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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 54 23
Rank change year-on-year -32 -31 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 548 691 2,689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.02% 5.12% 8.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.56% 21.14% 37.31%
Number of salaries quoted 473 585 2,445
10th Percentile £27,800 £33,080 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -1.79%

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 2,326 3,268 7,207
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.81% 24.20% 22.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,740 2,402 6,192
10th Percentile £37,175 £37,500 £37,042
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,313 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
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 28 April 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 24 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.55%) IIS
4 10 (1.82%) Confluence
5 6 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.91%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.91%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.91%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.55%) Apache
7 3 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.55%) SAS
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) JBoss
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
8 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.01%) Magento
4 9 (1.64%) Shopify
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.55%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Actimize
7 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 364 (66.42%) Azure
2 106 (19.34%) AWS
3 87 (15.88%) Power Platform
4 82 (14.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 72 (13.14%) SaaS
6 57 (10.40%) Azure AI
6 57 (10.40%) Snowflake
7 56 (10.22%) Azure Machine Learning
8 50 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (7.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 38 (6.93%) GitHub
12 31 (5.66%) Serverless
13 28 (5.11%) Entra ID
14 23 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (3.65%) Power Automate
16 18 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (3.28%) PaaS
17 17 (3.10%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.29%) Firewall
2 16 (2.92%) VPN
3 10 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.46%) DNS
5 7 (1.28%) DMZ
5 7 (1.28%) VLAN
6 6 (1.09%) DHCP
7 5 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.91%) STUN
7 5 (0.91%) VoIP
8 4 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.55%) AMQP
9 3 (0.55%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.55%) SAN
10 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.36%) Network Security
10 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.36%) WAN
11 1 (0.18%) LAN
11 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (14.42%) Power BI
2 59 (10.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 57 (10.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (8.76%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.21%) MySQL
6 42 (7.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (3.65%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.28%) NoSQL
9 16 (2.92%) Oracle Database
10 11 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.01%) DB2
10 11 (2.01%) Redis
11 10 (1.82%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.09%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.09%) Metadata
13 5 (0.91%) GIS
13 5 (0.91%) QGIS
13 5 (0.91%) Tableau
14 4 (0.73%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 38 (6.93%) Git
2 23 (4.20%) JIRA
3 13 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.82%) Selenium
4 10 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.46%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.46%) GitLab
5 8 (1.46%) JUnit
6 5 (0.91%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.91%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.55%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.55%) Maven
7 3 (0.55%) NUnit
7 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.18%) JMeter
9 1 (0.18%) Moq
9 1 (0.18%) MSTest
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 183 (33.39%) Finance
2 163 (29.74%) Social Skills
3 84 (15.33%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.66%) Banking
5 15 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.55%) Billing
6 14 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.37%) Legal
8 11 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.01%) Retail
9 10 (1.82%) Back Office
9 10 (1.82%) Law
10 7 (1.28%) Front Office
11 5 (0.91%) Automotive
11 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.73%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.73%) Marketing
12 4 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 163 (29.74%) Developer
2 112 (20.44%) Senior
3 71 (12.96%) Software Developer
4 61 (11.13%) Analyst
5 50 (9.12%) C# Developer
6 46 (8.39%) SQL Developer
7 45 (8.21%) Graduate
7 45 (8.21%) Graduate Developer
7 45 (8.21%) Graduate Software Developer
8 39 (7.12%) Azure Developer
8 39 (7.12%) C# Software Developer
9 38 (6.93%) Software Engineer
10 36 (6.57%) .NET Developer
10 36 (6.57%) Engineering Manager
10 36 (6.57%) Graduate C# Developer
10 36 (6.57%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 35 (6.39%) Applications Support
11 35 (6.39%) Support Engineer
12 34 (6.20%) Data Manager
12 34 (6.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (32.48%) .NET
2 72 (13.14%) CSS
3 47 (8.58%) React
4 46 (8.39%) .NET Core
5 43 (7.85%) HTML
6 39 (7.12%) jQuery
7 34 (6.20%) REST
8 30 (5.47%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.11%) .NET Framework
10 27 (4.93%) Entity Framework
11 26 (4.74%) ASP.NET
12 25 (4.56%) RESTful
13 19 (3.47%) Django
14 17 (3.10%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (2.92%) JSON
15 16 (2.92%) SOAP
16 14 (2.55%) Kafka
16 14 (2.55%) Node.js
16 14 (2.55%) Razor View Engine
16 14 (2.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.01%) Legacy Applications
5 19 (3.47%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.37%) Virtual Team
9 11 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.01%) Replication
10 10 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.28%) NHS
12 7 (1.28%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.91%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.91%) Clustering
14 4 (0.73%) CMDB
14 4 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (13.87%) Windows
2 45 (8.21%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.20%) Linux
4 9 (1.64%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.64%) VMS
5 6 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.91%) Debian
7 3 (0.55%) CentOS
7 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) AIX
8 1 (0.18%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) Unix
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (33.58%) Agile
2 116 (21.17%) DevOps
3 106 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
4 103 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 100 (18.25%) CI/CD
6 92 (16.79%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (16.61%) Data Engineering
8 90 (16.42%) AI
9 88 (16.06%) Roadmaps
10 84 (15.33%) Mentoring
11 81 (14.78%) Software Engineering
12 80 (14.60%) Migration
13 79 (14.42%) Analytics
14 75 (13.69%) Data Architecture
15 70 (12.77%) Computer Science
16 67 (12.23%) Regulatory Compliance
17 66 (12.04%) Full-Stack Development
17 66 (12.04%) Machine Learning
18 63 (11.50%) MVC
19 62 (11.31%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 332 (60.58%) SQL
2 179 (32.66%) C#
3 92 (16.79%) Python
4 58 (10.58%) JavaScript
5 56 (10.22%) Java
6 55 (10.04%) T-SQL
7 53 (9.67%) PHP
8 44 (8.03%) PowerShell
9 37 (6.75%) TypeScript
10 29 (5.29%) C++
10 29 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (2.92%) R
12 14 (2.55%) PL/SQL
13 11 (2.01%) Bash
13 11 (2.01%) VB.NET
14 10 (1.82%) Bicep
15 9 (1.64%) Delphi
16 4 (0.73%) Scala
16 4 (0.73%) VBA
16 4 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (19.16%) Degree
2 60 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.92%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.73%) HNC
10 4 (0.73%) HND
11 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.36%) CCNA
12 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.36%) MCSA
12 2 (0.36%) MCSE
13 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.04%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.20%) QA
3 19 (3.47%) SLA
4 18 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (3.10%) GDPR
6 12 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 60 (10.95%) Virtual Machines
2 53 (9.67%) Docker
3 49 (8.94%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.09%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.73%) vSphere
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 47 (8.58%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.66%) Terraform
3 12 (2.19%) Grafana
4 10 (1.82%) Ansible
5 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.91%) SCCM
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.36%) MIIS
9 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.18%) CASB
10 1 (0.18%) Consul
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 234 (42.70%) Microsoft
2 69 (12.59%) Databricks
3 58 (10.58%) Oracle
4 21 (3.83%) ServiceNow
5 14 (2.55%) Cisco
6 11 (2.01%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.82%) VMware
8 9 (1.64%) Citrix
8 9 (1.64%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.64%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.46%) Veeam
10 7 (1.28%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.09%) Google
12 5 (0.91%) ESRI
12 5 (0.91%) iManage
12 5 (0.91%) New Relic
13 4 (0.73%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.73%) Meraki
13 4 (0.73%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.73%) Synology