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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 419 425
Rank change year-on-year +59 +6 +179
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 4 21 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.027% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.34% 0.93% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 66
10th Percentile £47,750 £53,750 £48,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £57,500 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £51,875 £82,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £52,250 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.43% +6.00% +25.00%

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 1,192 2,251 3,090
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.92% 13.66% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 788 1,272 2,627
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +0.78% +2.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,125 £97,290
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Migration Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Laravel
1 1 (25.00%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (25.00%) Talend