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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 63 57
Rank change year-on-year -45 -6 -25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 605 809 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 4.80% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.10% 30.19% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 500 474 666
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,669 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £39,156 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £85,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 3,168 2,680 4,865
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.71% 15.89% 21.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,450 1,843 3,108
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £39,425
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £139,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,950
% change year-on-year - -7.62% +3.92%

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 2 October 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 44 (7.27%) IIS
2 38 (6.28%) SharePoint
3 25 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.16%) Confluence
5 5 (0.83%) nginx
6 4 (0.66%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.66%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.83%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.83%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.83%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.17%) Finacle
5 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 347 (57.36%) Azure
2 103 (17.02%) AWS
3 97 (16.03%) Power Platform
4 91 (15.04%) Azure DevOps
5 57 (9.42%) SaaS
6 55 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (8.10%) Snowflake
8 39 (6.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 33 (5.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 32 (5.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 29 (4.79%) Azure AI
11 29 (4.79%) Power Automate
11 29 (4.79%) PowerApps
12 27 (4.46%) Serverless
13 26 (4.30%) GCP
14 25 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (4.13%) Entra ID
15 22 (3.64%) Azure Machine Learning
16 20 (3.31%) GitHub
17 19 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.45%) Firewall
2 33 (5.45%) DNS
3 29 (4.79%) TCP/IP
3 29 (4.79%) VPN
4 21 (3.47%) DHCP
5 10 (1.65%) VLAN
6 9 (1.49%) WAN
7 8 (1.32%) HTTP
7 8 (1.32%) VoIP
8 7 (1.16%) LAN
9 5 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.66%) Network Security
11 3 (0.50%) FTP
11 3 (0.50%) Wireless
12 2 (0.33%) Broadband
12 2 (0.33%) SAN
13 1 (0.17%) ATM
13 1 (0.17%) RTP
13 1 (0.17%) SS7
13 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.90%) Power BI
2 65 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 55 (9.09%) Relational Database
4 53 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (8.76%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (8.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (5.95%) MySQL
7 35 (5.79%) Redis
8 31 (5.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (4.79%) MongoDB
10 22 (3.64%) Data Lake
11 21 (3.47%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.31%) Metadata
13 12 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.98%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.82%) DynamoDB
14 11 (1.82%) Tableau
15 9 (1.49%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (1.49%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (10.91%) Git
2 25 (4.13%) JIRA
3 10 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.99%) NUnit
5 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.83%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.33%) MSTest
10 1 (0.17%) Flyway
10 1 (0.17%) GitLab
10 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.17%) JUnit
10 1 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 186 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 128 (21.16%) Finance
3 70 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.27%) Law
5 36 (5.95%) Legal
6 34 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.30%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.14%) Banking
9 16 (2.64%) Retail
10 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.65%) Front Office
12 9 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.16%) Marketing
13 7 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.83%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.83%) Publishing
16 4 (0.66%) Billing
17 3 (0.50%) Advertising
17 3 (0.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 215 (35.54%) Developer
2 102 (16.86%) Senior
3 70 (11.57%) Software Developer
4 62 (10.25%) Data Engineer
5 61 (10.08%) Software Engineer
6 56 (9.26%) .NET Developer
6 56 (9.26%) Lead
7 54 (8.93%) Graduate
8 46 (7.60%) SQL Developer
9 43 (7.11%) Azure Engineer
10 37 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
11 35 (5.79%) Lead Developer
12 34 (5.62%) Analyst
13 31 (5.12%) Senior Developer
14 29 (4.79%) C# Developer
15 28 (4.63%) Architect
15 28 (4.63%) Support Engineer
16 26 (4.30%) Support Analyst
17 25 (4.13%) Graduate Developer
17 25 (4.13%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (36.03%) .NET
2 66 (10.91%) CSS
3 63 (10.41%) .NET Framework
3 63 (10.41%) ASP.NET
4 59 (9.75%) REST
5 57 (9.42%) .NET Core
6 53 (8.76%) HTML
7 52 (8.60%) React
8 47 (7.77%) Entity Framework
9 42 (6.94%) AngularJS
10 37 (6.12%) Node.js
11 33 (5.45%) XML
12 30 (4.96%) Blazor
13 28 (4.63%) jQuery
14 27 (4.46%) Vue
15 25 (4.13%) Terraform
16 22 (3.64%) Web Services
17 21 (3.47%) RESTful
18 20 (3.31%) JSON
18 20 (3.31%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.28%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (4.96%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (4.63%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.98%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.64%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.15%) Replication
9 13 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.65%) Clustering
12 9 (1.49%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.32%) Client/Server
14 7 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.99%) Equities
15 6 (0.99%) Online Gambling
16 5 (0.83%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 99 (16.36%) Windows
2 69 (11.40%) Windows Server
3 39 (6.45%) Linux
4 9 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.33%) AIX
7 2 (0.33%) Android
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.17%) Solaris
8 1 (0.17%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (27.60%) Agile
2 165 (27.27%) DevOps
3 139 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (20.66%) CI/CD
5 119 (19.67%) Software Engineering
6 115 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (16.69%) AI
8 93 (15.37%) Full-Stack Development
9 85 (14.05%) Computer Science
10 82 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
11 77 (12.73%) Mentoring
12 73 (12.07%) Clean Code
13 71 (11.74%) Analytics
14 70 (11.57%) Migration
15 68 (11.24%) Data Architecture
16 65 (10.74%) Roadmaps
17 64 (10.58%) ETL
18 62 (10.25%) Microservices
19 60 (9.92%) Data Engineering
20 52 (8.60%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 330 (54.55%) SQL
2 256 (42.31%) C#
3 99 (16.36%) JavaScript
4 86 (14.21%) Python
5 57 (9.42%) PowerShell
6 53 (8.76%) TypeScript
7 51 (8.43%) PHP
8 49 (8.10%) T-SQL
9 42 (6.94%) Java
10 20 (3.31%) C++
11 11 (1.82%) Bicep
11 11 (1.82%) Go
12 9 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.16%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.16%) VBA
14 6 (0.99%) Bash
14 6 (0.99%) VBScript
15 5 (0.83%) Rust
15 5 (0.83%) Tcl
16 4 (0.66%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 112 (18.51%) Degree
2 63 (10.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.14%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.98%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.65%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.50%) HNC
9 3 (0.50%) HND
10 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) MCT
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.75%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.79%) QA
3 20 (3.31%) GDPR
4 16 (2.64%) SLA
5 12 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.50%) PMO
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) IASME
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (8.93%) Docker
2 49 (8.10%) Active Directory
3 35 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (3.64%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.50%) vSphere
7 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.82%) Ansible
4 8 (1.32%) Grafana
5 7 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.83%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.50%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.17%) Control-M
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 309 (51.07%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.08%) Databricks
3 43 (7.11%) Oracle
4 24 (3.97%) VMware
5 14 (2.31%) Google
5 14 (2.31%) Informatica
6 13 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.15%) Veeam
7 12 (1.98%) Citrix
8 11 (1.82%) IBM
8 11 (1.82%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.65%) iManage
9 10 (1.65%) Talend
10 9 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.49%) TIBCO
11 7 (1.16%) Cisco
12 6 (0.99%) Intapp
12 6 (0.99%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.83%) Remedy
13 5 (0.83%) Sybase
495 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs