Hybrid/Remote SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 412 465
Rank change year-on-year +42 +53 +168
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 10 19 75
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.062% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.79% 0.86% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 71
10th Percentile £42,500 £52,200 £47,500
25th Percentile £43,401 £56,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,085 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% +20.00% +30.21%
75th Percentile £49,516 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £51,250 - -
UK median annual salary £53,750 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.69% +2.00% +16.28%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,260 2,214 3,684
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.87% 13.94% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 803 1,272 3,133
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.24% +3.33% -7.69%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) IaaS
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (40.00%) SaaS
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Storage
3 2 (20.00%) PaaS
3 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DMZ
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (20.00%) STUN
1 2 (20.00%) VLAN
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) Power BI
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (20.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Business Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Reliability Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Reliability Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Data Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) VoIP Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) VoIP Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (20.00%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (10.00%) Laravel
2 1 (10.00%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Debian
2 2 (20.00%) VMS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) ETL
4 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Case Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Coaching
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (20.00%) Data Mapping
4 2 (20.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) High Availability
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) MVC
4 2 (20.00%) Runbook
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) Bash
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Alteryx
2 1 (10.00%) Talend