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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 61 53
Rank change year-on-year -42 -8 -21
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 624 820 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.52% 4.96% 4.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.51% 30.30% 21.60%
Number of salaries quoted 520 482 686
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,356 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,950 £39,719 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £87,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 3,198 2,706 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.91% 16.38% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 1,874 3,161
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £46,217 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,750 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 26 September 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 43 (6.89%) IIS
2 37 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 25 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.12%) Confluence
5 6 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.80%) nginx
7 4 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.64%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.64%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.32%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.80%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.80%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.48%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.32%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Finacle
5 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 365 (58.49%) Azure
2 107 (17.15%) AWS
3 93 (14.90%) Power Platform
4 88 (14.10%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (10.42%) Snowflake
6 56 (8.97%) SaaS
7 51 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (7.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 46 (7.37%) Azure AI
10 39 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 39 (6.25%) Azure Machine Learning
11 32 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
12 27 (4.33%) Power Automate
13 26 (4.17%) GCP
13 26 (4.17%) PowerApps
13 26 (4.17%) Serverless
14 25 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (3.85%) Entra ID
16 19 (3.04%) GitHub
17 18 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.41%) Firewall
2 32 (5.13%) DNS
3 30 (4.81%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.33%) VPN
5 22 (3.53%) DHCP
6 10 (1.60%) VLAN
7 9 (1.44%) WAN
8 8 (1.28%) HTTP
8 8 (1.28%) VoIP
9 7 (1.12%) LAN
10 5 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.64%) Network Security
12 3 (0.48%) FTP
12 3 (0.48%) Wireless
13 2 (0.32%) Broadband
13 2 (0.32%) SAN
14 1 (0.16%) Intranet
14 1 (0.16%) RTP
14 1 (0.16%) SS7
14 1 (0.16%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.06%) Power BI
2 67 (10.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (8.65%) Relational Database
4 52 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (7.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (5.61%) MySQL
6 35 (5.61%) Redis
7 30 (4.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (4.65%) MongoDB
9 23 (3.69%) NoSQL
10 22 (3.53%) Data Lake
11 14 (2.24%) Metadata
12 12 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.92%) Star Schema
13 11 (1.76%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.60%) Tableau
15 9 (1.44%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (1.44%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 61 (9.78%) Git
2 23 (3.69%) JIRA
3 10 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.28%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.96%) NUnit
5 6 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.80%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.64%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.32%) MSTest
10 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.16%) Flyway
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.16%) Postman
10 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.16%) Storybook
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 184 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 150 (24.04%) Finance
3 70 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (6.89%) Law
5 34 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (5.45%) Legal
6 26 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 21 (3.37%) Banking
8 15 (2.40%) Retail
9 11 (1.76%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.60%) Front Office
11 9 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.96%) Marketing
13 6 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.80%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.80%) Publishing
15 4 (0.64%) Billing
16 3 (0.48%) Advertising
16 3 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 218 (34.94%) Developer
2 99 (15.87%) Senior
3 74 (11.86%) Software Developer
4 63 (10.10%) Data Engineer
5 61 (9.78%) Software Engineer
6 57 (9.13%) .NET Developer
6 57 (9.13%) Graduate
6 57 (9.13%) Lead
7 51 (8.17%) SQL Developer
8 44 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
9 37 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (5.77%) Lead Developer
11 35 (5.61%) Analyst
12 33 (5.29%) C# Developer
13 32 (5.13%) Architect
14 31 (4.97%) Senior Developer
15 29 (4.65%) Graduate Developer
15 29 (4.65%) Graduate Software Developer
16 26 (4.17%) Support Analyst
16 26 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (34.94%) .NET
2 70 (11.22%) CSS
3 63 (10.10%) .NET Framework
4 61 (9.78%) ASP.NET
5 57 (9.13%) .NET Core
5 57 (9.13%) REST
6 54 (8.65%) HTML
6 54 (8.65%) React
7 47 (7.53%) Entity Framework
8 43 (6.89%) AngularJS
9 38 (6.09%) Node.js
10 33 (5.29%) XML
11 32 (5.13%) jQuery
12 30 (4.81%) Blazor
13 28 (4.49%) Vue
14 27 (4.33%) Terraform
15 20 (3.21%) JSON
15 20 (3.21%) Middleware
15 20 (3.21%) RESTful
15 20 (3.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.40%) AI Agents
8 14 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.08%) Replication
10 12 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.76%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.60%) Clustering
13 9 (1.44%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.28%) Client/Server
15 7 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (0.96%) Equities
16 6 (0.96%) Online Gambling
17 5 (0.80%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 99 (15.87%) Windows
2 68 (10.90%) Windows Server
3 39 (6.25%) Linux
4 9 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.32%) AIX
7 2 (0.32%) Android
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (29.81%) Agile
2 163 (26.12%) DevOps
3 136 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (20.03%) CI/CD
5 118 (18.91%) Software Engineering
6 117 (18.75%) AI
7 116 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (15.06%) Full-Stack Development
9 89 (14.26%) Computer Science
10 88 (14.10%) Migration
11 85 (13.62%) Data Architecture
12 84 (13.46%) Roadmaps
13 82 (13.14%) Mentoring
14 79 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
15 77 (12.34%) Data Engineering
16 75 (12.02%) Clean Code
17 70 (11.22%) Analytics
18 66 (10.58%) ETL
19 64 (10.26%) Microservices
20 57 (9.13%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 348 (55.77%) SQL
2 258 (41.35%) C#
3 100 (16.03%) JavaScript
4 89 (14.26%) Python
5 57 (9.13%) PowerShell
6 56 (8.97%) TypeScript
7 54 (8.65%) PHP
8 49 (7.85%) T-SQL
9 46 (7.37%) Java
10 24 (3.85%) C++
11 11 (1.76%) Bicep
11 11 (1.76%) Go
12 10 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.12%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.12%) VBA
14 6 (0.96%) VBScript
15 5 (0.80%) Bash
15 5 (0.80%) Rust
15 5 (0.80%) Tcl
16 4 (0.64%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 115 (18.43%) Degree
2 67 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.04%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.60%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.48%) HNC
10 3 (0.48%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCT
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.29%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.77%) QA
3 21 (3.37%) GDPR
4 16 (2.56%) SLA
5 12 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.48%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) IASME
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (8.49%) Docker
2 52 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 48 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 20 (3.21%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.48%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.76%) Ansible
4 8 (1.28%) Grafana
5 7 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.80%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.48%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.16%) Control-M
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.16%) SCCM
9 1 (0.16%) SCOM
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 326 (52.24%) Microsoft
2 77 (12.34%) Databricks
3 43 (6.89%) Oracle
4 22 (3.53%) VMware
5 14 (2.24%) Informatica
6 13 (2.08%) Google
6 13 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.08%) Veeam
7 11 (1.76%) IBM
8 10 (1.60%) Citrix
8 10 (1.60%) iManage
8 10 (1.60%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.60%) Talend
9 9 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.44%) TIBCO
10 7 (1.12%) Cisco
11 6 (0.96%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.80%) Remedy
12 5 (0.80%) Sybase
13 4 (0.64%) ESRI
480 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs