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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 58 58
Rank change year-on-year -39 0 -23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 656 841 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 5.18% 4.41%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.74% 30.49% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 560 505 720
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £86,563 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £85,125
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 3,163 2,758 4,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.23% 16.99% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,485 1,934 3,355
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £140,000
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 12 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 (6.86%) IIS
2 37 (5.64%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.68%) Confluence
5 6 (0.91%) nginx
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.61%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.46%) Apache
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Documentum
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.76%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.76%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.46%) 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
1 394 (60.06%) Azure
2 106 (16.16%) AWS
3 90 (13.72%) Power Platform
4 88 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (12.04%) Snowflake
6 64 (9.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 61 (9.30%) Azure AI
8 56 (8.54%) Azure Machine Learning
9 52 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
10 50 (7.62%) SaaS
11 37 (5.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 29 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (4.27%) Power Automate
13 28 (4.27%) PowerApps
14 26 (3.96%) Serverless
15 23 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (3.51%) GCP
16 22 (3.35%) Entra ID
17 18 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (2.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.40%) Firewall
2 30 (4.57%) DNS
2 30 (4.57%) TCP/IP
3 27 (4.12%) VPN
4 22 (3.35%) DHCP
5 10 (1.52%) VLAN
6 9 (1.37%) WAN
7 8 (1.22%) HTTP
7 8 (1.22%) LAN
7 8 (1.22%) VoIP
8 6 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.76%) Network Security
10 3 (0.46%) FTP
10 3 (0.46%) Wireless
11 2 (0.30%) Broadband
11 2 (0.30%) SAN
12 1 (0.15%) ATM
12 1 (0.15%) Intranet
12 1 (0.15%) RTP
12 1 (0.15%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (10.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 64 (9.76%) Power BI
3 53 (8.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 52 (7.93%) Relational Database
5 49 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
6 48 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (5.64%) MySQL
8 33 (5.03%) Redis
9 32 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (4.12%) MongoDB
11 21 (3.20%) Data Lake
12 19 (2.90%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.68%) Metadata
14 11 (1.68%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.37%) DynamoDB
15 9 (1.37%) Star Schema
15 9 (1.37%) Tableau
16 8 (1.22%) Db2
17 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (8.69%) Git
2 21 (3.20%) JIRA
3 10 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.07%) NUnit
6 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.76%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.61%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.30%) MSTest
10 2 (0.30%) Selenium
11 1 (0.15%) GitLab
11 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.15%) JMeter
11 1 (0.15%) JUnit
11 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 179 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 172 (26.22%) Finance
3 72 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.71%) Law
5 36 (5.49%) Legal
6 34 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.96%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.35%) Banking
9 14 (2.13%) Retail
10 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.37%) Front Office
12 7 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.91%) Legal Technology
13 6 (0.91%) Marketing
14 5 (0.76%) Billing
14 5 (0.76%) Publishing
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 230 (35.06%) Developer
2 97 (14.79%) Senior
3 82 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 65 (9.91%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.60%) Graduate
6 59 (8.99%) .NET Developer
7 58 (8.84%) SQL Developer
8 56 (8.54%) Lead
9 54 (8.23%) Software Engineer
10 43 (6.55%) Azure Engineer
11 42 (6.40%) C# Developer
11 42 (6.40%) Full-Stack Developer
12 41 (6.25%) Analyst
13 36 (5.49%) Data Manager
13 36 (5.49%) Graduate Developer
13 36 (5.49%) Graduate Software Developer
13 36 (5.49%) Lead Developer
14 35 (5.34%) Architect
14 35 (5.34%) Engineering Manager
15 33 (5.03%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (33.08%) .NET
2 75 (11.43%) CSS
3 61 (9.30%) .NET Framework
3 61 (9.30%) ASP.NET
4 56 (8.54%) .NET Core
4 56 (8.54%) REST
5 54 (8.23%) HTML
6 52 (7.93%) React
7 44 (6.71%) Entity Framework
8 43 (6.55%) AngularJS
9 42 (6.40%) Node.js
10 36 (5.49%) jQuery
11 32 (4.88%) XML
12 29 (4.42%) Blazor
12 29 (4.42%) Vue
13 27 (4.12%) Terraform
14 20 (3.05%) Web Services
15 19 (2.90%) JSON
15 19 (2.90%) Middleware
16 18 (2.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.79%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.20%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.44%) Replication
7 13 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.83%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.68%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.37%) Clustering
10 9 (1.37%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.37%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.91%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.91%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 103 (15.70%) Windows
2 69 (10.52%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.25%) Linux
4 9 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.30%) AIX
6 2 (0.30%) Android
6 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
7 1 (0.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (30.95%) Agile
2 158 (24.09%) DevOps
3 132 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (18.75%) AI
5 120 (18.29%) CI/CD
6 116 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 109 (16.62%) Software Engineering
8 102 (15.55%) Migration
8 102 (15.55%) Roadmaps
9 101 (15.40%) Data Architecture
10 98 (14.94%) Data Engineering
11 94 (14.33%) Full-Stack Development
12 92 (14.02%) Computer Science
13 86 (13.11%) Mentoring
14 81 (12.35%) Clean Code
15 79 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (10.98%) Data Governance
17 68 (10.37%) ETL
18 65 (9.91%) Analytics
18 65 (9.91%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 374 (57.01%) SQL
2 261 (39.79%) C#
3 100 (15.24%) JavaScript
4 89 (13.57%) Python
5 60 (9.15%) PHP
6 56 (8.54%) PowerShell
7 55 (8.38%) TypeScript
8 51 (7.77%) Java
9 50 (7.62%) T-SQL
10 28 (4.27%) C++
11 11 (1.68%) Go
12 10 (1.52%) Bicep
13 9 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.37%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.07%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.07%) VBA
15 6 (0.91%) VBScript
16 5 (0.76%) Bash
16 5 (0.76%) Rust
16 5 (0.76%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 122 (18.60%) Degree
2 73 (11.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.59%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.68%) Azure Certification
5 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.52%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.76%) HNC
8 5 (0.76%) HND
8 5 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.15%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.49%) QA
3 22 (3.35%) GDPR
4 21 (3.20%) SLA
5 11 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.46%) PMO
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.82%) Virtual Machines
2 55 (8.38%) Docker
3 53 (8.08%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.74%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.76%) vSphere
7 3 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.68%) Ansible
4 7 (1.07%) Grafana
4 7 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.76%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.30%) SCCM
8 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.15%) Consul
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.15%) MIIS
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 353 (53.81%) Microsoft
2 92 (14.02%) Databricks
3 47 (7.16%) Oracle
4 21 (3.20%) VMware
5 15 (2.29%) Veeam
6 14 (2.13%) Google
6 14 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.83%) Informatica
8 11 (1.68%) Citrix
8 11 (1.68%) IBM
8 11 (1.68%) iManage
8 11 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.37%) Cisco
10 9 (1.37%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.22%) Talend
12 6 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.76%) Meraki
13 5 (0.76%) Remedy
13 5 (0.76%) Sybase
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