SQL Server Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 39 35 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,594 4,333 4,224
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.03% 7.95% 8.40%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 29.37% 31.41% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 3,109 3,510
10th Percentile £37,603 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,427 13,793 14,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.95% 25.32% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4,074 9,183 10,523
10th Percentile £39,800 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,525 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% +6.36%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SQL Server.

SQL Server salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 104 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 93 (5.83%) IIS
3 60 (3.76%) Confluence
4 26 (1.63%) WebLogic
5 20 (1.25%) Tomcat
6 19 (1.19%) Umbraco
7 18 (1.13%) MS Exchange
8 14 (0.88%) WebSphere
9 13 (0.82%) CMS
9 13 (0.82%) WebSphere Application Server
10 10 (0.63%) NServiceBus
11 7 (0.44%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.25%) nginx
13 3 (0.19%) Apache
13 3 (0.19%) Kentico
13 3 (0.19%) SharePoint 2010
13 3 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
13 3 (0.19%) WordPress
14 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 62 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 8 (0.50%) InDesign
5 7 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) LibreOffice
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.063%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 69 (4.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 60 (3.76%) Endur
3 29 (1.82%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
5 8 (0.50%) BusinessWorks
6 7 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 7 (0.44%) Shopify
7 5 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 5 (0.31%) JDE OneWorld
8 3 (0.19%) Cerner Millennium
8 3 (0.19%) Maximo
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.13%) EuroRunner
9 2 (0.13%) Salerio
9 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI-GL
10 1 (0.063%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.063%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.063%) iTrent
10 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 692 (43.41%) Azure
2 248 (15.56%) Power Platform
3 175 (10.98%) AWS
4 160 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
5 150 (9.41%) SaaS
6 137 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
7 66 (4.14%) Entra ID
8 56 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 56 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
9 54 (3.39%) GCP
10 49 (3.07%) PaaS
11 47 (2.95%) Serverless
12 46 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
13 44 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (2.38%) IaaS
15 31 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
16 30 (1.88%) PowerApps
17 27 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.63%) Azure Functions
19 24 (1.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.14%) DNS
2 64 (4.02%) Firewall
3 38 (2.38%) DHCP
3 38 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.69%) LAN
4 27 (1.69%) SAN
5 23 (1.44%) WAN
6 21 (1.32%) SSL
6 21 (1.32%) VoIP
7 17 (1.07%) Network Security
7 17 (1.07%) VPN
8 13 (0.82%) SMTP
8 13 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (0.56%) AMQP
9 9 (0.56%) HTTP
9 9 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (0.56%) NAS
10 8 (0.50%) Wireless
11 7 (0.44%) BIG-IP
12 6 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (13.74%) Power BI
2 192 (12.05%) Relational Database
3 189 (11.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 162 (10.16%) Data Warehouse
5 146 (9.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 114 (7.15%) MySQL
6 114 (7.15%) RDBMS
7 90 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 81 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
9 63 (3.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 62 (3.89%) Oracle Database
11 39 (2.45%) NoSQL
11 39 (2.45%) Oracle Database 10g
12 38 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
12 38 (2.38%) MongoDB
13 37 (2.32%) Oracle Database 11g
14 34 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
15 32 (2.01%) Data Lake
16 26 (1.63%) Tableau
17 24 (1.51%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 173 (10.85%) Git
2 150 (9.41%) JIRA
3 59 (3.70%) Visual Studio
4 56 (3.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 41 (2.57%) GitLab
6 34 (2.13%) Postman
7 29 (1.82%) Jenkins
8 26 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 24 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
10 22 (1.38%) SoapUI
11 17 (1.07%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.07%) JMeter
12 16 (1.00%) eggPlant
12 16 (1.00%) LoadRunner
12 16 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
12 16 (1.00%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.00%) The Grinder
13 12 (0.75%) SpecFlow
14 11 (0.69%) Maven
14 11 (0.69%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 362 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 303 (19.01%) Finance
3 198 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (5.33%) Banking
5 84 (5.27%) Retail
6 68 (4.27%) Games
7 64 (4.02%) Marketing
8 60 (3.76%) Law
9 51 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 45 (2.82%) Legal
11 37 (2.32%) Public Sector
12 20 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (0.94%) Health Technology
14 14 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 14 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.82%) Advertising
15 13 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.75%) Automotive
