Hybrid/Remote SQL Server Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 59 19
Rank change year-on-year -28 -40 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 473 841 2,399
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 5.16% 9.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.32% 20.26% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 392 555 2,164
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,756 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,119 4,152 6,357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.49% 25.48% 24.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 2,454 5,339
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +18.47% -6.40%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,547
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.95% -7.92%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SQL Server
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 21 (4.44%) IIS
2 16 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.11%) Confluence
5 6 (1.27%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.27%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.27%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.85%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.85%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.63%) Apache
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.42%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) Moodle
8 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) SAS
8 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 34 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (3.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.27%) Magento
3 6 (1.27%) Shopify
4 4 (0.85%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.63%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.42%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.42%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.21%) Actimize
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 269 (56.87%) Azure
2 100 (21.14%) AWS
3 86 (18.18%) SaaS
4 80 (16.91%) Power Platform
5 70 (14.80%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (10.15%) GitHub
7 47 (9.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 40 (8.46%) Serverless
9 29 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (5.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (5.71%) GitHub Actions
12 25 (5.29%) Entra ID
13 23 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (4.44%) GCP
15 20 (4.23%) PaaS
16 16 (3.38%) Azure App Service
16 16 (3.38%) Power Automate
17 14 (2.96%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.75%) Amazon S3
18 13 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.02%) Firewall
2 11 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.11%) DNS
4 9 (1.90%) VPN
5 7 (1.48%) SSL
6 5 (1.06%) DHCP
6 5 (1.06%) DMZ
7 4 (0.85%) VLAN
8 3 (0.63%) AMQP
8 3 (0.63%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.63%) STUN
8 3 (0.63%) VoIP
9 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.21%) HTTP
10 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.21%) Internet
10 1 (0.21%) IPv6
10 1 (0.21%) MPLS
10 1 (0.21%) Network Security
10 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (15.22%) Power BI
2 55 (11.63%) MySQL
3 54 (11.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 50 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (9.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (8.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 30 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (5.92%) MongoDB
9 24 (5.07%) NoSQL
10 23 (4.86%) Relational Database
11 12 (2.54%) Tableau
12 10 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.69%) DB2
14 7 (1.48%) Redis
14 7 (1.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (1.27%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.27%) Data Lake
16 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (1.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 66 (13.95%) Git
2 19 (4.02%) JIRA
3 12 (2.54%) GitLab
4 11 (2.33%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.69%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.69%) JUnit
5 8 (1.69%) Selenium
6 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.85%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.85%) Toad
8 3 (0.63%) Maven
8 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.21%) Moq
10 1 (0.21%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.21%) MSTest
10 1 (0.21%) NUnit
10 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 201 (42.49%) Social Skills
2 124 (26.22%) Finance
3 73 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.29%) Banking
5 20 (4.23%) Law
6 18 (3.81%) Marketing
6 18 (3.81%) Retail
7 17 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.17%) Billing
10 14 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (2.75%) Front Office
12 11 (2.33%) Legal
13 10 (2.11%) Back Office
14 8 (1.69%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.48%) Automotive
16 6 (1.27%) Local Government
17 3 (0.63%) Advertising
18 2 (0.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 157 (33.19%) Developer
2 106 (22.41%) Senior
3 54 (11.42%) Analyst
4 48 (10.15%) Support Engineer
5 44 (9.30%) .NET Developer
6 40 (8.46%) Lead
7 39 (8.25%) Senior Developer
7 39 (8.25%) Software Developer
7 39 (8.25%) Software Engineer
8 34 (7.19%) Azure Developer
9 31 (6.55%) C# Developer
10 29 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (5.92%) Applications Support
12 27 (5.71%) DBA
13 26 (5.50%) Graduate
13 26 (5.50%) Graduate Developer
14 24 (5.07%) SQL Developer
15 22 (4.65%) Data Engineer
16 20 (4.23%) Lead Developer
16 20 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (42.71%) .NET
2 61 (12.90%) CSS
3 55 (11.63%) React
4 52 (10.99%) .NET Core
5 47 (9.94%) .NET Framework
6 42 (8.88%) ASP.NET
7 36 (7.61%) Entity Framework
7 36 (7.61%) REST
8 35 (7.40%) HTML
8 35 (7.40%) jQuery
9 29 (6.13%) AngularJS
9 29 (6.13%) RESTful
10 28 (5.92%) ASP.NET Web API
11 20 (4.23%) Razor View Engine
12 19 (4.02%) SOAP
12 19 (4.02%) Vue
12 19 (4.02%) XML
13 18 (3.81%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 18 (3.81%) JSON
13 18 (3.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.38%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.96%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.54%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
8 11 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.69%) NHS
10 8 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.27%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.06%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.06%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.85%) Clustering
13 4 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (14.16%) Windows
2 40 (8.46%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.82%) Linux
4 12 (2.54%) Unix
5 10 (2.11%) VMS
6 7 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.85%) Android
7 4 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.63%) Debian
9 2 (0.42%) Solaris
9 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) AIX
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (31.50%) Agile
2 146 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (27.48%) DevOps
4 118 (24.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 111 (23.47%) CI/CD
6 86 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 86 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 74 (15.64%) Analytics
8 72 (15.22%) Mentoring
9 64 (13.53%) Computer Science
10 63 (13.32%) Microservices
11 60 (12.68%) Full-Stack Development
12 58 (12.26%) MVC
13 53 (11.21%) Decision-Making
14 48 (10.15%) ETL
14 48 (10.15%) Visualisation
15 46 (9.73%) Scrum
16 41 (8.67%) AI
16 41 (8.67%) CRM
17 40 (8.46%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 255 (53.91%) SQL
2 164 (34.67%) C#
3 83 (17.55%) Python
4 59 (12.47%) JavaScript
5 50 (10.57%) T-SQL
6 45 (9.51%) Java
7 38 (8.03%) PowerShell
8 34 (7.19%) PHP
9 30 (6.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (6.34%) TypeScript
10 27 (5.71%) C++
11 12 (2.54%) Bicep
11 12 (2.54%) R
12 8 (1.69%) Delphi
13 7 (1.48%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.48%) VB
14 6 (1.27%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.06%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.63%) C
16 3 (0.63%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 112 (23.68%) Degree
2 57 (12.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.23%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.59%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.42%) MCSE
13 1 (0.21%) CCNA
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.21%) MCSA
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.88%) QA
2 40 (8.46%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.11%) SLA
5 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.85%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 46 (9.73%) Docker
2 28 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.42%) Kamailio
6 2 (0.42%) vSphere
6 2 (0.42%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) vCloud
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.50%) Terraform
3 10 (2.11%) Grafana
4 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.06%) Ansible
6 4 (0.85%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) CASB
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.63%) Oracle
3 21 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.59%) Databricks
4 17 (3.59%) Google
5 12 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.90%) Sage
7 9 (1.90%) Zoho
8 8 (1.69%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.69%) New Relic
9 7 (1.48%) IBM
9 7 (1.48%) Talend
9 7 (1.48%) VMware
10 6 (1.27%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.27%) ConnectWise
10 6 (1.27%) DevExpress
10 6 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.27%) WooCommerce
10 6 (1.27%) Xamarin