31%) OO

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 42 (59.15%) Azure
2 20 (28.17%) Power Platform
3 11 (15.49%) SaaS
4 10 (14.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (12.68%) IaaS
5 9 (12.68%) PaaS
5 9 (12.68%) Power Automate
5 9 (12.68%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.63%) Azure Stack
7 2 (2.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (53.52%) SQL Server
2 20 (28.17%) Power BI
3 19 (26.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (23.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (18.31%) OLTP
6 11 (15.49%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (12.68%) MySQL
7 9 (12.68%) Star Schema
8 8 (11.27%) Data Hub
8 8 (11.27%) Metadata
8 8 (11.27%) SQL CLR
8 8 (11.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (5.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (5.63%) Oracle Database
10 2 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
11 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (12.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (38.03%) Finance
2 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.27%) Back Office
4 2 (2.82%) Advertising
4 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.82%) Automotive
4 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.82%) Police
4 2 (2.82%) Publishing
4 2 (2.82%) Retail
4 2 (2.82%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (33.80%) .NET
2 20 (28.17%) ASP.NET
3 19 (26.76%) CSS
4 18 (25.35%) HTML
5 15 (21.13%) XML
6 13 (18.31%) jQuery
7 12 (16.90%) SOAP
8 5 (7.04%) .NET Core
9 4 (5.63%) HTML5
10 3 (4.23%) CSS3
11 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (2.82%) JSON
11 2 (2.82%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
12 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (1.41%) OAuth
12 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
12 1 (1.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.27%) Private Cloud
3 6 (8.45%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.23%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.82%) FMCG
6 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (50.70%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (32.39%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (23.94%) Computer Science
4 15 (21.13%) Agile
5 14 (19.72%) MVC
6 13 (18.31%) ETL
6 13 (18.31%) OO
6 13 (18.31%) Performance Tuning
7 12 (16.90%) Decision-Making
7 12 (16.90%) Software Testing
8 11 (15.49%) OOP
9 10 (14.08%) Analytics
9 10 (14.08%) Migration
10 9 (12.68%) Case Management
10 9 (12.68%) Critical Thinking
10 9 (12.68%) CRM
10 9 (12.68%) Customer Service
10 9 (12.68%) Data Mapping
10 9 (12.68%) Kimball Methodology
10 9 (12.68%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (95.77%) SQL
2 24 (33.80%) C#
3 18 (25.35%) T-SQL
4 17 (23.94%) PHP
5 15 (21.13%) PL/SQL
6 13 (18.31%) C++
6 13 (18.31%) Java
7 9 (12.68%) JavaScript
8 8 (11.27%) Python
9 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.82%) R
10 2 (2.82%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (33.80%) Degree
2 16 (22.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 17 (23.94%) Oracle
2 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.27%) VMware
4 2 (2.82%) RedGate
5 1 (1.41%) Google