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

 6 months to
3 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 56 53
Rank change year-on-year -37 -3 -18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 665 889 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 5.44% 4.56%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.06% 31.11% 22.07%
Number of salaries quoted 571 550 818
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,006 £33,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 3,158 2,858 5,003
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.52% 17.49% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,510 2,028 3,621
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,854 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,400
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.43% +4.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,125 £127,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 3 September 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 45 (6.77%) IIS
2 35 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.65%) Confluence
5 6 (0.90%) nginx
6 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.75%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.30%) Magento
4 2 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Finacle
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 398 (59.85%) Azure
2 108 (16.24%) AWS
3 88 (13.23%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (13.23%) Power Platform
4 79 (11.88%) Snowflake
5 64 (9.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 60 (9.02%) Azure AI
7 56 (8.42%) Azure Machine Learning
8 51 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
8 51 (7.67%) SaaS
9 36 (5.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 29 (4.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 27 (4.06%) Power Automate
11 27 (4.06%) PowerApps
12 24 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (3.61%) Serverless
13 23 (3.46%) GCP
14 21 (3.16%) Entra ID
15 20 (3.01%) GitHub
16 19 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.32%) Firewall
2 30 (4.51%) DNS
2 30 (4.51%) TCP/IP
3 27 (4.06%) VPN
4 22 (3.31%) DHCP
5 9 (1.35%) VLAN
5 9 (1.35%) WAN
6 8 (1.20%) HTTP
6 8 (1.20%) LAN
7 6 (0.90%) VoIP
7 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.75%) Network Security
9 3 (0.45%) FTP
9 3 (0.45%) SAN
9 3 (0.45%) Wireless
10 2 (0.30%) Broadband
10 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 62 (9.32%) Power BI
3 54 (8.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 51 (7.67%) Relational Database
5 50 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (5.71%) MySQL
8 33 (4.96%) Redis
8 33 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (4.06%) MongoDB
10 21 (3.16%) Data Lake
11 19 (2.86%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.95%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.50%) Metadata
14 9 (1.35%) Db2
14 9 (1.35%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.35%) Star Schema
15 8 (1.20%) Tableau
16 7 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 60 (9.02%) Git
2 23 (3.46%) JIRA
3 10 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.20%) NUnit
6 7 (1.05%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.45%) Selenium
11 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.30%) MSTest
12 1 (0.15%) Gatling
12 1 (0.15%) GitLab
12 1 (0.15%) Karma Test Runner
12 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
12 1 (0.15%) Storybook
12 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 181 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 173 (26.02%) Finance
3 74 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.62%) Law
5 36 (5.41%) Legal
6 35 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 23 (3.46%) Banking
9 13 (1.95%) Retail
10 10 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.35%) Front Office
12 8 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.90%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.75%) Billing
15 5 (0.75%) Marketing
16 4 (0.60%) Publishing
17 3 (0.45%) Advertising
17 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 231 (34.74%) Developer
2 102 (15.34%) Senior
3 83 (12.48%) Software Developer
4 66 (9.92%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.47%) Graduate
6 59 (8.87%) SQL Developer
7 58 (8.72%) .NET Developer
8 57 (8.57%) Lead
9 55 (8.27%) Software Engineer
10 44 (6.62%) Analyst
11 43 (6.47%) Azure Engineer
11 43 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
12 42 (6.32%) C# Developer
13 36 (5.41%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.41%) Graduate Developer
13 36 (5.41%) Graduate Software Developer
13 36 (5.41%) Lead Developer
14 35 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (5.11%) Architect
16 33 (4.96%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (32.93%) .NET
2 76 (11.43%) CSS
3 62 (9.32%) ASP.NET
4 61 (9.17%) .NET Framework
5 55 (8.27%) .NET Core
5 55 (8.27%) HTML
5 55 (8.27%) React
5 55 (8.27%) REST
6 44 (6.62%) Entity Framework
7 42 (6.32%) Node.js
8 41 (6.17%) AngularJS
9 35 (5.26%) jQuery
10 31 (4.66%) Terraform
10 31 (4.66%) XML
11 30 (4.51%) Vue
12 28 (4.21%) Blazor
13 20 (3.01%) Web Services
14 19 (2.86%) Middleware
15 18 (2.71%) JSON
16 17 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.21%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.16%) Virtual Team
5 20 (3.01%) Replication
6 18 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.65%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.65%) Clustering
10 9 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.35%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.90%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 105 (15.79%) Windows
2 70 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 40 (6.02%) Linux
4 10 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) AIX
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (30.98%) Agile
2 159 (23.91%) DevOps
3 131 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (18.35%) CI/CD
5 121 (18.20%) AI
6 115 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 110 (16.54%) Software Engineering
8 103 (15.49%) Roadmaps
9 102 (15.34%) Data Architecture
9 102 (15.34%) Migration
10 99 (14.89%) Data Engineering
11 96 (14.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 91 (13.68%) Computer Science
13 86 (12.93%) Mentoring
14 83 (12.48%) Clean Code
15 77 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (10.83%) Data Governance
17 67 (10.08%) Microservices
18 66 (9.92%) Analytics
18 66 (9.92%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 379 (56.99%) SQL
2 262 (39.40%) C#
3 102 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 87 (13.08%) Python
5 61 (9.17%) PHP
6 57 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 56 (8.42%) TypeScript
8 53 (7.97%) T-SQL
9 52 (7.82%) Java
10 28 (4.21%) C++
11 11 (1.65%) Go
12 10 (1.50%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.35%) Bicep
14 8 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.20%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.05%) VBA
16 6 (0.90%) VBScript
17 5 (0.75%) Bash
17 5 (0.75%) Rust
17 5 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 123 (18.50%) Degree
2 73 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.75%) HNC
8 5 (0.75%) HND
8 5 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) MCSA
11 1 (0.15%) MCSE
11 1 (0.15%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.56%) QA
3 24 (3.61%) GDPR
4 21 (3.16%) SLA
5 12 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.45%) PMO
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.68%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (8.57%) Docker
3 54 (8.12%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.71%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.75%) vSphere
7 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.50%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Grafana
4 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.75%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) MIIS
8 2 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.15%) Consul
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 354 (53.23%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.98%) Databricks
3 49 (7.37%) Oracle
4 23 (3.46%) VMware
5 15 (2.26%) Veeam
6 14 (2.11%) Google
6 14 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.80%) Citrix
8 12 (1.80%) IBM
8 12 (1.80%) Informatica
9 11 (1.65%) Cisco
9 11 (1.65%) iManage
10 9 (1.35%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.35%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.20%) Talend
12 5 (0.75%) Intapp
12 5 (0.75%) Meraki
12 5 (0.75%) Remedy
12 5 (0.75%) Synology
358 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs