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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -40 -28 +17
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 511 883 2,664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 5.94% 7.93%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.42% 27.08% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 454 540 2,395
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 2,502 3,261 7,430
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.97% 21.94% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 2,175 6,259
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,033
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £79,727 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 5 June 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 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.50%) IIS
2 23 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.35%) Confluence
4 5 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.59%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.59%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.59%) SAS
6 2 (0.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.39%) CMS
6 2 (0.39%) JBoss
6 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.20%) Drupal
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (1.76%) Magento
3 7 (1.37%) Shopify
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 327 (63.99%) Azure
2 84 (16.44%) AWS
3 74 (14.48%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.74%) Snowflake
5 56 (10.96%) Azure Machine Learning
5 56 (10.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 55 (10.76%) Azure AI
7 48 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (9.39%) SaaS
8 46 (9.00%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (5.48%) Serverless
10 24 (4.70%) Entra ID
11 23 (4.50%) GitHub
12 22 (4.31%) PaaS
13 20 (3.91%) Power Automate
14 17 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (3.33%) PowerApps
15 14 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (2.35%) Azure Functions
16 12 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.48%) Firewall
2 15 (2.94%) VPN
3 9 (1.76%) VLAN
4 8 (1.57%) DNS
4 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.37%) DMZ
5 7 (1.37%) VoIP
6 6 (1.17%) DHCP
7 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.98%) STUN
8 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.59%) SAN
10 2 (0.39%) AMQP
10 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) WAN
11 1 (0.20%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.20%) PuTTY
11 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.94%) Power BI
2 43 (8.41%) MySQL
3 38 (7.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 37 (7.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (5.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 26 (5.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.94%) Oracle Database
9 12 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.35%) MongoDB
10 11 (2.15%) Db2
11 10 (1.96%) Redis
12 9 (1.76%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.98%) Metadata
13 5 (0.98%) Tableau
14 4 (0.78%) Power Query
15 3 (0.59%) QGIS
15 3 (0.59%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 26 (5.09%) JIRA
2 17 (3.33%) Git
3 11 (2.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.78%) NUnit
5 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.59%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.39%) MSTest
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) Gatling
8 1 (0.20%) GitLab
8 1 (0.20%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 162 (31.70%) Finance
2 127 (24.85%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.70%) Banking
5 21 (4.11%) Law
6 17 (3.33%) Legal
7 16 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.54%) Retail
9 11 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.37%) Back Office
12 5 (0.98%) Front Office
13 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Publishing
14 3 (0.59%) Automotive
14 3 (0.59%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.59%) Marketing
14 3 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (32.29%) Developer
2 95 (18.59%) Senior
3 69 (13.50%) Software Developer
4 52 (10.18%) SQL Developer
5 51 (9.98%) Analyst
6 50 (9.78%) Graduate
7 45 (8.81%) C# Developer
8 43 (8.41%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.41%) Graduate Software Developer
9 41 (8.02%) Software Engineer
10 37 (7.24%) C# Software Developer
10 37 (7.24%) Data Engineer
10 37 (7.24%) Data Manager
11 36 (7.05%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (6.85%) Applications Support
13 33 (6.46%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.46%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.46%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (6.46%) Support Analyst
14 31 (6.07%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (31.51%) .NET
2 74 (14.48%) CSS
3 46 (9.00%) HTML
4 43 (8.41%) React
5 41 (8.02%) jQuery
6 35 (6.85%) .NET Core
7 33 (6.46%) AngularJS
8 29 (5.68%) REST
9 28 (5.48%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.28%) .NET Framework
11 23 (4.50%) Entity Framework
12 21 (4.11%) Node.js
13 19 (3.72%) RESTful
14 17 (3.33%) XML
15 16 (3.13%) Vue
16 15 (2.94%) JSON
17 12 (2.35%) Kafka
18 11 (2.15%) ASP.NET Core
18 11 (2.15%) Middleware
18 11 (2.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.91%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.94%) Data Structures
3 14 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (2.74%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.74%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.15%) Replication
6 10 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.96%) Low-Code
6 10 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.57%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.17%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.98%) Clustering
9 5 (0.98%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.78%) CMDB
10 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.48%) Windows
2 48 (9.39%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.65%) Linux
4 8 (1.57%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.98%) Debian
7 4 (0.78%) VMS
8 3 (0.59%) CentOS
8 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) AIX
9 1 (0.20%) Solaris
9 1 (0.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (32.49%) Agile
2 96 (18.79%) Data Engineering
3 93 (18.20%) DevOps
4 91 (17.81%) AI
5 89 (17.42%) Roadmaps
6 79 (15.46%) Data Architecture
7 78 (15.26%) Migration
8 77 (15.07%) Business Intelligence
9 76 (14.87%) Computer Science
9 76 (14.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 71 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (13.70%) CI/CD
12 68 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
12 68 (13.31%) Software Engineering
13 67 (13.11%) Regulatory Compliance
14 66 (12.92%) Mentoring
15 65 (12.72%) Line Management
15 65 (12.72%) Machine Learning
16 62 (12.13%) Analytics
16 62 (12.13%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 320 (62.62%) SQL
2 173 (33.86%) C#
3 89 (17.42%) Python
4 57 (11.15%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.76%) PHP
6 54 (10.57%) T-SQL
7 50 (9.78%) PowerShell
8 48 (9.39%) Java
9 37 (7.24%) TypeScript
10 31 (6.07%) C++
11 15 (2.94%) R
12 14 (2.74%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.54%) Bash
14 11 (2.15%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.17%) VBA
16 6 (1.17%) VBScript
17 5 (0.98%) Bicep
18 4 (0.78%) VB
19 3 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (20.16%) Degree
2 65 (12.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.33%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.98%) HNC
7 5 (0.98%) HND
7 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.98%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.39%) CCNA
10 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.83%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.52%) SLA
4 17 (3.33%) GDPR
5 15 (2.94%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (12.52%) Virtual Machines
2 56 (10.96%) Active Directory
3 36 (7.05%) Docker
4 7 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.98%) vSphere
6 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (5.28%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.89%) Terraform
3 7 (1.37%) Ansible
3 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.59%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.39%) Grafana
7 2 (0.39%) MIIS
7 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) CASB
8 1 (0.20%) Consul
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Puppet
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 253 (49.51%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.48%) Databricks
3 46 (9.00%) Oracle
4 19 (3.72%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.13%) Cisco
6 15 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.35%) Citrix
7 12 (2.35%) VMware
8 11 (2.15%) Veeam
9 9 (1.76%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.37%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.37%) iManage
10 7 (1.37%) WooCommerce
11 5 (0.98%) IBM
11 5 (0.98%) Meraki
11 5 (0.98%) Synology
12 4 (0.78%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.78%) Dell
12 4 (0.78%) JDA
12 4 (0.78%) OneLogin
309 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs