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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -30 -32 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 530 690 2,688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 5.12% 8.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.88% 21.09% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 477 584 2,447
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,060 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,375 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -1.79%

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 2,316 3,271 7,226
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.77% 24.29% 22.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,737 2,412 6,220
10th Percentile £36,400 £37,500 £37,101
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,250 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £95,000
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 2 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 24 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.64%) IIS
4 11 (2.08%) Confluence
5 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.94%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.94%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.94%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
6 3 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Moodle
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (3.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (2.08%) Magento
4 9 (1.70%) Shopify
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 346 (65.28%) Azure
2 110 (20.75%) AWS
3 72 (13.58%) SaaS
4 64 (12.08%) Power Platform
5 58 (10.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 57 (10.75%) Azure AI
6 57 (10.75%) Snowflake
7 56 (10.57%) Azure Machine Learning
8 50 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
10 39 (7.36%) GitHub
11 32 (6.04%) Serverless
12 29 (5.47%) Entra ID
13 22 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (3.58%) Power Automate
15 18 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (3.40%) PaaS
16 16 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (3.02%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.28%) Firewall
2 16 (3.02%) VPN
3 10 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.51%) DNS
5 7 (1.32%) DMZ
5 7 (1.32%) VLAN
6 6 (1.13%) DHCP
6 6 (1.13%) VoIP
7 5 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.94%) STUN
8 4 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.57%) AMQP
9 3 (0.57%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.38%) Network Security
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.38%) WAN
11 1 (0.19%) LAN
11 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.57%) Power BI
2 49 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (8.68%) MySQL
4 42 (7.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 35 (6.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 33 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (3.77%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.40%) NoSQL
9 15 (2.83%) Oracle Database
10 12 (2.26%) MongoDB
11 11 (2.08%) DB2
11 11 (2.08%) Redis
12 10 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.13%) Metadata
14 5 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.94%) GIS
14 5 (0.94%) QGIS
15 4 (0.75%) Power Query
15 4 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (7.36%) Git
2 23 (4.34%) JIRA
3 13 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.89%) Selenium
4 10 (1.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 8 (1.51%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.51%) GitLab
5 8 (1.51%) JUnit
6 7 (1.32%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.94%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.75%) NUnit
9 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.57%) Maven
9 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) MSTest
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.19%) Gatling
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 161 (30.38%) Finance
2 141 (26.60%) Social Skills
3 58 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.47%) Banking
5 15 (2.83%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.45%) Legal
7 12 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.08%) Retail
9 10 (1.89%) Back Office
10 9 (1.70%) Law
11 5 (0.94%) Automotive
11 5 (0.94%) Front Office
11 5 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.75%) Marketing
12 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.38%) Billing
14 2 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 168 (31.70%) Developer
2 114 (21.51%) Senior
3 75 (14.15%) Software Developer
4 53 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 49 (9.25%) Graduate
5 49 (9.25%) Graduate Developer
5 49 (9.25%) Graduate Software Developer
5 49 (9.25%) SQL Developer
6 48 (9.06%) Analyst
7 42 (7.92%) C# Software Developer
8 39 (7.36%) Azure Developer
8 39 (7.36%) Graduate C# Developer
8 39 (7.36%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 39 (7.36%) Software Engineer
9 37 (6.98%) .NET Developer
9 37 (6.98%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 36 (6.79%) Data Manager
10 36 (6.79%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (6.60%) Senior Developer
11 35 (6.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (33.77%) .NET
2 75 (14.15%) CSS
3 48 (9.06%) React
4 46 (8.68%) .NET Core
5 43 (8.11%) HTML
6 42 (7.92%) jQuery
7 34 (6.42%) REST
8 30 (5.66%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.28%) .NET Framework
10 27 (5.09%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.09%) Entity Framework
11 26 (4.91%) RESTful
12 19 (3.58%) Django
13 17 (3.21%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.02%) JSON
14 16 (3.02%) SOAP
15 15 (2.83%) Node.js
16 14 (2.64%) ASP.NET Web API
16 14 (2.64%) Kafka
16 14 (2.64%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (3.96%) Legacy Applications
4 18 (3.40%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.02%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.89%) Driving Licence
7 10 (1.89%) Replication
8 8 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.51%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.32%) NHS
9 7 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.94%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.94%) Clustering
11 5 (0.94%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (0.75%) CMDB
12 4 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (14.34%) Windows
2 45 (8.49%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.60%) Linux
4 10 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.70%) VMS
6 5 (0.94%) Debian
6 5 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.57%) CentOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (35.47%) Agile
2 116 (21.89%) DevOps
3 100 (18.87%) CI/CD
4 91 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 91 (17.17%) Data Engineering
5 89 (16.79%) Roadmaps
6 88 (16.60%) Mentoring
7 82 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (15.47%) Software Engineering
8 80 (15.09%) Migration
9 77 (14.53%) AI
9 77 (14.53%) Data Architecture
10 75 (14.15%) Computer Science
11 70 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
12 67 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
12 67 (12.64%) Regulatory Compliance
13 66 (12.45%) Machine Learning
13 66 (12.45%) MVC
14 62 (11.70%) Data Governance
15 60 (11.32%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 314 (59.25%) SQL
2 185 (34.91%) C#
3 93 (17.55%) Python
4 59 (11.13%) Java
5 58 (10.94%) JavaScript
6 57 (10.75%) PHP
7 54 (10.19%) T-SQL
8 44 (8.30%) PowerShell
9 37 (6.98%) TypeScript
10 32 (6.04%) C++
11 16 (3.02%) R
12 14 (2.64%) PL/SQL
13 11 (2.08%) Bash
13 11 (2.08%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.70%) Bicep
14 9 (1.70%) Delphi
15 5 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.75%) Scala
16 4 (0.75%) VBA
16 4 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 102 (19.25%) Degree
2 65 (12.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.21%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.83%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.32%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.94%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.94%) HNC
8 5 (0.94%) HND
8 5 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.38%) CCNA
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.38%) MCSA
11 2 (0.38%) MCSE
12 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.92%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.34%) QA
3 19 (3.58%) SLA
4 18 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (3.21%) GDPR
6 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
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 61 (11.51%) Virtual Machines
2 53 (10.00%) Docker
3 51 (9.62%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.94%) vSphere
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 47 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.66%) Terraform
3 12 (2.26%) Grafana
4 10 (1.89%) Ansible
5 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.94%) SCCM
7 4 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.38%) MIIS
9 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.19%) CASB
10 1 (0.19%) Consul
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.19%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 240 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 71 (13.40%) Databricks
3 59 (11.13%) Oracle
4 21 (3.96%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.02%) Cisco
6 11 (2.08%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.08%) VMware
7 9 (1.70%) Citrix
7 9 (1.70%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.70%) Veeam
7 9 (1.70%) WooCommerce
8 7 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.94%) ESRI
9 5 (0.94%) Google
9 5 (0.94%) iManage
9 5 (0.94%) Meraki
9 5 (0.94%) Synology
10 4 (0.75%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.75%) New Relic