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

 6 months to
25 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 56 24
Rank change year-on-year -36 -32 +14
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 558 894 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 5.72% 7.63%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.96% 27.28% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 493 549 2,304
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,796 3,277 7,467
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.72% 20.96% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,193 2,199 6,231
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £84,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.16%

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 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 37 (6.63%) IIS
2 30 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 29 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.15%) Confluence
5 6 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) SAS
7 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.36%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.36%) JBoss
7 2 (0.36%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.08%) Magento
3 4 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.72%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.72%) Shopify
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.36%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 355 (63.62%) Azure
2 97 (17.38%) AWS
3 86 (15.41%) Power Platform
4 65 (11.65%) Snowflake
5 58 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (10.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (10.04%) Azure Machine Learning
8 55 (9.86%) Azure AI
8 55 (9.86%) SaaS
9 51 (9.14%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (5.02%) Serverless
11 26 (4.66%) Entra ID
12 22 (3.94%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.76%) PaaS
14 20 (3.58%) GitHub
14 20 (3.58%) PowerApps
15 16 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (2.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.27%) Firewall
2 23 (4.12%) VPN
3 15 (2.69%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.51%) DNS
5 11 (1.97%) DHCP
6 9 (1.61%) VLAN
7 7 (1.25%) VoIP
8 5 (0.90%) DMZ
8 5 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.90%) STUN
9 4 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.54%) LAN
10 3 (0.54%) SAN
10 3 (0.54%) WAN
11 2 (0.36%) AMQP
11 2 (0.36%) HTTP
11 2 (0.36%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.36%) Wireless
12 1 (0.18%) SCTP
12 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.01%) Power BI
2 43 (7.71%) MySQL
3 41 (7.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 39 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (6.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (5.38%) Relational Database
7 20 (3.58%) Redis
8 16 (2.87%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.15%) Db2
10 12 (2.15%) MongoDB
11 10 (1.79%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.25%) Tableau
13 5 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.72%) Metadata
14 4 (0.72%) Power Query
15 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 28 (5.02%) JIRA
2 21 (3.76%) Git
3 14 (2.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.61%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.08%) NUnit
5 6 (1.08%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.54%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.36%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.36%) MSTest
8 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.18%) Gatling
9 1 (0.18%) GitLab
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) Vagrant
General
1 165 (29.57%) Finance
2 145 (25.99%) Social Skills
3 66 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.66%) Banking
5 24 (4.30%) Law
6 21 (3.76%) Legal
7 18 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.51%) Retail
10 13 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.61%) Front Office
12 8 (1.43%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.72%) Back Office
14 4 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.72%) Marketing
14 4 (0.72%) Publishing
15 3 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 190 (34.05%) Developer
2 88 (15.77%) Senior
3 76 (13.62%) Software Developer
4 63 (11.29%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.50%) Graduate
6 51 (9.14%) Analyst
7 46 (8.24%) C# Developer
8 43 (7.71%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (7.71%) Graduate Software Developer
8 43 (7.71%) Software Engineer
9 42 (7.53%) Data Engineer
10 37 (6.63%) .NET Developer
10 37 (6.63%) C# Software Developer
10 37 (6.63%) Data Manager
11 36 (6.45%) Engineering Manager
12 34 (6.09%) Lead
13 33 (5.91%) Applications Support
13 33 (5.91%) Finance Manager
13 33 (5.91%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (5.91%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (31.54%) .NET
2 74 (13.26%) CSS
3 46 (8.24%) .NET Core
3 46 (8.24%) HTML
4 44 (7.89%) jQuery
5 43 (7.71%) React
6 35 (6.27%) AngularJS
6 35 (6.27%) ASP.NET
7 33 (5.91%) .NET Framework
7 33 (5.91%) REST
8 29 (5.20%) Node.js
9 27 (4.84%) Entity Framework
10 21 (3.76%) Vue
11 18 (3.23%) RESTful
11 18 (3.23%) XML
12 16 (2.87%) JSON
12 16 (2.87%) Middleware
13 15 (2.69%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (2.15%) Kafka
15 11 (1.97%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.94%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.87%) Data Structures
4 16 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.51%) Legacy Applications
5 14 (2.51%) Virtual Team
6 12 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.15%) Replication
7 11 (1.97%) Client/Server
8 10 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.25%) Clustering
11 7 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.25%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.90%) PKI
12 5 (0.90%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 83 (14.87%) Windows
2 55 (9.86%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.09%) Linux
4 9 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.90%) Debian
7 3 (0.54%) CentOS
7 3 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (32.26%) Agile
2 110 (19.71%) DevOps
3 105 (18.82%) AI
4 102 (18.28%) Data Engineering
5 96 (17.20%) Roadmaps
6 88 (15.77%) CI/CD
7 86 (15.41%) Full-Stack Development
8 85 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
10 83 (14.87%) Computer Science
10 83 (14.87%) Migration
11 80 (14.34%) Data Architecture
12 78 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (13.98%) Software Engineering
13 69 (12.37%) Mentoring
14 67 (12.01%) Regulatory Compliance
15 64 (11.47%) Line Management
16 62 (11.11%) Data Governance
16 62 (11.11%) Machine Learning
17 58 (10.39%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 349 (62.54%) SQL
2 190 (34.05%) C#
3 87 (15.59%) Python
4 71 (12.72%) JavaScript
5 64 (11.47%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.86%) PHP
7 53 (9.50%) T-SQL
8 51 (9.14%) Java
9 49 (8.78%) TypeScript
10 31 (5.56%) C++
11 15 (2.69%) PL/SQL
12 14 (2.51%) Bash
13 12 (2.15%) R
14 11 (1.97%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.25%) Bicep
15 7 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.08%) VBA
16 6 (1.08%) VBScript
17 4 (0.72%) Tcl
17 4 (0.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (19.89%) Degree
2 68 (12.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.05%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.90%) HNC
7 5 (0.90%) HND
7 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.36%) CCNA
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.36%) MCSA
9 2 (0.36%) MCSE
10 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.18%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.35%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.94%) QA
3 21 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.41%) GDPR
5 18 (3.23%) SLA
6 5 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.54%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 68 (12.19%) Virtual Machines
2 62 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 40 (7.17%) Docker
4 14 (2.51%) Hyper-V
5 12 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.90%) vSphere
7 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (4.66%) Kubernetes
1 26 (4.66%) Terraform
2 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.43%) Ansible
4 5 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.72%) Grafana
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.54%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.36%) MIIS
8 1 (0.18%) Consul
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
8 1 (0.18%) SCOM
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
8 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 279 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.80%) Databricks
3 45 (8.06%) Oracle
4 18 (3.23%) VMware
5 17 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.87%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.51%) Cisco
8 13 (2.33%) Citrix
9 12 (2.15%) Veeam
10 9 (1.61%) iManage
11 8 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.25%) IBM
12 7 (1.25%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.90%) Meraki
13 5 (0.90%) Synology
14 4 (0.72%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.72%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.72%) Okta
14 4 (0.72%) OneLogin
14 4 (0.72%) WooCommerce
172 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs