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

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 51 22
Rank change year-on-year -40 -29 +20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 516 862 2,655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 5.92% 8.08%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.02% 26.62% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 460 514 2,412
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -1.05%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -0.36%

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 2,455 3,238 7,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.96% 22.25% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 2,139 6,244
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,059 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,850 £100,000
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 26 May 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 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.88%) IIS
4 14 (2.71%) Confluence
5 5 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.13%) Magento
4 9 (1.74%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.58%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 333 (64.53%) Azure
2 86 (16.67%) AWS
3 73 (14.15%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.63%) Snowflake
5 57 (11.05%) SaaS
6 56 (10.85%) Azure Machine Learning
6 56 (10.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 55 (10.66%) Azure AI
8 49 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (5.81%) Serverless
11 26 (5.04%) GitHub
12 24 (4.65%) Entra ID
13 23 (4.46%) PaaS
14 21 (4.07%) Power Automate
15 20 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (3.29%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.33%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.43%) Firewall
2 14 (2.71%) VPN
3 9 (1.74%) VLAN
4 8 (1.55%) DNS
4 8 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.36%) DMZ
6 6 (1.16%) DHCP
6 6 (1.16%) VoIP
7 5 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.97%) STUN
8 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.58%) AMQP
9 3 (0.58%) SAN
10 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.39%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) LAN
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.63%) Power BI
2 41 (7.95%) MySQL
3 39 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (7.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (7.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (5.04%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.91%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.91%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.52%) NoSQL
8 13 (2.52%) Redis
9 11 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.13%) DB2
10 6 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.16%) Metadata
11 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.78%) GIS
11 4 (0.78%) Power Query
11 4 (0.78%) QGIS
11 4 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (5.62%) JIRA
2 25 (4.84%) Git
3 11 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.97%) NUnit
5 5 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.58%) MSTest
8 2 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.39%) Maven
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) GitLab
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.19%) TestRail
9 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 160 (31.01%) Finance
2 125 (24.22%) Social Skills
3 58 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.65%) Banking
5 19 (3.68%) Law
6 18 (3.49%) Legal
7 17 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.33%) Retail
9 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.74%) Back Office
11 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.97%) Front Office
14 4 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.78%) Publishing
15 3 (0.58%) Automotive
15 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
16 2 (0.39%) Billing
16 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 163 (31.59%) Developer
2 102 (19.77%) Senior
3 65 (12.60%) Software Developer
4 50 (9.69%) SQL Developer
5 47 (9.11%) Analyst
6 45 (8.72%) C# Developer
7 44 (8.53%) Graduate
8 43 (8.33%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.33%) Graduate Software Developer
9 41 (7.95%) Software Engineer
10 37 (7.17%) Data Manager
11 36 (6.98%) Applications Support
11 36 (6.98%) C# Software Developer
11 36 (6.98%) Engineering Manager
12 34 (6.59%) Lead
13 33 (6.40%) Data Engineer
13 33 (6.40%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.40%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.40%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 31 (6.01%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (32.56%) .NET
2 70 (13.57%) CSS
3 47 (9.11%) React
4 45 (8.72%) HTML
5 39 (7.56%) .NET Core
6 38 (7.36%) jQuery
7 33 (6.40%) AngularJS
8 31 (6.01%) REST
9 29 (5.62%) ASP.NET
10 25 (4.84%) .NET Framework
11 24 (4.65%) Entity Framework
12 23 (4.46%) RESTful
13 21 (4.07%) Node.js
14 16 (3.10%) Vue
15 15 (2.91%) JSON
15 15 (2.91%) XML
16 14 (2.71%) ASP.NET Core
16 14 (2.71%) SOAP
17 13 (2.52%) Kafka
17 13 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.46%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.91%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.91%) Legacy Applications
3 15 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.91%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.71%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.13%) Low-Code
6 11 (2.13%) Replication
7 8 (1.55%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.36%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.16%) Clustering
9 6 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (0.78%) CMDB
11 4 (0.78%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.58%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.95%) Windows
2 45 (8.72%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.98%) Linux
4 9 (1.74%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.16%) VMS
7 5 (0.97%) Debian
8 3 (0.58%) CentOS
8 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (32.56%) Agile
2 104 (20.16%) DevOps
3 94 (18.22%) Data Engineering
4 91 (17.64%) Roadmaps
5 87 (16.86%) AI
6 82 (15.89%) CI/CD
7 81 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (15.31%) Data Architecture
9 78 (15.12%) Migration
10 77 (14.92%) Business Intelligence
11 76 (14.73%) Full-Stack Development
12 74 (14.34%) Software Engineering
13 72 (13.95%) Computer Science
14 70 (13.57%) Mentoring
15 67 (12.98%) Regulatory Compliance
16 66 (12.79%) Machine Learning
17 65 (12.60%) Line Management
17 65 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
18 62 (12.02%) Data Governance
19 61 (11.82%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 313 (60.66%) SQL
2 173 (33.53%) C#
3 88 (17.05%) Python
4 59 (11.43%) JavaScript
5 57 (11.05%) T-SQL
6 51 (9.88%) PHP
7 50 (9.69%) PowerShell
8 46 (8.91%) Java
9 37 (7.17%) TypeScript
10 26 (5.04%) C++
11 16 (3.10%) R
12 14 (2.71%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.52%) Bash
14 11 (2.13%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.16%) Bicep
16 6 (1.16%) VBA
16 6 (1.16%) VBScript
17 4 (0.78%) VB
18 3 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (18.99%) Degree
2 62 (12.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.29%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.91%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.16%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) HNC
8 5 (0.97%) HND
8 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.39%) CCNA
10 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.39%) MCSA
10 2 (0.39%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.68%) SLA
4 17 (3.29%) GDPR
5 16 (3.10%) QA
6 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 63 (12.21%) Virtual Machines
2 54 (10.47%) Active Directory
3 44 (8.53%) Docker
4 7 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.97%) vSphere
6 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.04%) Terraform
3 8 (1.55%) Ansible
4 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.78%) Grafana
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.39%) MIIS
8 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.39%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 249 (48.26%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.34%) Databricks
3 50 (9.69%) Oracle
4 21 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.10%) Cisco
6 14 (2.71%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.33%) VMware
8 11 (2.13%) Veeam
9 10 (1.94%) Citrix
9 10 (1.94%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.74%) ConnectWise
10 9 (1.74%) WooCommerce
11 7 (1.36%) iManage
12 5 (0.97%) IBM
12 5 (0.97%) Meraki
12 5 (0.97%) Synology
13 4 (0.78%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.78%) Dell
13 4 (0.78%) ESRI
13 4 (0.78%) JDA
173 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs