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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 372 502
Rank change year-on-year -7 +130 +117
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 12 27 69
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.069% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.90% 1.48% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 56
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £48,065 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £50,476 £87,500 -
UK median annual salary £47,085 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.63% -21.74% +9.52%

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 1,330 1,828 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.62% 13.91% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 859 1,322 3,081
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,702 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £110,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) IaaS
3 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (33.33%) SaaS
5 3 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
5 3 (25.00%) PowerApps
6 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (16.67%) Azure Functions
6 2 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (16.67%) Azure Storage
6 2 (16.67%) PaaS
6 2 (16.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) DMZ
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
1 5 (41.67%) Reverse Proxy
1 5 (41.67%) STUN
1 5 (41.67%) VLAN
1 5 (41.67%) VoIP
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) Power BI
3 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (16.67%) Star Schema
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) VoIP Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) VoIP Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Reliability Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Reliability Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Debian
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) High Availability
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Case Management
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 2 (16.67%) Cloud Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Log Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Runbook
5 2 (16.67%) Service-Level Objective
5 2 (16.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
2 7 (58.33%) Python
3 5 (41.67%) Bash
4 2 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco