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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 55 22
Rank change year-on-year -26 -33 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 520 658 2,726
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 5.13% 8.75%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.06% 19.31% 37.92%
Number of salaries quoted 443 569 2,489
10th Percentile £32,825 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -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 2,255 3,408 7,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.37% 26.56% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 2,421 6,157
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 3 April 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 18 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.12%) IIS
3 9 (1.73%) Confluence
4 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.77%) Apache
5 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.58%) nginx
6 3 (0.58%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Moodle
7 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (1.92%) Magento
4 9 (1.73%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 331 (63.65%) Azure
2 104 (20.00%) AWS
3 85 (16.35%) Power Platform
4 84 (16.15%) SaaS
5 64 (12.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 53 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (8.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 41 (7.88%) GitHub
9 40 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (7.69%) Snowflake
10 39 (7.50%) Azure AI
11 36 (6.92%) Azure Machine Learning
12 34 (6.54%) Serverless
13 30 (5.77%) Entra ID
14 23 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (3.65%) PaaS
17 15 (2.88%) Power Automate
18 14 (2.69%) PowerApps
19 13 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.38%) Firewall
2 14 (2.69%) VPN
3 10 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.54%) DNS
5 7 (1.35%) DMZ
5 7 (1.35%) VLAN
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.96%) STUN
7 5 (0.96%) VoIP
8 3 (0.58%) AMQP
8 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.58%) SSL
8 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.38%) Network Security
9 2 (0.38%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.38%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.19%) Power BI
2 64 (12.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 54 (10.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (8.46%) MySQL
5 44 (8.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (3.65%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.46%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.27%) Oracle Database
9 16 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (2.50%) DB2
11 11 (2.12%) Redis
12 8 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.54%) Tableau
13 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.15%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.77%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.77%) Metadata
14 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.77%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 40 (7.69%) Git
2 22 (4.23%) JIRA
3 11 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.92%) Selenium
5 9 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.54%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.54%) GitLab
6 8 (1.54%) JUnit
7 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.77%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.58%) Maven
9 3 (0.58%) NUnit
9 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.19%) Gatling
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) MSTest
11 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 171 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.81%) Finance
3 91 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.96%) Banking
5 17 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.50%) Billing
8 11 (2.12%) Law
8 11 (2.12%) Retail
9 10 (1.92%) Back Office
9 10 (1.92%) Legal
10 8 (1.54%) Marketing
11 7 (1.35%) Front Office
12 6 (1.15%) Automotive
13 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (28.46%) Developer
2 111 (21.35%) Senior
3 63 (12.12%) Analyst
4 50 (9.62%) Software Developer
5 42 (8.08%) C# Developer
5 42 (8.08%) SQL Developer
5 42 (8.08%) Support Engineer
6 41 (7.88%) .NET Developer
7 38 (7.31%) Software Engineer
8 36 (6.92%) Applications Support
9 34 (6.54%) Azure Developer
9 34 (6.54%) Lead
9 34 (6.54%) Senior Developer
10 31 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (5.77%) C# Software Developer
12 29 (5.58%) Data Engineer
12 29 (5.58%) DBA
12 29 (5.58%) Graduate
12 29 (5.58%) Graduate Developer
12 29 (5.58%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (36.73%) .NET
2 67 (12.88%) CSS
3 51 (9.81%) .NET Core
4 50 (9.62%) React
5 40 (7.69%) HTML
6 36 (6.92%) .NET Framework
6 36 (6.92%) jQuery
6 36 (6.92%) REST
7 30 (5.77%) Entity Framework
8 29 (5.58%) ASP.NET
9 27 (5.19%) AngularJS
9 27 (5.19%) RESTful
10 20 (3.85%) Django
11 19 (3.65%) JSON
11 19 (3.65%) XML
12 17 (3.27%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (3.08%) Razor View Engine
13 16 (3.08%) SOAP
14 15 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 14 (2.69%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.62%) Legacy Applications
4 23 (4.42%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.69%) Replication
9 12 (2.31%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.92%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.54%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.54%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.35%) NHS
13 7 (1.35%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.96%) Clustering
16 4 (0.77%) N-Tier
17 3 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.04%) Windows
2 41 (7.88%) Windows Server
3 28 (5.38%) Linux
4 10 (1.92%) VMS
5 6 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.96%) Debian
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.58%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) Android
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (31.15%) Agile
2 112 (21.54%) DevOps
3 110 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (19.62%) CI/CD
6 93 (17.88%) Business Intelligence
7 88 (16.92%) Software Engineering
8 82 (15.77%) Analytics
9 79 (15.19%) Mentoring
10 73 (14.04%) Data Engineering
11 71 (13.65%) AI
12 65 (12.50%) Migration
12 65 (12.50%) Roadmaps
13 63 (12.12%) Full-Stack Development
14 62 (11.92%) Decision-Making
15 60 (11.54%) Computer Science
16 59 (11.35%) MVC
17 56 (10.77%) Microservices
18 53 (10.19%) Data Architecture
19 49 (9.42%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 305 (58.65%) SQL
2 158 (30.38%) C#
3 92 (17.69%) Python
4 54 (10.38%) JavaScript
4 54 (10.38%) T-SQL
5 45 (8.65%) Java
6 43 (8.27%) PowerShell
7 36 (6.92%) TypeScript
8 34 (6.54%) PHP
9 28 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 27 (5.19%) C++
11 16 (3.08%) R
12 13 (2.50%) Bicep
12 13 (2.50%) PL/SQL
13 12 (2.31%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.73%) Bash
14 9 (1.73%) Delphi
15 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.38%) C
15 2 (0.38%) Go
Qualifications
1 98 (18.85%) Degree
2 49 (9.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 13 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.73%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
12 2 (0.38%) HND
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 2 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.81%) QA
3 19 (3.65%) SLA
4 16 (3.08%) GDPR
5 13 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (9.23%) Docker
2 42 (8.08%) Active Directory
3 40 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.77%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.96%) Terraform
3 10 (1.92%) Grafana
4 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.15%) Ansible
6 5 (0.96%) SCCM
7 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.38%) MIIS
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Consul
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) Puppet
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 210 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.58%) Oracle
3 52 (10.00%) Databricks
4 18 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.31%) Cisco
5 12 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.92%) Google
6 10 (1.92%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.92%) VMware
7 9 (1.73%) Citrix
7 9 (1.73%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.73%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.54%) New Relic
9 6 (1.15%) Sage
10 5 (0.96%) IBM
10 5 (0.96%) Informatica
10 5 (0.96%) Veeam
11 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.77%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.77%) ESRI