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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 56 20
Rank change year-on-year -33 -36 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 466 825 2,613
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.88% 5.26% 9.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.77% 20.41% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 385 558 2,402
10th Percentile £34,400 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,137
90th Percentile £94,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,100 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.18% - -1.79%

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 2,141 4,043 6,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.21% 25.80% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,542 2,437 5,781
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,308 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.82% +20.53% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 11 February 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 (3.86%) IIS
2 16 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.72%) Confluence
4 4 (0.86%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Spatial
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.86%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.64%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 2 (0.43%) Moodle
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.43%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (5.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.72%) Magento
3 8 (1.72%) Shopify
4 4 (0.86%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.64%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.43%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.21%) Actimize
7 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 269 (57.73%) Azure
2 88 (18.88%) AWS
2 88 (18.88%) SaaS
3 83 (17.81%) Power Platform
4 64 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (10.73%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (8.80%) GitHub
7 37 (7.94%) Serverless
8 29 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (6.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (6.01%) Entra ID
10 25 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (4.72%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (4.08%) PaaS
13 17 (3.65%) GCP
14 16 (3.43%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.22%) Azure App Service
15 15 (3.22%) PowerApps
16 11 (2.36%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.51%) Firewall
2 11 (2.36%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.15%) DNS
4 9 (1.93%) VPN
5 5 (1.07%) DHCP
5 5 (1.07%) DMZ
5 5 (1.07%) SSL
6 4 (0.86%) VLAN
7 3 (0.64%) AMQP
7 3 (0.64%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.64%) STUN
7 3 (0.64%) VoIP
8 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.21%) Internet
9 1 (0.21%) IPv6
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (16.09%) Power BI
2 60 (12.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 53 (11.37%) MySQL
4 49 (10.52%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (9.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (8.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (5.36%) MongoDB
9 23 (4.94%) NoSQL
10 19 (4.08%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.72%) DB2
11 8 (1.72%) Tableau
12 7 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.50%) Redis
13 6 (1.29%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.07%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database 12c
15 4 (0.86%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 57 (12.23%) Git
2 19 (4.08%) JIRA
3 12 (2.58%) GitLab
4 11 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.72%) JUnit
6 8 (1.72%) Selenium
7 4 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.86%) Toad
8 3 (0.64%) Maven
8 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.21%) NUnit
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 195 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 114 (24.46%) Finance
3 75 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.15%) Banking
5 20 (4.29%) Law
6 18 (3.86%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.22%) Billing
9 14 (3.00%) Marketing
10 13 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.58%) Retail
12 11 (2.36%) Front Office
12 11 (2.36%) Legal
13 10 (2.15%) Back Office
14 7 (1.50%) Automotive
14 7 (1.50%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.29%) Local Government
16 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 3 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 151 (32.40%) Developer
2 109 (23.39%) Senior
3 53 (11.37%) Analyst
4 45 (9.66%) Support Engineer
5 41 (8.80%) .NET Developer
5 41 (8.80%) Software Engineer
6 38 (8.15%) Lead
6 38 (8.15%) Software Developer
7 37 (7.94%) Senior Developer
8 32 (6.87%) Azure Developer
9 30 (6.44%) C# Developer
10 28 (6.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (5.79%) DBA
12 26 (5.58%) Applications Support
13 25 (5.36%) SQL Developer
14 23 (4.94%) Data Engineer
14 23 (4.94%) Graduate
14 23 (4.94%) Graduate Developer
15 21 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (4.08%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (43.78%) .NET
2 60 (12.88%) CSS
3 54 (11.59%) .NET Core
4 53 (11.37%) React
5 46 (9.87%) .NET Framework
6 40 (8.58%) REST
7 38 (8.15%) ASP.NET
8 37 (7.94%) HTML
9 35 (7.51%) Entity Framework
10 32 (6.87%) jQuery
11 29 (6.22%) AngularJS
12 28 (6.01%) RESTful
13 26 (5.58%) ASP.NET Web API
14 21 (4.51%) JSON
14 21 (4.51%) SOAP
15 20 (4.29%) XML
16 19 (4.08%) Razor View Engine
17 18 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
17 18 (3.86%) Vue
18 17 (3.65%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (5.79%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (4.51%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.43%) Legacy Applications
8 10 (2.15%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.50%) NHS
12 6 (1.29%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.07%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.07%) Replication
14 4 (0.86%) Clustering
14 4 (0.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.16%) Windows
2 39 (8.37%) Windows Server
3 34 (7.30%) Linux
4 11 (2.36%) VMS
5 10 (2.15%) Unix
6 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.86%) Android
7 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.64%) Debian
9 2 (0.43%) Solaris
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) AIX
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (30.47%) Agile
2 133 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (26.18%) DevOps
4 116 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 114 (24.46%) CI/CD
6 89 (19.10%) Software Engineering
7 86 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
8 77 (16.52%) Analytics
9 73 (15.67%) Mentoring
10 62 (13.30%) Microservices
11 61 (13.09%) Full-Stack Development
12 59 (12.66%) Computer Science
13 56 (12.02%) Decision-Making
14 54 (11.59%) MVC
15 50 (10.73%) Visualisation
16 47 (10.09%) ETL
17 44 (9.44%) Scrum
18 39 (8.37%) Data Analysis
18 39 (8.37%) Data Modelling
18 39 (8.37%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 258 (55.36%) SQL
2 160 (34.33%) C#
3 86 (18.45%) Python
4 60 (12.88%) JavaScript
5 55 (11.80%) T-SQL
6 46 (9.87%) PowerShell
7 41 (8.80%) Java
8 32 (6.87%) PHP
9 28 (6.01%) TypeScript
10 27 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 23 (4.94%) C++
12 14 (3.00%) R
13 12 (2.58%) Bicep
14 8 (1.72%) Delphi
14 8 (1.72%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.50%) VB.NET
16 6 (1.29%) Shell Script
16 6 (1.29%) VB
17 4 (0.86%) Bash
18 3 (0.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 105 (22.53%) Degree
2 51 (10.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 17 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.79%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.93%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.43%) MCSE
12 1 (0.21%) CCNA
12 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.21%) MCSA
12 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.80%) Data Quality
2 39 (8.37%) QA
3 12 (2.58%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.15%) SLA
5 5 (1.07%) GDPR
6 1 (0.21%) HL7
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.21%) NIST
6 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 46 (9.87%) Docker
2 32 (6.87%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.43%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) vCloud
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (8.80%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.15%) Terraform
3 10 (2.15%) Grafana
4 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.07%) Ansible
6 4 (0.86%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) CASB
7 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (31.12%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.59%) Oracle
3 17 (3.65%) Databricks
4 16 (3.43%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.79%) Google
6 12 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.15%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.93%) Sage
9 8 (1.72%) ConnectWise
9 8 (1.72%) New Relic
9 8 (1.72%) VMware
9 8 (1.72%) WooCommerce
10 6 (1.29%) Cisco
10 6 (1.29%) DevExpress
10 6 (1.29%) IBM
10 6 (1.29%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.07%) Citrix
11 5 (1.07%) Informatica
11 5 (1.07%) SAP
11 5 (1.07%) Zoho