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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 54 25
Rank change year-on-year -39 -29 +13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 571 898 2,443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.76% 5.69% 7.31%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.75% 27.63% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 504 555 2,146
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £116,125 £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 2,891 3,250 7,248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.98% 20.58% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,286 2,183 6,033
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,140 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.25%
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% -8.00%

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 30 June 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 38 (6.65%) IIS
2 31 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 30 (5.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.10%) Confluence
5 6 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.70%) nginx
7 3 (0.53%) SAS
8 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.35%) CMS
8 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.35%) JBoss
8 2 (0.35%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Documentum
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Magento
3 5 (0.88%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.70%) Shopify
5 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 367 (64.27%) Azure
2 97 (16.99%) AWS
3 87 (15.24%) Power Platform
4 66 (11.56%) Snowflake
5 63 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.81%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (9.81%) SaaS
8 55 (9.63%) Azure AI
9 53 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (4.73%) Entra ID
10 27 (4.73%) Serverless
11 22 (3.85%) PaaS
11 22 (3.85%) Power Automate
12 21 (3.68%) PowerApps
13 20 (3.50%) GitHub
14 19 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (2.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.48%) Firewall
2 23 (4.03%) VPN
3 16 (2.80%) TCP/IP
4 15 (2.63%) DNS
5 12 (2.10%) DHCP
6 9 (1.58%) VLAN
7 7 (1.23%) VoIP
8 5 (0.88%) DMZ
8 5 (0.88%) LAN
8 5 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.88%) STUN
8 5 (0.88%) WAN
9 4 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.53%) SAN
10 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.56%) Power BI
2 43 (7.53%) MySQL
2 43 (7.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 41 (7.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 40 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (6.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (5.25%) Relational Database
7 22 (3.85%) Redis
8 16 (2.80%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (2.28%) Db2
11 12 (2.10%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.75%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.23%) Tableau
14 5 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.70%) Metadata
15 4 (0.70%) Power Query
16 3 (0.53%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (5.08%) JIRA
2 22 (3.85%) Git
3 14 (2.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.58%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.05%) NUnit
5 6 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.53%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) Gatling
9 1 (0.18%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (29.07%) Finance
2 150 (26.27%) Social Skills
3 67 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.55%) Banking
5 24 (4.20%) Law
6 21 (3.68%) Legal
7 19 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.45%) Retail
10 13 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.75%) Front Office
12 8 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Back Office
14 4 (0.70%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.70%) Marketing
14 4 (0.70%) Publishing
14 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 196 (34.33%) Developer
2 88 (15.41%) Senior
3 78 (13.66%) Software Developer
4 63 (11.03%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.28%) Graduate
6 50 (8.76%) Analyst
7 46 (8.06%) C# Developer
8 45 (7.88%) Data Engineer
9 43 (7.53%) Graduate Developer
9 43 (7.53%) Graduate Software Developer
9 43 (7.53%) Software Engineer
10 39 (6.83%) .NET Developer
11 37 (6.48%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (6.48%) Data Manager
12 36 (6.30%) Engineering Manager
12 36 (6.30%) Lead
13 33 (5.78%) Finance Manager
13 33 (5.78%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (5.78%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (5.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (31.52%) .NET
2 74 (12.96%) CSS
3 46 (8.06%) .NET Core
3 46 (8.06%) HTML
4 44 (7.71%) jQuery
5 42 (7.36%) React
6 36 (6.30%) AngularJS
6 36 (6.30%) ASP.NET
7 35 (6.13%) REST
8 34 (5.95%) .NET Framework
9 29 (5.08%) Node.js
10 28 (4.90%) Entity Framework
11 22 (3.85%) Vue
12 18 (3.15%) RESTful
13 17 (2.98%) XML
14 16 (2.80%) Middleware
15 15 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
15 15 (2.63%) JSON
16 12 (2.10%) Kafka
17 11 (1.93%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.85%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.98%) Data Structures
4 17 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.45%) Legacy Applications
7 12 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.10%) Replication
8 11 (1.93%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.58%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.40%) Clustering
11 8 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.23%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.88%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 86 (15.06%) Windows
2 57 (9.98%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.30%) Linux
4 10 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.88%) Debian
7 3 (0.53%) CentOS
7 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (31.70%) Agile
2 116 (20.32%) DevOps
3 107 (18.74%) AI
4 102 (17.86%) Data Engineering
5 98 (17.16%) Roadmaps
6 93 (16.29%) CI/CD
7 90 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (15.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 87 (15.24%) Migration
10 84 (14.71%) Computer Science
11 83 (14.54%) Business Intelligence
12 81 (14.19%) Data Architecture
13 80 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 78 (13.66%) Software Engineering
15 70 (12.26%) Mentoring
16 67 (11.73%) Regulatory Compliance
17 64 (11.21%) Line Management
18 63 (11.03%) Data Governance
19 61 (10.68%) Machine Learning
20 59 (10.33%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 356 (62.35%) SQL
2 197 (34.50%) C#
3 88 (15.41%) Python
4 74 (12.96%) JavaScript
5 67 (11.73%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.63%) PHP
6 55 (9.63%) T-SQL
7 52 (9.11%) Java
7 52 (9.11%) TypeScript
8 31 (5.43%) C++
9 15 (2.63%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.45%) Bash
11 11 (1.93%) R
11 11 (1.93%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.40%) Bicep
13 7 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.05%) VBA
14 6 (1.05%) VBScript
15 5 (0.88%) Tcl
16 4 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (19.44%) Degree
2 69 (12.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.98%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.45%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.88%) HNC
6 5 (0.88%) HND
6 5 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (0.88%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.53%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.18%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.20%) QA
3 21 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (3.50%) SLA
5 19 (3.33%) GDPR
6 5 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.53%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 69 (12.08%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (11.21%) Active Directory
3 42 (7.36%) Docker
4 15 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 12 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.88%) vSphere
7 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 26 (4.55%) Terraform
2 11 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.40%) Ansible
4 5 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.88%) Grafana
4 5 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.53%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.35%) MIIS
7 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.18%) Consul
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.18%) Packer
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
8 1 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 288 (50.44%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.49%) Databricks
3 47 (8.23%) Oracle
4 19 (3.33%) VMware
5 18 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.45%) Cisco
8 13 (2.28%) Citrix
9 12 (2.10%) Veeam
10 9 (1.58%) iManage
11 8 (1.40%) IBM
11 8 (1.40%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.88%) Meraki
13 5 (0.88%) Sybase
13 5 (0.88%) Synology
13 5 (0.88%) TIBCO
14 4 (0.70%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.70%) Dell
14 4 (0.70%) JDA