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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 52 25
Rank change year-on-year -39 -27 +13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 574 903 2,443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.77% 5.68% 7.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.83% 27.78% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 506 559 2,146
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,213 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £114,375 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,895 3,250 7,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.97% 20.45% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,289 2,180 6,032
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 1 July 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 39 (6.79%) IIS
2 31 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 30 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.09%) Confluence
5 6 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.70%) nginx
6 4 (0.70%) SAS
7 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
7 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.35%) JBoss
7 2 (0.35%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Magento
3 5 (0.87%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.70%) Shopify
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 369 (64.29%) Azure
2 99 (17.25%) AWS
3 88 (15.33%) Power Platform
4 66 (11.50%) Snowflake
5 63 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.76%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (9.76%) SaaS
8 55 (9.58%) Azure AI
9 53 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (4.70%) Entra ID
10 27 (4.70%) Serverless
11 22 (3.83%) PaaS
11 22 (3.83%) Power Automate
12 21 (3.66%) PowerApps
13 20 (3.48%) GitHub
14 19 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (2.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.62%) Firewall
2 24 (4.18%) VPN
3 17 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.79%) DNS
5 13 (2.26%) DHCP
6 9 (1.57%) VLAN
7 7 (1.22%) VoIP
8 5 (0.87%) DMZ
8 5 (0.87%) LAN
8 5 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.87%) STUN
8 5 (0.87%) WAN
9 4 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.52%) SAN
10 3 (0.52%) Wireless
11 2 (0.35%) HTTP
11 2 (0.35%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.35%) Network Security
11 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.67%) Power BI
2 44 (7.67%) MySQL
2 44 (7.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (6.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (5.40%) Relational Database
6 22 (3.83%) Redis
7 16 (2.79%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.26%) Db2
10 12 (2.09%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.74%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.39%) Tableau
13 5 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.70%) Metadata
14 4 (0.70%) Power Query
14 4 (0.70%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (5.05%) JIRA
2 22 (3.83%) Git
3 14 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.05%) NUnit
5 6 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.52%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.52%) Selenium
8 2 (0.35%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.35%) MSTest
8 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Gatling
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 167 (29.09%) Finance
2 151 (26.31%) Social Skills
3 67 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.70%) Banking
5 24 (4.18%) Law
6 22 (3.83%) Legal
7 19 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.44%) Retail
10 10 (1.74%) Front Office
11 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.70%) Back Office
13 4 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.70%) Marketing
13 4 (0.70%) Publishing
13 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 195 (33.97%) Developer
2 89 (15.51%) Senior
3 77 (13.41%) Software Developer
4 63 (10.98%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.23%) Graduate
6 51 (8.89%) Analyst
7 46 (8.01%) C# Developer
8 45 (7.84%) Data Engineer
9 43 (7.49%) Graduate Developer
9 43 (7.49%) Graduate Software Developer
9 43 (7.49%) Software Engineer
10 39 (6.79%) .NET Developer
11 37 (6.45%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (6.45%) Data Manager
11 37 (6.45%) Lead
12 36 (6.27%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (5.92%) Support Engineer
14 33 (5.75%) Applications Support
14 33 (5.75%) Graduate C# Developer
14 33 (5.75%) Graduate C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (31.36%) .NET
2 75 (13.07%) CSS
3 47 (8.19%) HTML
4 46 (8.01%) .NET Core
5 44 (7.67%) jQuery
6 41 (7.14%) React
7 36 (6.27%) AngularJS
7 36 (6.27%) ASP.NET
7 36 (6.27%) REST
8 35 (6.10%) .NET Framework
9 29 (5.05%) Node.js
10 28 (4.88%) Entity Framework
11 22 (3.83%) Vue
12 18 (3.14%) RESTful
12 18 (3.14%) XML
13 17 (2.96%) Middleware
14 15 (2.61%) ASP.NET Core
14 15 (2.61%) JSON
15 12 (2.09%) Kafka
16 11 (1.92%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.83%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.31%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.14%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.61%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (2.09%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.09%) Replication
10 11 (1.92%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.39%) Clustering
13 8 (1.39%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.22%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 88 (15.33%) Windows
2 59 (10.28%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.27%) Linux
4 10 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.87%) Debian
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
7 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (31.53%) Agile
2 116 (20.21%) DevOps
3 108 (18.82%) AI
4 102 (17.77%) Data Engineering
5 98 (17.07%) Roadmaps
6 94 (16.38%) CI/CD
7 92 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (15.33%) Full-Stack Development
9 87 (15.16%) Migration
10 84 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
10 84 (14.63%) Computer Science
11 81 (14.11%) Data Architecture
12 80 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 78 (13.59%) Software Engineering
14 71 (12.37%) Mentoring
15 67 (11.67%) Regulatory Compliance
16 64 (11.15%) Data Governance
16 64 (11.15%) Line Management
17 61 (10.63%) Machine Learning
18 59 (10.28%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 359 (62.54%) SQL
2 197 (34.32%) C#
3 89 (15.51%) Python
4 73 (12.72%) JavaScript
5 68 (11.85%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.58%) PHP
6 55 (9.58%) T-SQL
7 52 (9.06%) Java
7 52 (9.06%) TypeScript
8 31 (5.40%) C++
9 15 (2.61%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.44%) Bash
11 12 (2.09%) R
12 11 (1.92%) VB.NET
13 8 (1.39%) Bicep
14 7 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.05%) VBA
15 6 (1.05%) VBScript
16 5 (0.87%) Tcl
17 4 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (19.34%) Degree
2 69 (12.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.96%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.44%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.74%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.87%) HNC
6 5 (0.87%) HND
6 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (0.87%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.35%) CCNA
8 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.35%) MCSA
8 2 (0.35%) MCSE
9 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.18%) QA
3 21 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (3.48%) SLA
5 19 (3.31%) GDPR
6 5 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.52%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.17%) NCSC
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 69 (12.02%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (11.15%) Active Directory
3 43 (7.49%) Docker
4 16 (2.79%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.87%) vSphere
7 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (4.70%) Terraform
2 26 (4.53%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.39%) Ansible
5 5 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.87%) Grafana
5 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.35%) MIIS
8 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) Consul
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Packer
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 290 (50.52%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.41%) Databricks
3 48 (8.36%) Oracle
4 20 (3.48%) VMware
5 18 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.44%) Cisco
8 13 (2.26%) Citrix
9 12 (2.09%) Veeam
10 9 (1.57%) IBM
10 9 (1.57%) iManage
11 8 (1.39%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.05%) TIBCO
14 5 (0.87%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.87%) Informatica
14 5 (0.87%) Meraki
14 5 (0.87%) Sybase
14 5 (0.87%) Synology
15 4 (0.70%) Talend