SQL Server Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring SQL Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SQL Server over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 31 44
Rank change year-on-year -39 +13 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 912 2,297 2,317
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.45% 6.71% 6.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.50% 30.69% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 566 2,006 1,961
10th Percentile £29,031 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,248
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Database and 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 3,576 7,484 8,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.45% 21.88% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,215 5,879 6,487
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £63,150
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.99% +5.25%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,350 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £57,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +6.96% -8.73% +5.00%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SQL Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
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
1 170 (18.64%) Confluence
2 62 (6.80%) IIS
3 53 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 31 (3.40%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.21%) Tomcat
6 9 (0.99%) Moodle
7 6 (0.66%) CMS
8 5 (0.55%) Apache
9 4 (0.44%) nginx
10 3 (0.33%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.11%) Luigi
12 1 (0.11%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.33%) EPLAN
3 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Moqups
5 1 (0.11%) Sketch
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.77%) Infor CloudSuite
2 7 (0.77%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 7 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
3 5 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.44%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.44%) Sage 1000
5 2 (0.22%) Odoo
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 627 (68.75%) Azure
2 326 (35.75%) AWS
3 166 (18.20%) GCP
4 141 (15.46%) Power Platform
5 73 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (7.57%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (7.35%) GitHub
8 65 (7.13%) SaaS
9 55 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
10 44 (4.82%) Power Automate
11 37 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 33 (3.62%) PowerApps
13 29 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (2.85%) Entra ID
15 17 (1.86%) Serverless
16 15 (1.64%) IaaS
17 14 (1.54%) Cloudflare
18 13 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
19 12 (1.32%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 42 (4.61%) Firewall
2 30 (3.29%) DNS
3 24 (2.63%) SAN
4 23 (2.52%) DHCP
5 19 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.43%) VPN
7 10 (1.10%) SSL
7 10 (1.10%) WAN
8 9 (0.99%) DMARC
9 8 (0.88%) LAN
9 8 (0.88%) Multicast
10 7 (0.77%) NAS
10 7 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (0.66%) HTTP
12 5 (0.55%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.55%) Internet
12 5 (0.55%) VSAN
13 3 (0.33%) Fibre Channel
13 3 (0.33%) VoIP
13 3 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (12.61%) Power BI
2 92 (10.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 89 (9.76%) MySQL
4 86 (9.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 60 (6.58%) Data Warehouse
5 60 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (4.50%) MongoDB
7 40 (4.39%) Relational Database
8 39 (4.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 30 (3.29%) Data Hub
10 26 (2.85%) SQL CLR
11 25 (2.74%) DB2
12 24 (2.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 21 (2.30%) Data Lake
14 19 (2.08%) Metadata
15 18 (1.97%) Tableau
16 14 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
17 12 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 12 (1.32%) NoSQL
18 7 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 282 (30.92%) JIRA
2 252 (27.63%) SonarQube
3 251 (27.52%) GitLab
4 250 (27.41%) Bitbucket
4 250 (27.41%) Selenium
5 249 (27.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 248 (27.19%) Maven
7 247 (27.08%) Cucumber
8 96 (10.53%) Git
9 46 (5.04%) Visual Studio
10 22 (2.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 19 (2.08%) NUnit
12 18 (1.97%) TeamCity
13 13 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
14 11 (1.21%) Jenkins
15 8 (0.88%) Jasmine
16 5 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
16 5 (0.55%) Postman
17 4 (0.44%) JUnit
General
1 448 (49.12%) Finance
2 280 (30.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 274 (30.04%) Banking
4 219 (24.01%) Social Skills
5 123 (13.49%) Retail
6 98 (10.75%) Investment Banking
7 90 (9.87%) Corporate Banking
8 79 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (4.93%) Back Office
10 43 (4.71%) Law
11 35 (3.84%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.74%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.64%) Front Office
13 15 (1.64%) Games
14 13 (1.43%) Marketing
15 12 (1.32%) Advertising
16 11 (1.21%) Legal
16 11 (1.21%) Local Government
16 11 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 301 (33.00%) Developer
2 276 (30.26%) Software Engineer
3 121 (13.27%) Senior
4 88 (9.65%) Analyst
5 78 (8.55%) .NET Developer
6 76 (8.33%) C# Developer
7 65 (7.13%) Senior Developer
8 59 (6.47%) Lead
9 57 (6.25%) SQL Developer
10 54 (5.92%) Graduate
11 53 (5.81%) IT Graduate
