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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 60 58
Rank change year-on-year -42 -2 -25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 636 823 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.60% 5.06% 4.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.96% 30.17% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 535 485 705
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +1.85% -5.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £86,250 £85,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 3,186 2,728 4,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.02% 16.77% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 1,903 3,268
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £39,425
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,751 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,900
% change year-on-year - -4.61% +0.64%

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 20 September 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 45 (7.08%) IIS
2 37 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.57%) Confluence
5 6 (0.94%) nginx
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.63%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.63%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.47%) Apache
9 2 (0.31%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.16%) Documentum
10 1 (0.16%) Drupal
10 1 (0.16%) SAS
10 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.79%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.31%) Magento
4 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Finacle
5 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 374 (58.81%) Azure
2 104 (16.35%) AWS
3 93 (14.62%) Power Platform
4 89 (13.99%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (10.38%) Snowflake
6 52 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (8.18%) SaaS
7 50 (7.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 48 (7.55%) Azure AI
9 41 (6.45%) Azure Machine Learning
10 39 (6.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 29 (4.56%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (4.40%) Power Automate
13 27 (4.25%) PowerApps
14 25 (3.93%) Serverless
15 24 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (3.77%) Entra ID
15 24 (3.77%) GCP
16 19 (2.99%) GitHub
17 18 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.60%) Firewall
2 31 (4.87%) DNS
3 30 (4.72%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.25%) VPN
5 22 (3.46%) DHCP
6 10 (1.57%) VLAN
6 10 (1.57%) WAN
7 8 (1.26%) HTTP
7 8 (1.26%) LAN
7 8 (1.26%) VoIP
8 6 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.79%) Network Security
10 3 (0.47%) FTP
10 3 (0.47%) Wireless
11 2 (0.31%) Broadband
11 2 (0.31%) SAN
12 1 (0.16%) Intranet
12 1 (0.16%) RTP
12 1 (0.16%) SS7
12 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 69 (10.85%) Power BI
2 53 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 51 (8.02%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.70%) PostgreSQL
4 49 (7.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (5.66%) MySQL
6 34 (5.35%) Redis
7 31 (4.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (4.56%) MongoDB
9 23 (3.62%) NoSQL
10 21 (3.30%) Data Lake
11 13 (2.04%) Metadata
12 12 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.73%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.73%) Star Schema
14 10 (1.57%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.57%) Tableau
15 9 (1.42%) Amazon QuickSight
15 9 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (9.28%) Git
2 23 (3.62%) JIRA
3 10 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.10%) NUnit
6 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.94%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.31%) MSTest
10 2 (0.31%) Selenium
11 1 (0.16%) Gatling
11 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.16%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.16%) JMeter
11 1 (0.16%) JUnit
11 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 180 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 152 (23.90%) Finance
3 72 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.92%) Law
5 36 (5.66%) Legal
6 35 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.25%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.46%) Banking
9 15 (2.36%) Retail
10 11 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.57%) Front Office
12 9 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.94%) Legal Technology
14 6 (0.94%) Marketing
14 6 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.79%) Billing
15 5 (0.79%) Publishing
16 3 (0.47%) Advertising
16 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 222 (34.91%) Developer
2 100 (15.72%) Senior
3 76 (11.95%) Software Developer
4 65 (10.22%) Data Engineer
5 59 (9.28%) .NET Developer
5 59 (9.28%) Graduate
6 58 (9.12%) Software Engineer
7 56 (8.81%) Lead
8 52 (8.18%) SQL Developer
9 45 (7.08%) Azure Engineer
10 39 (6.13%) Analyst
11 38 (5.97%) Full-Stack Developer
12 36 (5.66%) C# Developer
12 36 (5.66%) Lead Developer
13 32 (5.03%) Senior Developer
14 31 (4.87%) Architect
14 31 (4.87%) Graduate Developer
14 31 (4.87%) Graduate Software Developer
15 28 (4.40%) Support Analyst
16 26 (4.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (34.59%) .NET
2 70 (11.01%) CSS
3 62 (9.75%) .NET Framework
4 60 (9.43%) ASP.NET
5 56 (8.81%) .NET Core
5 56 (8.81%) REST
6 54 (8.49%) HTML
6 54 (8.49%) React
7 45 (7.08%) Entity Framework
8 43 (6.76%) AngularJS
9 38 (5.97%) Node.js
10 34 (5.35%) XML
11 32 (5.03%) jQuery
12 30 (4.72%) Blazor
12 30 (4.72%) Terraform
13 27 (4.25%) Vue
14 20 (3.14%) JSON
14 20 (3.14%) Web Services
15 19 (2.99%) RESTful
16 18 (2.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (4.09%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.67%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.36%) AI Agents
7 15 (2.36%) Replication
8 13 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.57%) Clustering
11 9 (1.42%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.94%) Equities
13 6 (0.94%) Online Gambling
14 5 (0.79%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 103 (16.19%) Windows
2 70 (11.01%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.45%) Linux
4 9 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.26%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.31%) AIX
7 2 (0.31%) Android
7 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (28.93%) Agile
2 163 (25.63%) DevOps
3 136 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (19.18%) CI/CD
5 117 (18.40%) AI
5 117 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 115 (18.08%) Software Engineering
7 93 (14.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 90 (14.15%) Computer Science
9 89 (13.99%) Migration
10 87 (13.68%) Data Architecture
11 86 (13.52%) Roadmaps
12 84 (13.21%) Mentoring
13 81 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
14 80 (12.58%) Data Engineering
15 74 (11.64%) Clean Code
16 69 (10.85%) Analytics
17 68 (10.69%) ETL
18 64 (10.06%) Microservices
19 59 (9.28%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 353 (55.50%) SQL
2 262 (41.19%) C#
3 99 (15.57%) JavaScript
4 87 (13.68%) Python
5 58 (9.12%) PowerShell
6 57 (8.96%) PHP
7 55 (8.65%) TypeScript
8 50 (7.86%) T-SQL
9 47 (7.39%) Java
10 24 (3.77%) C++
11 11 (1.73%) Bicep
11 11 (1.73%) Go
12 9 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.26%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.10%) VBA
15 6 (0.94%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.94%) VBScript
16 5 (0.79%) Bash
16 5 (0.79%) Rust
16 5 (0.79%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 118 (18.55%) Degree
2 69 (10.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.63%) HNC
10 4 (0.63%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.28%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.66%) QA
3 23 (3.62%) GDPR
4 19 (2.99%) SLA
5 11 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.47%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (8.65%) Virtual Machines
2 54 (8.49%) Docker
3 52 (8.18%) Active Directory
4 19 (2.99%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.63%) vSphere
7 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.16%) HDFS
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.89%) Ansible
4 7 (1.10%) Grafana
4 7 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.79%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.47%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.31%) SCCM
9 1 (0.16%) Consul
9 1 (0.16%) Control-M
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.16%) MIIS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Packer
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
9 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 335 (52.67%) Microsoft
2 76 (11.95%) Databricks
3 45 (7.08%) Oracle
4 21 (3.30%) VMware
5 14 (2.20%) Google
5 14 (2.20%) Informatica
5 14 (2.20%) Veeam
6 13 (2.04%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.73%) IBM
7 11 (1.73%) iManage
7 11 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.57%) Citrix
8 10 (1.57%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.57%) Talend
9 9 (1.42%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.26%) Cisco
11 6 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.79%) Intapp
12 5 (0.79%) Remedy
12 5 (0.79%) Sybase