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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 57 26
Rank change year-on-year -23 -31 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 491 863 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 5.04% 7.94%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.78% 20.27% 32.65%
Number of salaries quoted 409 585 1,427
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +2.86%

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 2,155 4,257 4,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.23% 24.87% 24.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,603 2,596 3,971
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,688 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,759 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.40% +4.60% -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 31 December 2025.

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 24 (4.89%) IIS
2 13 (2.65%) Confluence
2 13 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.43%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.22%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
5 5 (1.02%) CMS
6 4 (0.81%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Spatial
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.61%) Apache
7 3 (0.61%) nginx
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.41%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.41%) Moodle
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 36 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (5.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (4.89%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.24%) Unit4 Business World
4 5 (1.02%) Magento
4 5 (1.02%) Shopify
5 4 (0.81%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.41%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.41%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.41%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.20%) Actimize
8 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 269 (54.79%) Azure
2 103 (20.98%) AWS
3 85 (17.31%) SaaS
4 75 (15.27%) Power Platform
5 74 (15.07%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (11.20%) GitHub
7 47 (9.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 38 (7.74%) Dynamics 365
9 37 (7.54%) Serverless
10 28 (5.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (5.09%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.28%) GCP
13 20 (4.07%) Entra ID
14 18 (3.67%) PaaS
15 15 (3.05%) Azure App Service
16 14 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.85%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.44%) Amazon S3
17 12 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.67%) Firewall
2 11 (2.24%) DNS
2 11 (2.24%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.24%) VPN
3 7 (1.43%) DMZ
3 7 (1.43%) SSL
4 6 (1.22%) VLAN
5 5 (1.02%) DHCP
5 5 (1.02%) STUN
5 5 (1.02%) VoIP
6 3 (0.61%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.41%) AMQP
7 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) HTTP
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) IPv6
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) Network Security
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.85%) Power BI
2 61 (12.42%) MySQL
3 57 (11.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 51 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
5 50 (10.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 46 (9.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (5.91%) MongoDB
8 28 (5.70%) Relational Database
9 23 (4.68%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.24%) Tableau
11 9 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (1.43%) DB2
13 7 (1.43%) Redis
14 6 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.22%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.22%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 75 (15.27%) Git
2 21 (4.28%) JIRA
3 12 (2.44%) GitLab
4 11 (2.24%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.63%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.63%) JUnit
5 8 (1.63%) Selenium
6 4 (0.81%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.81%) Toad
7 3 (0.61%) Maven
7 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
General
1 199 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 129 (26.27%) Finance
3 69 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (4.68%) Retail
6 22 (4.48%) Banking
7 21 (4.28%) Law
7 21 (4.28%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.67%) Back Office
9 17 (3.46%) Marketing
10 16 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.05%) Billing
11 15 (3.05%) Front Office
11 15 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.04%) Legal
13 9 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.22%) Local Government
15 5 (1.02%) Automotive
16 4 (0.81%) Advertising
16 4 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 177 (36.05%) Developer
2 98 (19.96%) Senior
3 53 (10.79%) Analyst
4 46 (9.37%) Support Engineer
5 45 (9.16%) .NET Developer
6 41 (8.35%) Software Developer
7 40 (8.15%) Senior Developer
8 39 (7.94%) Lead
9 35 (7.13%) Software Engineer
10 32 (6.52%) Applications Support
10 32 (6.52%) C# Developer
11 31 (6.31%) Azure Developer
11 31 (6.31%) Graduate
12 30 (6.11%) DBA
12 30 (6.11%) Graduate Developer
13 28 (5.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (4.68%) SQL Developer
15 21 (4.28%) SaaS Developer
16 20 (4.07%) Data Engineer
16 20 (4.07%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (42.57%) .NET
2 70 (14.26%) CSS
3 54 (11.00%) React
4 53 (10.79%) .NET Core
5 52 (10.59%) .NET Framework
6 49 (9.98%) ASP.NET
7 41 (8.35%) HTML
8 39 (7.94%) Entity Framework
9 38 (7.74%) jQuery
10 37 (7.54%) REST
11 35 (7.13%) AngularJS
12 30 (6.11%) RESTful
13 29 (5.91%) ASP.NET Web API
14 26 (5.30%) Web Services
15 25 (5.09%) XML
16 23 (4.68%) Vue
17 21 (4.28%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
19 17 (3.46%) Razor View Engine
19 17 (3.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (5.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.46%) NHS
5 14 (2.85%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.44%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.44%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (2.04%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.04%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.83%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.02%) Clustering
11 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.81%) Replication
13 3 (0.61%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.24%) Windows
2 42 (8.55%) Windows Server
3 40 (8.15%) Linux
4 12 (2.44%) Unix
5 9 (1.83%) VMS
6 7 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.02%) Debian
8 4 (0.81%) Android
8 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.41%) Solaris
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) AIX
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (32.99%) Problem-Solving
2 157 (31.98%) Agile
3 142 (28.92%) DevOps
4 115 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (23.22%) CI/CD
6 91 (18.53%) Business Intelligence
7 85 (17.31%) Software Engineering
8 80 (16.29%) Mentoring
9 72 (14.66%) Computer Science
10 67 (13.65%) Analytics
10 67 (13.65%) Microservices
11 62 (12.63%) MVC
12 60 (12.22%) Full-Stack Development
13 54 (11.00%) Scrum
14 51 (10.39%) OOP
15 48 (9.78%) Decision-Making
15 48 (9.78%) ETL
16 44 (8.96%) Test Automation
17 43 (8.76%) Visualisation
18 41 (8.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 261 (53.16%) SQL
2 184 (37.47%) C#
3 74 (15.07%) JavaScript
4 69 (14.05%) Python
5 56 (11.41%) Java
6 50 (10.18%) T-SQL
7 37 (7.54%) PHP
8 31 (6.31%) C++
9 30 (6.11%) TypeScript
10 29 (5.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 29 (5.91%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.44%) C
12 11 (2.24%) Bicep
13 8 (1.63%) Delphi
14 7 (1.43%) R
14 7 (1.43%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.22%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.22%) VB
16 3 (0.61%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 122 (24.85%) Degree
2 68 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (3.87%) Master's Degree
4 15 (3.05%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 11 (2.24%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.20%) ACCA
12 1 (0.20%) CIMA
12 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.20%) MCSE
12 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.96%) QA
2 35 (7.13%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.05%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.63%) SLA
8 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.61%) GDPR
10 1 (0.20%) HL7
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (9.78%) Docker
2 25 (5.09%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.02%) Kamailio
5 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.61%) vSphere
6 3 (0.61%) XenApp
7 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.09%) Terraform
3 11 (2.24%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) Ansible
5 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.02%) SCCM
6 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.20%) CASB
7 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 163 (33.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.39%) Oracle
3 24 (4.89%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.26%) Google
5 12 (2.44%) Databricks
6 11 (2.24%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.24%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.83%) DevExpress
7 9 (1.83%) Zoho
8 8 (1.63%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.63%) New Relic
8 8 (1.63%) Sage
9 7 (1.43%) Talend
9 7 (1.43%) VMware
10 6 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.22%) IBM
10 6 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.22%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.02%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.02%) WooCommerce