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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 50 22
Rank change year-on-year -41 -28 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 521 899 2,675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 5.96% 7.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.58% 27.39% 35.84%
Number of salaries quoted 459 554 2,382
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,669 £36,012
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% -1.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,375 £78,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% -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 2,531 3,282 7,464
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.01% 21.74% 21.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 2,191 6,250
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £37,000
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 £79,614 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £104,100
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 9 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 28 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (4.99%) IIS
3 23 (4.41%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.30%) Confluence
5 6 (1.15%) 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 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.54%) Magento
3 7 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.15%) Shopify
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.38%) 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
1 334 (64.11%) Azure
2 86 (16.51%) AWS
3 80 (15.36%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.52%) Snowflake
5 57 (10.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 56 (10.75%) Azure Machine Learning
7 55 (10.56%) Azure AI
8 49 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (9.40%) SaaS
9 46 (8.83%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (5.57%) Serverless
11 24 (4.61%) Entra ID
12 23 (4.41%) GitHub
13 22 (4.22%) PaaS
14 19 (3.65%) Power Automate
15 17 (3.26%) PowerApps
16 16 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
18 12 (2.30%) Azure Functions
18 12 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.76%) Firewall
2 17 (3.26%) VPN
3 9 (1.73%) DNS
3 9 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.54%) VLAN
5 7 (1.34%) DHCP
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
5 7 (1.34%) VoIP
6 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.96%) STUN
7 4 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.58%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) AMQP
9 2 (0.38%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.38%) LAN
9 2 (0.38%) WAN
10 1 (0.19%) Network Security
10 1 (0.19%) RTSP
10 1 (0.19%) SCTP
10 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (12.28%) Power BI
2 43 (8.25%) MySQL
3 39 (7.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 37 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (6.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 27 (5.18%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.07%) Oracle Database
9 12 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.30%) MongoDB
10 11 (2.11%) Db2
11 10 (1.92%) Redis
12 9 (1.73%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.15%) Tableau
14 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.96%) Metadata
15 4 (0.77%) Power Query
16 3 (0.58%) QGIS
16 3 (0.58%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 25 (4.80%) JIRA
2 18 (3.45%) Git
3 12 (2.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.54%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.77%) NUnit
7 3 (0.58%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Selenium
8 2 (0.38%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.38%) MSTest
8 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Gatling
9 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.19%) JMeter
9 1 (0.19%) JUnit
9 1 (0.19%) Maven
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 161 (30.90%) Finance
2 130 (24.95%) Social Skills
3 61 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.99%) Banking
5 21 (4.03%) Law
6 18 (3.45%) Legal
7 17 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.69%) Retail
9 13 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.34%) Front Office
13 6 (1.15%) Back Office
14 4 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Publishing
15 3 (0.58%) Automotive
15 3 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 167 (32.05%) Developer
2 95 (18.23%) Senior
3 69 (13.24%) Software Developer
4 54 (10.36%) SQL Developer
5 51 (9.79%) Analyst
5 51 (9.79%) Graduate
6 45 (8.64%) C# Developer
7 43 (8.25%) Graduate Developer
7 43 (8.25%) Graduate Software Developer
8 42 (8.06%) Software Engineer
9 39 (7.49%) Data Engineer
10 37 (7.10%) C# Software Developer
10 37 (7.10%) Data Manager
11 36 (6.91%) Engineering Manager
12 34 (6.53%) Applications Support
13 33 (6.33%) Finance Manager
13 33 (6.33%) Graduate C# Developer
13 33 (6.33%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 33 (6.33%) Support Analyst
14 32 (6.14%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (31.09%) .NET
2 74 (14.20%) CSS
3 46 (8.83%) HTML
4 45 (8.64%) React
5 41 (7.87%) jQuery
6 36 (6.91%) .NET Core
7 33 (6.33%) AngularJS
8 30 (5.76%) REST
9 28 (5.37%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.18%) .NET Framework
11 23 (4.41%) Entity Framework
12 22 (4.22%) Node.js
13 19 (3.65%) RESTful
14 17 (3.26%) XML
15 16 (3.07%) Vue
16 15 (2.88%) JSON
17 13 (2.50%) Kafka
18 12 (2.30%) Middleware
19 11 (2.11%) ASP.NET Core
19 11 (2.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.84%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.88%) Data Structures
2 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (2.88%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
3 14 (2.69%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.11%) Replication
7 10 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.15%) Clustering
9 6 (1.15%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.96%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.96%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.16%) Windows
2 52 (9.98%) Windows Server
3 34 (6.53%) Linux
4 8 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 8 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.96%) Debian
6 4 (0.77%) VMS
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) AIX
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (32.05%) Agile
2 99 (19.00%) Data Engineering
3 94 (18.04%) AI
4 93 (17.85%) DevOps
5 90 (17.27%) Roadmaps
6 81 (15.55%) Business Intelligence
7 80 (15.36%) Full-Stack Development
8 79 (15.16%) Data Architecture
8 79 (15.16%) Migration
9 76 (14.59%) Computer Science
10 72 (13.82%) CI/CD
10 72 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 72 (13.82%) Software Engineering
11 70 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
12 67 (12.86%) Mentoring
12 67 (12.86%) Regulatory Compliance
13 65 (12.48%) Machine Learning
14 64 (12.28%) Line Management
15 62 (11.90%) Analytics
15 62 (11.90%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 322 (61.80%) SQL
2 174 (33.40%) C#
3 92 (17.66%) Python
4 59 (11.32%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.56%) PHP
6 54 (10.36%) T-SQL
7 53 (10.17%) PowerShell
8 49 (9.40%) Java
9 39 (7.49%) TypeScript
10 31 (5.95%) C++
11 15 (2.88%) R
12 14 (2.69%) PL/SQL
13 13 (2.50%) Bash
14 11 (2.11%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.15%) VBA
16 6 (1.15%) VBScript
17 5 (0.96%) Bicep
18 4 (0.77%) VB
19 3 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 104 (19.96%) Degree
2 65 (12.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.07%) Azure Certification
4 15 (2.88%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.73%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.15%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.96%) HNC
8 5 (0.96%) HND
8 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.58%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
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%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.68%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.26%) GDPR
3 17 (3.26%) SLA
4 16 (3.07%) QA
5 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) 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 63 (12.09%) Virtual Machines
2 58 (11.13%) Active Directory
3 35 (6.72%) Docker
4 9 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.96%) vSphere
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (4.99%) Kubernetes
1 26 (4.99%) Terraform
2 7 (1.34%) Ansible
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
4 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.38%) Grafana
6 2 (0.38%) MIIS
6 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.19%) CASB
7 1 (0.19%) Consul
7 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.19%) Packer
7 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 261 (50.10%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.40%) Databricks
3 47 (9.02%) Oracle
4 18 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.07%) Cisco
6 15 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.69%) VMware
8 13 (2.50%) Citrix
9 11 (2.11%) Veeam
10 9 (1.73%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.34%) iManage
12 6 (1.15%) ConnectWise
12 6 (1.15%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.96%) IBM
13 5 (0.96%) Meraki
13 5 (0.96%) Synology
14 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.77%) Dell
14 4 (0.77%) JDA
14 4 (0.77%) OneLogin