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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 53 44
Rank change year-on-year -34 -9 -8
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 656 907 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 5.50% 4.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.19% 28.75% 23.89%
Number of salaries quoted 575 564 992
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,244 £32,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £84,985
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -6.09%

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 3,096 3,155 5,141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.90% 19.12% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 2,115 4,016
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,175 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -2.81% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £91,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

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 4 August 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 42 (6.40%) IIS
2 32 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.83%) Confluence
5 7 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.91%) nginx
7 3 (0.46%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) SAS
8 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.76%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.61%) Magento
4 3 (0.46%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.46%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 402 (61.28%) Azure
2 116 (17.68%) AWS
3 87 (13.26%) Power Platform
4 77 (11.74%) Snowflake
5 75 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (9.15%) Azure AI
7 57 (8.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.54%) Azure Machine Learning
9 54 (8.23%) SaaS
10 52 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (4.12%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (3.81%) Power Automate
13 25 (3.81%) PowerApps
14 23 (3.51%) Serverless
15 22 (3.35%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.20%) GCP
17 20 (3.05%) GitHub
18 19 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
19 18 (2.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.10%) Firewall
2 28 (4.27%) VPN
3 26 (3.96%) TCP/IP
4 25 (3.81%) DNS
5 17 (2.59%) DHCP
6 8 (1.22%) LAN
6 8 (1.22%) WAN
7 7 (1.07%) HTTP
7 7 (1.07%) VLAN
8 5 (0.76%) Network Security
8 5 (0.76%) VoIP
8 5 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.46%) DMZ
9 3 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.46%) SAN
9 3 (0.46%) STUN
9 3 (0.46%) Wireless
10 2 (0.30%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.15%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.45%) Power BI
2 57 (8.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 56 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (7.01%) MySQL
4 46 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (7.01%) Relational Database
5 41 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 32 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (4.88%) Redis
7 17 (2.59%) MongoDB
8 16 (2.44%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.44%) Oracle Database
9 13 (1.98%) Db2
9 13 (1.98%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.37%) Tableau
12 4 (0.61%) Ataccama
12 4 (0.61%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.61%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 41 (6.25%) Git
2 28 (4.27%) JIRA
3 10 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.37%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.22%) NUnit
5 8 (1.22%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.46%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.46%) Selenium
9 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.30%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.30%) MSTest
9 2 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) GitLab
10 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 177 (26.98%) Finance
2 175 (26.68%) Social Skills
3 74 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.49%) Law
5 32 (4.88%) Legal
6 28 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.66%) Banking
8 23 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 13 (1.98%) Retail
10 12 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.22%) Front Office
11 8 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.76%) Billing
14 4 (0.61%) Legal Technology
14 4 (0.61%) Marketing
14 4 (0.61%) Publishing
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 225 (34.30%) Developer
2 90 (13.72%) Senior
3 85 (12.96%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.21%) SQL Developer
5 65 (9.91%) Graduate
6 63 (9.60%) Data Engineer
7 56 (8.54%) Lead
8 55 (8.38%) .NET Developer
9 54 (8.23%) Software Engineer
10 51 (7.77%) Analyst
11 49 (7.47%) C# Developer
12 45 (6.86%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (6.55%) Graduate Developer
13 43 (6.55%) Graduate Software Developer
14 38 (5.79%) C# Software Developer
15 36 (5.49%) Data Manager
15 36 (5.49%) Support Analyst
16 35 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (5.34%) Engineering Manager
17 34 (5.18%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (33.23%) .NET
2 84 (12.80%) CSS
3 59 (8.99%) .NET Framework
4 56 (8.54%) HTML
5 54 (8.23%) .NET Core
5 54 (8.23%) ASP.NET
6 53 (8.08%) React
7 51 (7.77%) REST
8 45 (6.86%) AngularJS
9 44 (6.71%) Entity Framework
9 44 (6.71%) jQuery
10 37 (5.64%) Node.js
11 29 (4.42%) Vue
12 28 (4.27%) XML
13 19 (2.90%) Blazor
13 19 (2.90%) JSON
14 17 (2.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (2.59%) Middleware
14 17 (2.59%) RESTful
14 17 (2.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.05%) Replication
4 20 (3.05%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.68%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.68%) Clustering
9 11 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
9 11 (1.68%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.07%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.76%) Equities
12 5 (0.76%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 98 (14.94%) Windows
2 68 (10.37%) Windows Server
3 43 (6.55%) Linux
4 10 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.07%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.46%) Debian
6 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) CentOS
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (29.88%) Agile
2 142 (21.65%) DevOps
3 122 (18.60%) AI
4 118 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (17.38%) CI/CD
6 105 (16.01%) Full-Stack Development
6 105 (16.01%) Roadmaps
7 104 (15.85%) Software Engineering
8 102 (15.55%) Data Engineering
9 99 (15.09%) Migration
10 98 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 94 (14.33%) Data Architecture
12 90 (13.72%) Computer Science
13 83 (12.65%) Mentoring
14 77 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
15 71 (10.82%) Data Governance
16 70 (10.67%) MVC
17 68 (10.37%) Regulatory Compliance
18 66 (10.06%) Microservices
19 65 (9.91%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 382 (58.23%) SQL
2 258 (39.33%) C#
3 99 (15.09%) JavaScript
4 85 (12.96%) Python
5 66 (10.06%) PHP
6 64 (9.76%) PowerShell
7 60 (9.15%) TypeScript
8 55 (8.38%) T-SQL
9 54 (8.23%) Java
10 34 (5.18%) C++
11 13 (1.98%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.98%) VB.NET
12 11 (1.68%) Bash
13 8 (1.22%) Bicep
14 7 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.07%) R
14 7 (1.07%) VBA
15 6 (0.91%) Go
15 6 (0.91%) VBScript
16 5 (0.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 117 (17.84%) Degree
2 75 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.13%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.68%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.76%) HNC
8 5 (0.76%) HND
8 5 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (0.76%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) CCNA
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.34%) QA
3 25 (3.81%) SLA
4 21 (3.20%) GDPR
5 15 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.46%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (10.82%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (8.69%) Active Directory
2 57 (8.69%) Docker
3 14 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 14 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.76%) vSphere
5 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (4.73%) Terraform
2 30 (4.57%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.37%) Ansible
5 7 (1.07%) Grafana
5 7 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.76%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 339 (51.68%) Microsoft
2 86 (13.11%) Databricks
3 47 (7.16%) Oracle
4 22 (3.35%) VMware
5 19 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.13%) Cisco
8 13 (1.98%) Google
9 12 (1.83%) Citrix
10 11 (1.68%) iManage
10 11 (1.68%) Veeam
11 10 (1.52%) IBM
12 9 (1.37%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.37%) TIBCO
13 7 (1.07%) Informatica
13 7 (1.07%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.76%) Intapp
14 5 (0.76%) Remedy
14 5 (0.76%) Sybase
14 5 (0.76%) Synology