16 12 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 659 (41.34%) Developer
2 272 (17.06%) Senior
3 220 (13.80%) .NET Developer
4 195 (12.23%) Analyst
5 147 (9.22%) C# Developer
6 140 (8.78%) Software Developer
7 124 (7.78%) Lead
8 123 (7.72%) Applications Support
9 114 (7.15%) Senior Developer
10 113 (7.09%) SQL Developer
11 112 (7.03%) Full Stack Developer
12 105 (6.59%) Support Analyst
13 102 (6.40%) DBA
14 84 (5.27%) Applications Support Analyst
15 83 (5.21%) C# .NET Developer
16 82 (5.14%) Architect
17 80 (5.02%) Software Engineer
18 77 (4.83%) Administrator
19 62 (3.89%) SQL DBA
20 60 (3.76%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 666 (41.78%) .NET
2 252 (15.81%) .NET Core
3 251 (15.75%) ASP.NET
3 251 (15.75%) HTML
4 236 (14.81%) CSS
5 186 (11.67%) .NET Framework
6 167 (10.48%) AngularJS
7 129 (8.09%) React
8 120 (7.53%) ASP.NET MVC
9 109 (6.84%) jQuery
10 105 (6.59%) REST
11 88 (5.52%) Entity Framework
11 88 (5.52%) Web Services
12 83 (5.21%) ASP.NET Web API
13 66 (4.14%) RESTful
14 61 (3.83%) HTML5
15 59 (3.70%) XML
16 58 (3.64%) JSON
17 56 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
18 53 (3.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 65 (4.08%) Replication
2 60 (3.76%) Swaptions
3 59 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 57 (3.58%) Virtual Team
5 54 (3.39%) Data Structures
6 42 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.94%) Management Information System
10 30 (1.88%) Mobile App
11 28 (1.76%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.44%) Clustering
13 22 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 22 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.82%) Cloud Native
15 13 (0.82%) Driving Licence
15 13 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (0.75%) Contactless
16 12 (0.75%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 287 (18.01%) Windows
2 162 (10.16%) Windows Server
3 88 (5.52%) Linux
4 80 (5.02%) Unix
5 41 (2.57%) Windows 10
6 35 (2.20%) Android
7 29 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.38%) Debian
12 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.19%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.063%) CentOS
14 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (33.63%) Agile
2 323 (20.26%) DevOps
3 296 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
4 238 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
5 232 (14.55%) MVC
6 230 (14.43%) CI/CD
7 208 (13.05%) Full Stack Development
8 181 (11.36%) SDLC
9 162 (10.16%) Software Engineering
10 159 (9.97%) Mentoring
11 154 (9.66%) ITIL
12 149 (9.35%) Unit Testing
13 136 (8.53%) TDD
14 126 (7.90%) Data Modelling
14 126 (7.90%) ETL
15 117 (7.34%) Analytics
16 115 (7.21%) Scrum
17 110 (6.90%) CRM
18 108 (6.78%) Design Patterns
19 105 (6.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 833 (52.26%) SQL
2 674 (42.28%) C#
3 368 (23.09%) JavaScript
4 279 (17.50%) T-SQL
5 214 (13.43%) PowerShell
6 193 (12.11%) Java
7 132 (8.28%) Python
8 82 (5.14%) TypeScript
9 69 (4.33%) VB
10 60 (3.76%) VB.NET
11 37 (2.32%) PL/SQL
12 29 (1.82%) C
13 25 (1.57%) PHP
14 21 (1.32%) Bash
15 20 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 16 (1.00%) VBScript
17 15 (0.94%) VBA
18 13 (0.82%) Delphi
18 13 (0.82%) R
19 10 (0.63%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 200 (12.55%) Degree
2 122 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 109 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 78 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (2.32%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (1.07%) MCSA
9 15 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.56%) MCSE
11 8 (0.50%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.44%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.38%) MCITP
14 5 (0.31%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.31%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
15 4 (0.25%) MCP
15 4 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.52%) QA
2 44 (2.76%) Data Quality
3 38 (2.38%) SLA
4 20 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.63%) GDPR
6 10 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.38%) WCAG
9 5 (0.31%) HL7
10 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.13%) NCSC
11 2 (0.13%) NIST
12 1 (0.063%) DICOM
12 1 (0.063%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.063%) PMO
System Software
1 142 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 67 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (3.51%) Docker
4 26 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 21 (1.32%) vSphere
6 15 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.19%) NFS
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.13%) Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) Ceph
10 1 (0.063%) KVM
10 1 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.063%) XenApp
10 1 (0.063%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.07%) Terraform
3 31 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (1.69%) Ansible
5 26 (1.63%) AirWatch
5 26 (1.63%) OpenSSO
6 16 (1.00%) HP Quality Center
7 13 (0.82%) Nessus
8 9 (0.56%) Grafana
9 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (0.50%) SCCM
10 5 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.25%) Puppet
12 3 (0.19%) Foglight
12 3 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 679 (42.60%) Microsoft
2 266 (16.69%) Oracle
3 109 (6.84%) VMware
4 68 (4.27%) TIBCO
5 62 (3.89%) Sybase
6 60 (3.76%) OpenLink
7 28 (1.76%) FNZ
8 27 (1.69%) Teradata
9 26 (1.63%) HP
10 22 (1.38%) Cisco
10 22 (1.38%) Databricks
11 20 (1.25%) iManage
11 20 (1.25%) Xamarin
12 19 (1.19%) Atlassian
12 19 (1.19%) ServiceNow
13 18 (1.13%) SAP
14 16 (1.00%) arcserve
14 16 (1.00%) IBM
14 16 (1.00%) Veeam
15 15 (0.94%) Sophos