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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 55 49
Rank change year-on-year -32 -6 -15
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 690 895 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.04% 5.39% 4.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.98% 29.03% 23.42%
Number of salaries quoted 596 552 947
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,275 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.46% +0.08% -4.35%

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 3,139 3,083 5,064
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.82% 18.56% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 2,062 3,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £38,113
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 14 August 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 44 (6.38%) IIS
2 31 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.74%) Confluence
5 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.87%) nginx
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.43%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Documentum
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.72%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.43%) Magento
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) Finacle
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 417 (60.43%) Azure
2 122 (17.68%) AWS
3 85 (12.32%) Power Platform
4 83 (12.03%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (11.59%) Snowflake
6 60 (8.70%) Azure AI
7 59 (8.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.12%) Azure Machine Learning
8 56 (8.12%) SaaS
9 50 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (4.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 30 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (3.77%) Power Automate
12 26 (3.77%) PowerApps
13 24 (3.48%) Serverless
14 23 (3.33%) GCP
14 23 (3.33%) GitHub
15 22 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (2.75%) PaaS
17 18 (2.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.80%) Firewall
2 28 (4.06%) VPN
3 26 (3.77%) DNS
3 26 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.61%) DHCP
5 8 (1.16%) HTTP
5 8 (1.16%) LAN
5 8 (1.16%) WAN
6 7 (1.01%) VLAN
7 6 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.72%) Network Security
9 4 (0.58%) SAN
9 4 (0.58%) VoIP
10 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.43%) Wireless
11 2 (0.29%) Broadband
11 2 (0.29%) DMZ
11 2 (0.29%) FTP
11 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 59 (8.55%) Power BI
2 59 (8.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 54 (7.83%) Relational Database
4 53 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
5 48 (6.96%) MySQL
6 42 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (4.93%) Redis
9 21 (3.04%) Data Lake
10 19 (2.75%) MongoDB
11 16 (2.32%) NoSQL
11 16 (2.32%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.74%) Db2
14 9 (1.30%) Tableau
15 6 (0.87%) Metadata
15 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.58%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.58%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 55 (7.97%) Git
2 28 (4.06%) JIRA
3 10 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.45%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.16%) NUnit
4 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.16%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.43%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.43%) Selenium
8 2 (0.29%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.29%) MSTest
8 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) GitLab
9 1 (0.14%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
General
1 183 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 179 (25.94%) Finance
3 83 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.09%) Law
5 35 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.93%) Legal
7 28 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 26 (3.77%) Banking
9 14 (2.03%) Retail
10 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Front Office
12 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.72%) Billing
14 5 (0.72%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.72%) Marketing
15 4 (0.58%) Publishing
16 3 (0.43%) Advertising
16 3 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 245 (35.51%) Developer
2 99 (14.35%) Senior
3 93 (13.48%) Software Developer
4 70 (10.14%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.71%) Graduate
5 67 (9.71%) SQL Developer
6 63 (9.13%) .NET Developer
7 61 (8.84%) Lead
8 55 (7.97%) Software Engineer
9 54 (7.83%) C# Developer
10 49 (7.10%) Full-Stack Developer
11 48 (6.96%) Analyst
12 43 (6.23%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (6.23%) Graduate Software Developer
13 39 (5.65%) C# Software Developer
13 39 (5.65%) Lead Developer
14 38 (5.51%) Azure Engineer
15 36 (5.22%) Data Manager
16 35 (5.07%) Engineering Manager
16 35 (5.07%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (34.35%) .NET
2 91 (13.19%) CSS
3 67 (9.71%) .NET Framework
4 64 (9.28%) .NET Core
5 63 (9.13%) ASP.NET
5 63 (9.13%) HTML
6 60 (8.70%) React
7 58 (8.41%) REST
8 51 (7.39%) Entity Framework
9 50 (7.25%) AngularJS
10 45 (6.52%) jQuery
11 41 (5.94%) Node.js
12 32 (4.64%) Vue
13 27 (3.91%) XML
14 24 (3.48%) Blazor
15 19 (2.75%) ASP.NET MVC
16 18 (2.61%) Web Services
17 17 (2.46%) RESTful
18 16 (2.32%) JSON
18 16 (2.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.06%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.04%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.90%) Replication
6 19 (2.75%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.61%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.59%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.59%) Clustering
10 11 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.45%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.87%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.87%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 101 (14.64%) Windows
2 67 (9.71%) Windows Server
3 43 (6.23%) Linux
4 10 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (31.01%) Agile
2 155 (22.46%) DevOps
3 132 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (18.26%) CI/CD
5 123 (17.83%) AI
6 114 (16.52%) Software Engineering
7 111 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 110 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 105 (15.22%) Data Engineering
9 105 (15.22%) Roadmaps
10 102 (14.78%) Data Architecture
10 102 (14.78%) Migration
11 95 (13.77%) Computer Science
12 91 (13.19%) Mentoring
13 77 (11.16%) Clean Code
14 75 (10.87%) MVC
15 74 (10.72%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (10.72%) Data Governance
15 74 (10.72%) Microservices
16 68 (9.86%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 393 (56.96%) SQL
2 276 (40.00%) C#
3 109 (15.80%) JavaScript
4 85 (12.32%) Python
5 66 (9.57%) PHP
6 65 (9.42%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.70%) PowerShell
8 55 (7.97%) Java
9 54 (7.83%) T-SQL
10 34 (4.93%) C++
11 13 (1.88%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.74%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.30%) Bash
13 9 (1.30%) Bicep
14 8 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.16%) Go
15 7 (1.01%) VBA
16 6 (0.87%) VBScript
17 5 (0.72%) R
17 5 (0.72%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 129 (18.70%) Degree
2 78 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.62%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.46%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.01%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.72%) HNC
9 5 (0.72%) HND
9 5 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.14%) CCNA
12 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.68%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.51%) QA
3 26 (3.77%) SLA
4 24 (3.48%) GDPR
5 12 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.43%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
2 61 (8.84%) Docker
3 54 (7.83%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.72%) vSphere
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (4.64%) Terraform
2 31 (4.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.45%) Ansible
5 7 (1.01%) Grafana
5 7 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.72%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.43%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.29%) MIIS
9 2 (0.29%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Consul
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) SCOM
10 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 358 (51.88%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.48%) Databricks
3 51 (7.39%) Oracle
4 23 (3.33%) VMware
5 17 (2.46%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.32%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.03%) Google
8 13 (1.88%) Cisco
9 12 (1.74%) Citrix
10 11 (1.59%) IBM
10 11 (1.59%) iManage
10 11 (1.59%) Veeam
11 9 (1.30%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.30%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.16%) Informatica
13 7 (1.01%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.72%) Intapp
14 5 (0.72%) Remedy
14 5 (0.72%) Sybase
14 5 (0.72%) Synology