12 49 (5.37%) Graduate Developer
13 41 (4.50%) Support Analyst
14 40 (4.39%) Full-Stack Developer
15 37 (4.06%) Applications Support
16 30 (3.29%) C# .NET Developer
16 30 (3.29%) DBA
17 27 (2.96%) Applications Support Analyst
17 27 (2.96%) SQL DBA
18 26 (2.85%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 360 (39.47%) CSS
2 320 (35.09%) React
3 316 (34.65%) HTML
4 307 (33.66%) .NET
5 277 (30.37%) Kafka
6 255 (27.96%) Spring
7 254 (27.85%) Spring Boot
8 249 (27.30%) Redux
9 248 (27.19%) JPA
10 158 (17.32%) Hibernate
11 143 (15.68%) REST
12 132 (14.47%) RESTful
13 116 (12.72%) HTML5
14 114 (12.50%) ASP.NET
15 110 (12.06%) CSS3
16 103 (11.29%) Jest
17 95 (10.42%) .NET Core
18 93 (10.20%) Sass
19 89 (9.76%) .NET Framework
20 62 (6.80%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 267 (29.28%) Product Ownership
2 265 (29.06%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (2.85%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.30%) Cloud Native
6 18 (1.97%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 15 (1.64%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.64%) Replication
7 15 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.54%) NHS
9 13 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.32%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.99%) Client/Server
13 9 (0.99%) Driving Licence
13 9 (0.99%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 144 (15.79%) Windows
2 65 (7.13%) Windows Server
3 60 (6.58%) Linux
4 20 (2.19%) Unix
5 14 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 12 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.44%) Android
10 4 (0.44%) Solaris
11 2 (0.22%) AIX
11 2 (0.22%) Debian
11 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (54.50%) Agile
2 382 (41.89%) DevOps
3 345 (37.83%) CI/CD
4 327 (35.86%) Software Engineering
5 323 (35.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 317 (34.76%) Microservices
7 280 (30.70%) Performance Optimisation
7 280 (30.70%) SDLC
8 275 (30.15%) Test Automation
9 272 (29.82%) Containerisation
10 262 (28.73%) Front End Development
11 246 (26.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 221 (24.23%) Clean Code
13 202 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
14 185 (20.29%) Mentoring
14 185 (20.29%) TDD
15 169 (18.53%) Migration
16 140 (15.35%) Business Intelligence
17 111 (12.17%) Strategic Thinking
17 111 (12.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 623 (68.31%) SQL
2 397 (43.53%) JavaScript
3 345 (37.83%) Java
4 314 (34.43%) C#
5 143 (15.68%) TypeScript
6 87 (9.54%) T-SQL
7 74 (8.11%) Python
8 69 (7.57%) PowerShell
9 55 (6.03%) C++
9 55 (6.03%) PHP
10 33 (3.62%) VB.NET
11 22 (2.41%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.54%) VBA
13 10 (1.10%) Bicep
13 10 (1.10%) C
14 8 (0.88%) Bash
15 6 (0.66%) VB
15 6 (0.66%) X++
16 4 (0.44%) F#
16 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 143 (15.68%) Degree
2 68 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (2.08%) Security Cleared
5 18 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.88%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.77%) MCP
9 6 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.55%) MCSA
10 5 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.44%) MCSE
12 3 (0.33%) ACCA
12 3 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.22%) CCNP
13 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.22%) CISSP
13 2 (0.22%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (28.73%) QA
2 101 (11.07%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.41%) Data Quality
3 22 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.30%) GDPR
5 19 (2.08%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.44%) GxP
6 4 (0.44%) SLA
7 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.22%) WCAG
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.11%) MiFID
8 1 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 287 (31.47%) Docker
2 61 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (6.03%) Active Directory
4 25 (2.74%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.32%) vSphere
6 11 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.55%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.22%) KVM
9 2 (0.22%) NFS
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.22%) SRDF
9 2 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.22%) Xen
10 1 (0.11%) pfSense
10 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 288 (31.58%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.29%) Terraform
3 19 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.54%) SCCM
5 13 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
5 13 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.21%) Ansible
7 7 (0.77%) Grafana
7 7 (0.77%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.55%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.33%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.22%) Puppet
10 2 (0.22%) SCOM
10 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.22%) SCSM
11 1 (0.11%) logstash
11 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 334 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 247 (27.08%) Solace
3 74 (8.11%) VMware
4 62 (6.80%) Oracle
5 23 (2.52%) Databricks
6 14 (1.54%) IBM
6 14 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.21%) Cisco
8 11 (1.21%) Google
8 11 (1.21%) Infor
8 11 (1.21%) Rollbar
9 10 (1.10%) Splunk
10 9 (0.99%) HP
11 8 (0.88%) DevExpress
11 8 (0.88%) NetApp
11 8 (0.88%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.77%) Dell
12 7 (0.77%) Informatica
12 7 (0.77%) RedGate