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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -41 -28 +20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 516 866 2,655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 5.93% 8.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.13% 26.61% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 462 517 2,412
10th Percentile £27,525 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,438 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -0.90%

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 2,442 3,255 7,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.94% 22.28% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,854 2,153 6,240
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,118 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £121,150 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 25 May 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 28 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.68%) IIS
4 14 (2.71%) Confluence
5 5 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.13%) Magento
4 9 (1.74%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 334 (64.73%) Azure
2 87 (16.86%) AWS
3 73 (14.15%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.63%) Snowflake
5 58 (11.24%) SaaS
6 56 (10.85%) Azure AI
6 56 (10.85%) Azure Machine Learning
6 56 (10.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 49 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (5.43%) Serverless
10 26 (5.04%) GitHub
11 23 (4.46%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.46%) PaaS
12 21 (4.07%) Power Automate
13 20 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (3.29%) PowerApps
15 13 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.23%) Firewall
2 14 (2.71%) VPN
3 9 (1.74%) VLAN
4 8 (1.55%) DNS
5 7 (1.36%) DMZ
5 7 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.16%) DHCP
6 6 (1.16%) VoIP
7 5 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.97%) STUN
8 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.58%) AMQP
9 3 (0.58%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.58%) SAN
10 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Intranet
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.82%) Power BI
2 41 (7.95%) MySQL
3 40 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (7.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (7.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (4.84%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.91%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.91%) Oracle Database
9 14 (2.71%) NoSQL
10 13 (2.52%) Redis
11 11 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.13%) DB2
12 6 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.16%) Metadata
13 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.78%) GIS
13 4 (0.78%) Power Query
13 4 (0.78%) QGIS
13 4 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (5.43%) JIRA
2 25 (4.84%) Git
3 11 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.97%) NUnit
5 5 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.58%) Maven
6 3 (0.58%) MSTest
6 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) TestRail
8 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (31.20%) Finance
2 126 (24.42%) Social Skills
3 58 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.46%) Banking
5 19 (3.68%) Law
6 18 (3.49%) Legal
7 17 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.33%) Retail
9 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.74%) Back Office
11 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.97%) Front Office
14 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Publishing
15 3 (0.58%) Automotive
15 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
16 2 (0.39%) Marketing
16 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 161 (31.20%) Developer
2 104 (20.16%) Senior
3 64 (12.40%) Software Developer
4 49 (9.50%) SQL Developer
5 47 (9.11%) Analyst
6 45 (8.72%) C# Developer
7 44 (8.53%) Graduate
8 43 (8.33%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.33%) Graduate Software Developer
9 41 (7.95%) Software Engineer
10 37 (7.17%) Data Manager
11 36 (6.98%) Applications Support
11 36 (6.98%) C# Software Developer
11 36 (6.98%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (6.78%) Lead
13 33 (6.40%) Data Engineer
13 33 (6.40%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.40%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.40%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 31 (6.01%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (32.75%) .NET
2 70 (13.57%) CSS
3 47 (9.11%) React
4 44 (8.53%) HTML
5 38 (7.36%) .NET Core
5 38 (7.36%) jQuery
6 32 (6.20%) AngularJS
6 32 (6.20%) REST
7 28 (5.43%) ASP.NET
8 25 (4.84%) .NET Framework
9 24 (4.65%) Entity Framework
10 23 (4.46%) RESTful
11 22 (4.26%) Node.js
12 16 (3.10%) Vue
13 15 (2.91%) JSON
13 15 (2.91%) SOAP
13 15 (2.91%) XML
14 13 (2.52%) ASP.NET Core
14 13 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (2.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.26%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.91%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.91%) Legacy Applications
3 15 (2.91%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.71%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.13%) Low-Code
6 11 (2.13%) Replication
7 8 (1.55%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.16%) Clustering
10 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.78%) CMDB
11 4 (0.78%) NHS
11 4 (0.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.95%) Windows
2 45 (8.72%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.17%) Linux
4 9 (1.74%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.16%) VMS
7 5 (0.97%) Debian
8 3 (0.58%) CentOS
8 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Android
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (32.56%) Agile
2 104 (20.16%) DevOps
3 94 (18.22%) Data Engineering
4 91 (17.64%) Roadmaps
5 88 (17.05%) AI
6 82 (15.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (15.50%) CI/CD
8 79 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
8 79 (15.31%) Data Architecture
9 78 (15.12%) Migration
10 77 (14.92%) Software Engineering
11 76 (14.73%) Full-Stack Development
12 72 (13.95%) Computer Science
12 72 (13.95%) Mentoring
13 67 (12.98%) Regulatory Compliance
14 66 (12.79%) Machine Learning
15 65 (12.60%) Line Management
16 64 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
17 62 (12.02%) Analytics
17 62 (12.02%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 311 (60.27%) SQL
2 174 (33.72%) C#
3 88 (17.05%) Python
4 59 (11.43%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.66%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.88%) PHP
7 50 (9.69%) PowerShell
8 46 (8.91%) Java
9 37 (7.17%) TypeScript
10 26 (5.04%) C++
11 16 (3.10%) R
12 14 (2.71%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.52%) Bash
14 11 (2.13%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.16%) Bicep
16 6 (1.16%) VBA
16 6 (1.16%) VBScript
17 4 (0.78%) VB
18 3 (0.58%) Korn
Qualifications
1 98 (18.99%) Degree
2 63 (12.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.29%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) HNC
8 5 (0.97%) HND
8 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) CCNA
10 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.68%) SLA
4 17 (3.29%) GDPR
5 16 (3.10%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) 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 62 (12.02%) Virtual Machines
2 53 (10.27%) Active Directory
3 43 (8.33%) Docker
4 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) vSphere
6 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.04%) Terraform
3 8 (1.55%) Ansible
4 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.78%) Grafana
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.39%) MIIS
8 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.39%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 250 (48.45%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.34%) Databricks
3 51 (9.88%) Oracle
4 21 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.10%) Cisco
6 13 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.33%) VMware
8 11 (2.13%) Veeam
9 10 (1.94%) Citrix
9 10 (1.94%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.74%) ConnectWise
10 9 (1.74%) WooCommerce
11 7 (1.36%) iManage
12 5 (0.97%) Google
12 5 (0.97%) IBM
12 5 (0.97%) Meraki
12 5 (0.97%) Synology
13 4 (0.78%) Dell
13 4 (0.78%) ESRI
13 4 (0.78%) JDA