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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -43 -28 +16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 514 897 2,680
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 5.97% 7.87%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.49% 27.42% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 455 553 2,389
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,613 £36,096
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £80,121 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,500 £77,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% -

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 2,509 3,271 7,476
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.94% 21.78% 21.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 2,188 6,269
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 £79,932 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £104,000
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 8 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 29 (5.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (4.86%) IIS
3 24 (4.67%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.33%) Confluence
5 6 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.58%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.58%) SAS
7 2 (0.39%) Apache
7 2 (0.39%) CMS
7 2 (0.39%) JBoss
7 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.75%) Magento
3 8 (1.56%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (1.36%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 330 (64.20%) Azure
2 85 (16.54%) AWS
3 76 (14.79%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.67%) Snowflake
5 57 (11.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.89%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.70%) Azure AI
8 49 (9.53%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (9.53%) SaaS
9 46 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (5.45%) Serverless
11 25 (4.86%) Entra ID
12 23 (4.47%) GitHub
13 22 (4.28%) PaaS
14 20 (3.89%) Power Automate
15 17 (3.31%) PowerApps
16 16 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
18 12 (2.33%) Azure Functions
18 12 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.64%) Firewall
2 17 (3.31%) VPN
3 9 (1.75%) DNS
3 9 (1.75%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.75%) VLAN
4 7 (1.36%) DHCP
4 7 (1.36%) DMZ
4 7 (1.36%) VoIP
5 5 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.97%) STUN
6 4 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.58%) SAN
8 2 (0.39%) AMQP
8 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.39%) Network Security
8 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.39%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) FTP
9 1 (0.19%) HTTP
9 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (12.06%) Power BI
2 43 (8.37%) MySQL
3 38 (7.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 36 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (7.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (5.06%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.92%) Oracle Database
8 12 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.14%) Db2
10 10 (1.95%) Redis
11 9 (1.75%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.97%) Metadata
12 5 (0.97%) Tableau
13 4 (0.78%) Power Query
14 3 (0.58%) QGIS
14 3 (0.58%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 26 (5.06%) JIRA
2 17 (3.31%) Git
3 12 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.78%) NUnit
5 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) Maven
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 161 (31.32%) Finance
2 129 (25.10%) Social Skills
3 62 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.67%) Banking
5 21 (4.09%) Law
6 18 (3.50%) Legal
7 16 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.53%) Retail
9 11 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.56%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.36%) Back Office
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
15 3 (0.58%) Marketing
15 3 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (32.10%) Developer
2 96 (18.68%) Senior
3 69 (13.42%) Software Developer
4 53 (10.31%) SQL Developer
5 52 (10.12%) Analyst
6 51 (9.92%) Graduate
7 45 (8.75%) C# Developer
8 43 (8.37%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (8.37%) Graduate Software Developer
9 41 (7.98%) Software Engineer
10 38 (7.39%) Data Engineer
11 37 (7.20%) C# Software Developer
11 37 (7.20%) Data Manager
12 36 (7.00%) Engineering Manager
13 35 (6.81%) Applications Support
14 34 (6.61%) Support Analyst
15 33 (6.42%) Finance Manager
15 33 (6.42%) Graduate C# Developer
15 33 (6.42%) Graduate C# Software Developer
16 31 (6.03%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (31.32%) .NET
2 74 (14.40%) CSS
3 46 (8.95%) HTML
4 43 (8.37%) React
5 41 (7.98%) jQuery
6 35 (6.81%) .NET Core
7 33 (6.42%) AngularJS
8 29 (5.64%) REST
9 28 (5.45%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.25%) .NET Framework
11 23 (4.47%) Entity Framework
12 21 (4.09%) Node.js
13 19 (3.70%) RESTful
14 17 (3.31%) XML
15 16 (3.11%) Vue
16 15 (2.92%) JSON
17 13 (2.53%) Kafka
18 12 (2.33%) Middleware
19 11 (2.14%) ASP.NET Core
19 11 (2.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.89%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.92%) Data Structures
2 15 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.92%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.72%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (2.72%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.14%) Replication
6 10 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.95%) Low-Code
6 10 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.56%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.17%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.97%) Clustering
9 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.78%) CMDB
10 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.98%) Windows
2 51 (9.92%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.61%) Linux
4 8 (1.56%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.97%) Debian
7 4 (0.78%) VMS
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
1 166 (32.30%) Agile
2 97 (18.87%) Data Engineering
3 93 (18.09%) DevOps
4 91 (17.70%) AI
5 89 (17.32%) Roadmaps
6 79 (15.37%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (15.37%) Data Architecture
7 78 (15.18%) Migration
8 76 (14.79%) Computer Science
8 76 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
9 72 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (13.62%) CI/CD
11 69 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
12 68 (13.23%) Software Engineering
13 67 (13.04%) Mentoring
13 67 (13.04%) Regulatory Compliance
14 65 (12.65%) Line Management
14 65 (12.65%) Machine Learning
15 62 (12.06%) Analytics
15 62 (12.06%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 322 (62.65%) SQL
2 172 (33.46%) C#
3 90 (17.51%) Python
4 56 (10.89%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.70%) PHP
5 55 (10.70%) T-SQL
6 52 (10.12%) PowerShell
7 48 (9.34%) Java
8 37 (7.20%) TypeScript
9 31 (6.03%) C++
10 15 (2.92%) R
11 14 (2.72%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.53%) Bash
13 11 (2.14%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.17%) VBA
15 6 (1.17%) VBScript
16 5 (0.97%) Bicep
17 4 (0.78%) VB
18 3 (0.58%) Korn
Qualifications
1 104 (20.23%) Degree
2 65 (12.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.31%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.92%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.56%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.17%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) HNC
8 5 (0.97%) HND
8 5 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) CCNA
11 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.39%) MCSA
11 2 (0.39%) MCSE
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.78%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.31%) GDPR
3 17 (3.31%) SLA
4 15 (2.92%) QA
5 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.39%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 64 (12.45%) Virtual Machines
2 57 (11.09%) Active Directory
3 36 (7.00%) Docker
4 8 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.97%) vSphere
7 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.86%) Terraform
3 7 (1.36%) Ansible
3 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.97%) 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 (0.58%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.39%) Grafana
7 2 (0.39%) MIIS
7 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) CASB
8 1 (0.19%) Consul
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.19%) SCCM
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 256 (49.81%) Microsoft
2 74 (14.40%) Databricks
3 46 (8.95%) Oracle
4 19 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.11%) Cisco
6 15 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.53%) Citrix
7 13 (2.53%) VMware
8 11 (2.14%) Veeam
9 9 (1.75%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.36%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.36%) iManage
10 7 (1.36%) WooCommerce
11 5 (0.97%) IBM
11 5 (0.97%) Meraki
11 5 (0.97%) Synology
12 4 (0.78%) Dell
12 4 (0.78%) JDA
12 4 (0.78%) OneLogin
12 4 (0.78%) OpenAI