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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 58 20
Rank change year-on-year -34 -38 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 462 816 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 5.24% 9.39%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.30% 20.08% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 381 550 2,383
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,000 £37,316
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,137
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,325 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,100 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.18% - -2.65%

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 2,169 4,064 6,750
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.25% 26.08% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 2,427 5,768
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,718 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 18 February 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 17 (3.68%) IIS
1 17 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.73%) Confluence
3 5 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.87%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.87%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.87%) Oracle Spatial
4 4 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.87%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.87%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.87%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Moodle
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.43%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (4.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.90%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.95%) Magento
3 9 (1.95%) Shopify
4 4 (0.87%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.65%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.43%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.22%) Actimize
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 269 (58.23%) Azure
2 89 (19.26%) SaaS
3 88 (19.05%) AWS
4 86 (18.61%) Power Platform
5 62 (13.42%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (10.82%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (8.66%) GitHub
8 37 (8.01%) Serverless
9 33 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (6.49%) Entra ID
11 28 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (4.11%) PaaS
15 18 (3.90%) GCP
16 15 (3.25%) Azure App Service
16 15 (3.25%) PowerApps
17 14 (3.03%) Power Automate
18 11 (2.38%) Amazon S3
18 11 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.76%) Firewall
2 11 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.16%) DNS
3 10 (2.16%) VPN
4 6 (1.30%) DMZ
5 5 (1.08%) DHCP
5 5 (1.08%) SSL
5 5 (1.08%) VLAN
6 4 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.87%) STUN
6 4 (0.87%) VoIP
7 3 (0.65%) AMQP
7 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) HTTP
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) IPv6
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (17.10%) Power BI
2 64 (13.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 49 (10.61%) PostgreSQL
4 48 (10.39%) MySQL
5 46 (9.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (8.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (5.19%) MongoDB
8 24 (5.19%) NoSQL
9 18 (3.90%) Relational Database
10 10 (2.16%) DB2
11 8 (1.73%) Tableau
12 7 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.52%) Redis
13 6 (1.30%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.08%) Big Data
14 5 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.08%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 55 (11.90%) Git
2 20 (4.33%) JIRA
3 12 (2.60%) GitLab
4 11 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.73%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.73%) JUnit
6 8 (1.73%) Selenium
7 4 (0.87%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.87%) Toad
8 3 (0.65%) Maven
8 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) Moq
10 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.22%) MSTest
10 1 (0.22%) NUnit
10 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 193 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.81%) Finance
3 76 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.19%) Banking
5 19 (4.11%) Law
6 17 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.25%) Billing
8 14 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.03%) Marketing
9 13 (2.81%) Retail
10 11 (2.38%) Back Office
10 11 (2.38%) Front Office
10 11 (2.38%) Legal
11 7 (1.52%) Automotive
12 6 (1.30%) Local Government
12 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.65%) Advertising
13 3 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 144 (31.17%) Developer
2 107 (23.16%) Senior
3 57 (12.34%) Analyst
4 45 (9.74%) Support Engineer
5 42 (9.09%) Software Engineer
6 41 (8.87%) .NET Developer
7 38 (8.23%) Lead
8 37 (8.01%) Senior Developer
8 37 (8.01%) Software Developer
9 29 (6.28%) Applications Support
9 29 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (6.06%) Azure Developer
11 26 (5.63%) DBA
12 25 (5.41%) C# Developer
13 23 (4.98%) Data Engineer
14 21 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (4.55%) SQL Developer
15 19 (4.11%) Graduate Developer
15 19 (4.11%) Lead Developer
15 19 (4.11%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (42.86%) .NET
2 56 (12.12%) CSS
3 54 (11.69%) .NET Core
4 51 (11.04%) React
5 44 (9.52%) .NET Framework
6 37 (8.01%) HTML
6 37 (8.01%) REST
7 35 (7.58%) Entity Framework
8 33 (7.14%) ASP.NET
9 28 (6.06%) jQuery
9 28 (6.06%) RESTful
10 26 (5.63%) AngularJS
10 26 (5.63%) ASP.NET Web API
11 21 (4.55%) JSON
11 21 (4.55%) SOAP
11 21 (4.55%) XML
12 19 (4.11%) Razor View Engine
13 18 (3.90%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 17 (3.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (5.84%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.11%) Legacy Applications
5 19 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.90%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.16%) Driving Licence
8 9 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.52%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.52%) NHS
11 6 (1.30%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.30%) Replication
12 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.87%) Clustering
13 4 (0.87%) CMDB
13 4 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (14.72%) Windows
2 39 (8.44%) Windows Server
3 35 (7.58%) Linux
4 11 (2.38%) VMS
5 10 (2.16%) Unix
6 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.87%) Android
7 4 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.87%) Debian
7 4 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.43%) CentOS
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
1 137 (29.65%) Agile
2 127 (27.49%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (25.97%) DevOps
4 117 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 113 (24.46%) CI/CD
6 90 (19.48%) Business Intelligence
6 90 (19.48%) Software Engineering
7 79 (17.10%) Analytics
8 74 (16.02%) Mentoring
9 63 (13.64%) Microservices
10 59 (12.77%) Full-Stack Development
11 56 (12.12%) Computer Science
11 56 (12.12%) Decision-Making
12 51 (11.04%) MVC
12 51 (11.04%) Visualisation
13 46 (9.96%) ETL
14 43 (9.31%) Scrum
15 41 (8.87%) Data Modelling
16 39 (8.44%) Data Analysis
16 39 (8.44%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 260 (56.28%) SQL
2 152 (32.90%) C#
3 89 (19.26%) Python
4 58 (12.55%) JavaScript
5 57 (12.34%) T-SQL
6 48 (10.39%) PowerShell
7 37 (8.01%) Java
8 28 (6.06%) PHP
8 28 (6.06%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (4.11%) C++
11 15 (3.25%) R
12 12 (2.60%) Bicep
13 10 (2.16%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.73%) Delphi
14 8 (1.73%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.30%) Bash
15 6 (1.30%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.30%) VB
16 3 (0.65%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 101 (21.86%) Degree
2 47 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.11%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.68%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.81%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.95%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.43%) MCSE
13 1 (0.22%) CCNA
13 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.22%) MCSA
13 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 40 (8.66%) QA
3 13 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (2.16%) SLA
6 5 (1.08%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (9.74%) Docker
2 34 (7.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.43%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.98%) Terraform
3 10 (2.16%) Grafana
4 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.08%) Ansible
6 4 (0.87%) SCCM
7 1 (0.22%) CASB
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 55 (11.90%) Oracle
3 17 (3.68%) Databricks
4 16 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.81%) Google
7 11 (2.38%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.95%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.95%) Sage
8 9 (1.95%) WooCommerce
9 8 (1.73%) New Relic
9 8 (1.73%) VMware
10 7 (1.52%) Cisco
11 6 (1.30%) IBM
11 6 (1.30%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.08%) Citrix
12 5 (1.08%) Informatica
12 5 (1.08%) SAP
12 5 (1.08%) Zoho
13 4 (0.87%) Talend