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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -38 -28 +17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 520 897 2,676
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.67% 5.93% 7.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.28% 27.32% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 459 552 2,387
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,456 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -

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 2,564 3,283 7,485
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.18% 21.72% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,961 2,199 6,274
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £79,336 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 10 June 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 28 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (5.00%) IIS
3 23 (4.42%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.31%) Confluence
5 6 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.58%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.54%) Magento
3 6 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.15%) Shopify
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 333 (64.04%) Azure
2 86 (16.54%) AWS
3 80 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 61 (11.73%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.77%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.58%) Azure AI
8 49 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (9.42%) SaaS
9 46 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (5.19%) Serverless
11 23 (4.42%) Entra ID
12 21 (4.04%) GitHub
12 21 (4.04%) PaaS
13 19 (3.65%) Power Automate
14 17 (3.27%) PowerApps
15 16 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (2.31%) Azure Functions
17 12 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.77%) Firewall
2 17 (3.27%) VPN
3 9 (1.73%) DNS
3 9 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.54%) VLAN
5 7 (1.35%) DHCP
5 7 (1.35%) DMZ
5 7 (1.35%) VoIP
6 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.96%) STUN
7 4 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.58%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) AMQP
9 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.38%) LAN
9 2 (0.38%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) Network Security
10 1 (0.19%) RTSP
10 1 (0.19%) SCTP
10 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (12.31%) Power BI
2 43 (8.27%) MySQL
3 38 (7.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 37 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (6.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 27 (5.19%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.08%) Oracle Database
9 12 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.31%) MongoDB
9 12 (2.31%) Redis
10 11 (2.12%) Db2
11 8 (1.54%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.15%) Tableau
13 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.96%) Metadata
14 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.77%) Power Query
15 3 (0.58%) QGIS
15 3 (0.58%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (5.19%) JIRA
2 17 (3.27%) Git
3 12 (2.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.77%) NUnit
7 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Selenium
8 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.38%) MSTest
8 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.19%) JMeter
9 1 (0.19%) JUnit
9 1 (0.19%) Maven
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 161 (30.96%) Finance
2 128 (24.62%) Social Skills
3 60 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.00%) Banking
5 20 (3.85%) Law
6 18 (3.46%) Legal
7 16 (3.08%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.69%) Retail
9 13 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.35%) Front Office
13 6 (1.15%) Back Office
14 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Publishing
15 3 (0.58%) Automotive
15 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 167 (32.12%) Developer
2 95 (18.27%) Senior
3 70 (13.46%) Software Developer
4 56 (10.77%) SQL Developer
5 51 (9.81%) Analyst
5 51 (9.81%) Graduate
6 45 (8.65%) C# Developer
7 43 (8.27%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.27%) Graduate Software Developer
7 43 (8.27%) Software Engineer
8 39 (7.50%) Data Engineer
9 37 (7.12%) C# Software Developer
9 37 (7.12%) Data Manager
10 36 (6.92%) Engineering Manager
11 34 (6.54%) Applications Support
12 33 (6.35%) .NET Developer
12 33 (6.35%) Finance Manager
12 33 (6.35%) Graduate C# Developer
12 33 (6.35%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 33 (6.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (31.35%) .NET
2 73 (14.04%) CSS
3 45 (8.65%) HTML
4 42 (8.08%) React
5 41 (7.88%) jQuery
6 38 (7.31%) .NET Core
7 35 (6.73%) AngularJS
8 30 (5.77%) REST
9 29 (5.58%) .NET Framework
9 29 (5.58%) ASP.NET
10 25 (4.81%) Entity Framework
11 23 (4.42%) Node.js
12 18 (3.46%) RESTful
13 17 (3.27%) XML
14 16 (3.08%) Vue
15 15 (2.88%) JSON
16 13 (2.50%) Kafka
17 12 (2.31%) Middleware
18 11 (2.12%) Web Services
18 11 (2.12%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.04%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.88%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (2.69%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 13 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.12%) Replication
6 10 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.92%) Low-Code
6 10 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.15%) Clustering
9 6 (1.15%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.96%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.96%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.19%) Windows
2 52 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.54%) Linux
4 8 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.96%) Debian
6 4 (0.77%) VMS
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (31.92%) Agile
2 99 (19.04%) Data Engineering
3 96 (18.46%) AI
4 93 (17.88%) DevOps
5 90 (17.31%) Roadmaps
6 81 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
7 80 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
7 80 (15.38%) Migration
8 79 (15.19%) Data Architecture
9 76 (14.62%) Computer Science
10 72 (13.85%) CI/CD
10 72 (13.85%) Software Engineering
11 70 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
12 67 (12.88%) Mentoring
12 67 (12.88%) Regulatory Compliance
13 65 (12.50%) Machine Learning
14 64 (12.31%) Line Management
15 62 (11.92%) Data Governance
16 61 (11.73%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 321 (61.73%) SQL
2 174 (33.46%) C#
3 91 (17.50%) Python
4 60 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.58%) PHP
6 53 (10.19%) PowerShell
6 53 (10.19%) T-SQL
7 49 (9.42%) Java
8 42 (8.08%) TypeScript
9 31 (5.96%) C++
10 15 (2.88%) R
11 14 (2.69%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.50%) Bash
13 11 (2.12%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.15%) VBA
15 6 (1.15%) VBScript
16 5 (0.96%) Bicep
17 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (20.00%) Degree
2 65 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.08%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.88%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.73%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.15%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.96%) HNC
8 5 (0.96%) HND
8 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.38%) CCNA
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.38%) MCSA
10 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.50%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.27%) GDPR
3 17 (3.27%) SLA
4 15 (2.88%) QA
5 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 63 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (10.96%) Active Directory
3 35 (6.73%) Docker
4 9 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.96%) vSphere
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.81%) Terraform
3 7 (1.35%) Ansible
3 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.38%) Grafana
7 2 (0.38%) MIIS
7 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) CASB
8 1 (0.19%) Consul
8 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.19%) Packer
8 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 258 (49.62%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.42%) Databricks
3 47 (9.04%) Oracle
4 18 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.08%) Cisco
6 15 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.69%) VMware
8 13 (2.50%) Citrix
9 11 (2.12%) Veeam
10 9 (1.73%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.35%) iManage
12 6 (1.15%) ConnectWise
12 6 (1.15%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.96%) IBM
13 5 (0.96%) Meraki
13 5 (0.96%) Synology
14 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.77%) Dell
14 4 (0.77%) JDA
14 4 (0.77%) OneLogin