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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 58 23
Rank change year-on-year -25 -35 +11
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 463 833 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 5.09% 8.91%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.26% 20.19% 35.72%
Number of salaries quoted 385 553 1,739
10th Percentile £33,800 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 2,080 4,125 5,415
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.84% 25.20% 24.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 2,458 4,426
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,093
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 13 January 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 21 (4.54%) IIS
2 13 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.38%) Confluence
4 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.30%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.30%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.30%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (0.86%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.65%) Apache
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.43%) CMS
7 2 (0.43%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.43%) Moodle
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (5.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (3.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.08%) Magento
3 5 (1.08%) Shopify
3 5 (1.08%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (0.86%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.43%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.43%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
7 1 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 254 (54.86%) Azure
2 102 (22.03%) AWS
3 77 (16.63%) SaaS
4 74 (15.98%) Power Platform
5 68 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.94%) GitHub
7 45 (9.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (7.99%) Serverless
9 29 (6.26%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (6.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 24 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.54%) GCP
13 19 (4.10%) Entra ID
14 18 (3.89%) PaaS
15 16 (3.46%) Power Automate
16 15 (3.24%) Azure App Service
17 14 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (3.02%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.59%) Amazon S3
18 12 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.89%) Firewall
2 11 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.16%) DNS
3 10 (2.16%) VPN
4 7 (1.51%) SSL
5 6 (1.30%) DMZ
6 5 (1.08%) DHCP
6 5 (1.08%) VLAN
7 4 (0.86%) STUN
7 4 (0.86%) VoIP
8 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.43%) AMQP
9 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.22%) HTTP
10 1 (0.22%) Internet
10 1 (0.22%) IPv6
10 1 (0.22%) MPLS
10 1 (0.22%) Network Security
10 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (14.47%) Power BI
2 55 (11.88%) MySQL
3 53 (11.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 49 (10.58%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (10.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (8.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (6.26%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (6.26%) MongoDB
8 26 (5.62%) Relational Database
9 23 (4.97%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.38%) Tableau
11 9 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.51%) DB2
13 7 (1.51%) Redis
14 6 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.30%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.30%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 68 (14.69%) Git
2 19 (4.10%) JIRA
3 12 (2.59%) GitLab
4 11 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.73%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.73%) JUnit
5 8 (1.73%) Selenium
6 4 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.86%) Toad
7 3 (0.65%) Maven
7 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.22%) NUnit
9 1 (0.22%) Postman
9 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 191 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 123 (26.57%) Finance
3 67 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.97%) Banking
5 21 (4.54%) Retail
6 20 (4.32%) Law
7 18 (3.89%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.67%) Marketing
9 16 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (3.24%) Billing
11 14 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (3.02%) Front Office
11 14 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.16%) Back Office
12 10 (2.16%) Legal
13 8 (1.73%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.30%) Local Government
15 5 (1.08%) Automotive
16 3 (0.65%) Advertising
16 3 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 158 (34.13%) Developer
2 99 (21.38%) Senior
3 51 (11.02%) Analyst
4 46 (9.94%) Support Engineer
5 42 (9.07%) .NET Developer
5 42 (9.07%) Software Developer
6 39 (8.42%) Lead
7 38 (8.21%) Senior Developer
8 37 (7.99%) Software Engineer
9 32 (6.91%) C# Developer
10 31 (6.70%) Azure Developer
11 29 (6.26%) Applications Support
12 27 (5.83%) DBA
13 26 (5.62%) Graduate
13 26 (5.62%) Graduate Developer
13 26 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (5.18%) SQL Developer
15 20 (4.32%) Data Engineer
16 19 (4.10%) Lead Developer
16 19 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (43.20%) .NET
2 63 (13.61%) CSS
3 52 (11.23%) React
4 49 (10.58%) .NET Core
5 46 (9.94%) .NET Framework
6 43 (9.29%) ASP.NET
7 37 (7.99%) HTML
8 35 (7.56%) Entity Framework
8 35 (7.56%) REST
9 34 (7.34%) jQuery
10 31 (6.70%) AngularJS
11 27 (5.83%) ASP.NET Web API
11 27 (5.83%) RESTful
12 20 (4.32%) Vue
13 18 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 17 (3.67%) Razor View Engine
14 17 (3.67%) SOAP
14 17 (3.67%) XML
15 16 (3.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.02%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (2.59%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.59%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.94%) NHS
9 8 (1.73%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.30%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.86%) Clustering
13 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 62 (13.39%) Windows
2 39 (8.42%) Windows Server
3 38 (8.21%) Linux
4 12 (2.59%) Unix
5 9 (1.94%) VMS
6 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.86%) Android
7 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.86%) Debian
7 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.43%) Solaris
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) AIX
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (32.40%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (31.53%) Agile
3 128 (27.65%) DevOps
4 113 (24.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 107 (23.11%) CI/CD
6 84 (18.14%) Software Engineering
7 81 (17.49%) Business Intelligence
8 72 (15.55%) Mentoring
9 69 (14.90%) Analytics
10 62 (13.39%) Computer Science
10 62 (13.39%) Microservices
11 57 (12.31%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (12.10%) MVC
13 49 (10.58%) Decision-Making
14 48 (10.37%) Scrum
15 45 (9.72%) ETL
16 44 (9.50%) Visualisation
17 41 (8.86%) AI
18 40 (8.64%) Data Analysis
18 40 (8.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 247 (53.35%) SQL
2 168 (36.29%) C#
3 75 (16.20%) Python
4 62 (13.39%) JavaScript
5 49 (10.58%) T-SQL
6 45 (9.72%) Java
7 34 (7.34%) PHP
8 30 (6.48%) TypeScript
9 29 (6.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (6.26%) PowerShell
10 28 (6.05%) C++
11 10 (2.16%) Bicep
11 10 (2.16%) R
12 8 (1.73%) Delphi
13 6 (1.30%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.30%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.30%) VB
14 5 (1.08%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.86%) C
16 3 (0.65%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 110 (23.76%) Degree
2 57 (12.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.10%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.67%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.81%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.30%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.22%) ACCA
12 1 (0.22%) CIMA
12 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.22%) MCSE
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.07%) QA
2 37 (7.99%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
4 9 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.73%) SLA
6 6 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.30%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.65%) GDPR
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (9.50%) Docker
2 21 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.86%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.43%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.18%) Terraform
3 10 (2.16%) Grafana
4 5 (1.08%) Ansible
4 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.86%) SCCM
6 1 (0.22%) CASB
6 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 140 (30.24%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.23%) Oracle
3 23 (4.97%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.46%) Google
5 13 (2.81%) Databricks
6 11 (2.38%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.94%) Zoho
8 8 (1.73%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.73%) New Relic
8 8 (1.73%) Sage
9 7 (1.51%) DevExpress
9 7 (1.51%) IBM
10 6 (1.30%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.30%) Talend
10 6 (1.30%) VMware
10 6 (1.30%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.08%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.08%) WooCommerce