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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 46 22
Rank change year-on-year -41 -24 +19
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 522 932 2,675
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.83% 6.41% 8.21%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.58% 26.63% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 469 572 2,435
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,525 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £83,625 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 2,419 3,500 7,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.10% 24.06% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 2,373 6,211
10th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £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 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £95,700
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 12 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 26 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.07%) IIS
4 13 (2.49%) Confluence
5 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.57%) nginx
7 3 (0.57%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.57%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache
8 2 (0.38%) CMS
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (2.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (2.11%) Magento
3 9 (1.72%) Shopify
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.38%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Actimize
6 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 342 (65.52%) Azure
2 98 (18.77%) AWS
3 69 (13.22%) SaaS
4 67 (12.84%) Power Platform
5 61 (11.69%) Snowflake
6 58 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 57 (10.92%) Azure AI
8 56 (10.73%) Azure Machine Learning
9 49 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
10 46 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (5.75%) GitHub
12 29 (5.56%) Serverless
13 27 (5.17%) Entra ID
14 21 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (3.64%) PaaS
15 19 (3.64%) Power Automate
16 16 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (3.07%) PowerApps
17 14 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
18 12 (2.30%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.75%) Firewall
2 15 (2.87%) VPN
3 10 (1.92%) DNS
4 9 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.72%) VLAN
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
6 6 (1.15%) DHCP
6 6 (1.15%) VoIP
7 5 (0.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.96%) STUN
8 4 (0.77%) 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 58 (11.11%) Power BI
2 42 (8.05%) MySQL
2 42 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (7.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (4.02%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.07%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.87%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.87%) Oracle Database
8 15 (2.87%) Redis
9 11 (2.11%) DB2
10 8 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.15%) Metadata
12 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.77%) GIS
13 4 (0.77%) Power Query
13 4 (0.77%) QGIS
13 4 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.75%) Git
2 27 (5.17%) JIRA
3 10 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.53%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.96%) NUnit
5 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.57%) Maven
6 3 (0.57%) MSTest
6 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) JMeter
8 1 (0.19%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.19%) Moq
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) Vagrant
General
1 158 (30.27%) Finance
2 128 (24.52%) Social Skills
3 55 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (4.79%) Banking
5 15 (2.87%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.68%) Law
6 14 (2.68%) Legal
7 11 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.11%) Retail
8 10 (1.92%) Back Office
9 5 (0.96%) Automotive
9 5 (0.96%) Front Office
9 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.77%) Publishing
11 3 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.38%) Billing
12 2 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (31.03%) Developer
2 110 (21.07%) Senior
3 67 (12.84%) Software Developer
4 49 (9.39%) C# Developer
5 48 (9.20%) Analyst
6 46 (8.81%) SQL Developer
7 45 (8.62%) Graduate
7 45 (8.62%) Graduate Developer
7 45 (8.62%) Graduate Software Developer
8 38 (7.28%) C# Software Developer
8 38 (7.28%) Lead
9 37 (7.09%) Data Manager
9 37 (7.09%) Software Engineer
10 36 (6.90%) .NET Developer
10 36 (6.90%) Applications Support
10 36 (6.90%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (6.70%) Graduate C# Developer
11 35 (6.70%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 33 (6.32%) Finance Manager
12 33 (6.32%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (34.29%) .NET
2 70 (13.41%) CSS
3 48 (9.20%) React
4 43 (8.24%) .NET Core
5 42 (8.05%) HTML
6 39 (7.47%) jQuery
7 35 (6.70%) REST
8 32 (6.13%) AngularJS
9 29 (5.56%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.17%) .NET Framework
10 27 (5.17%) RESTful
11 25 (4.79%) Entity Framework
12 21 (4.02%) Node.js
13 17 (3.26%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.07%) Vue
15 15 (2.87%) JSON
15 15 (2.87%) SOAP
16 14 (2.68%) Kafka
16 14 (2.68%) XML
17 12 (2.30%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.79%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.45%) Legacy Applications
2 18 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.07%) Data Structures
3 16 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (3.07%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.07%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.92%) Replication
6 9 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.72%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.15%) NHS
8 6 (1.15%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.96%) Clustering
9 5 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.18%) Windows
2 43 (8.24%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.09%) Linux
4 9 (1.72%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.72%) VMS
5 5 (0.96%) Debian
5 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.57%) CentOS
6 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) AIX
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) Solaris
7 1 (0.19%) Unix
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (33.91%) Agile
2 107 (20.50%) DevOps
3 97 (18.58%) Data Engineering
4 92 (17.62%) Roadmaps
5 90 (17.24%) CI/CD
6 88 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (16.48%) AI
8 80 (15.33%) Migration
9 79 (15.13%) Data Architecture
10 78 (14.94%) Mentoring
11 77 (14.75%) Software Engineering
12 74 (14.18%) Computer Science
12 74 (14.18%) Full-Stack Development
13 72 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
14 70 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
15 67 (12.84%) Regulatory Compliance
16 65 (12.45%) Machine Learning
17 62 (11.88%) Analytics
17 62 (11.88%) Data Governance
17 62 (11.88%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 315 (60.34%) SQL
2 185 (35.44%) C#
3 88 (16.86%) Python
4 61 (11.69%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.54%) T-SQL
6 53 (10.15%) PHP
7 48 (9.20%) Java
8 45 (8.62%) PowerShell
9 40 (7.66%) TypeScript
10 28 (5.36%) C++
11 15 (2.87%) R
12 14 (2.68%) PL/SQL
13 12 (2.30%) Bash
14 11 (2.11%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.53%) Bicep
16 6 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.77%) VB
17 4 (0.77%) VBA
17 4 (0.77%) VBScript
18 3 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (18.77%) Degree
2 65 (12.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.07%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.68%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.15%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.96%) HNC
7 5 (0.96%) HND
7 5 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.38%) CCNA
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.38%) MCSA
10 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.83%) QA
3 19 (3.64%) SLA
4 18 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (3.26%) GDPR
6 4 (0.77%) 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 62 (11.88%) Virtual Machines
2 51 (9.77%) Active Directory
3 44 (8.43%) Docker
4 8 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.96%) vSphere
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.19%) Firmware
10 1 (0.19%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 38 (7.28%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.36%) Terraform
3 9 (1.72%) Ansible
4 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.77%) Grafana
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.77%) SCCM
6 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.57%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) MIIS
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
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
1 246 (47.13%) Microsoft
2 75 (14.37%) Databricks
3 51 (9.77%) Oracle
4 21 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.07%) Cisco
6 13 (2.49%) VMware
7 11 (2.11%) Veeam
8 10 (1.92%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.72%) Citrix
9 9 (1.72%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.72%) WooCommerce
10 8 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.96%) IBM
11 5 (0.96%) iManage
11 5 (0.96%) Meraki
11 5 (0.96%) Synology
12 4 (0.77%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.77%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.77%) Okta
12 4 (0.77%) OneLogin