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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 57 20
Rank change year-on-year -37 -37 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 452 794 2,607
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.76% 5.18% 9.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.23% 19.80% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 373 549 2,395
10th Percentile £35,850 £33,640 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,137
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,100 £77,500
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 2,129 4,010 6,718
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.00% 26.15% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 2,420 5,776
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 22 February 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 18 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.54%) IIS
2 16 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.77%) Confluence
4 5 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.88%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.88%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.88%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.88%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.88%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.66%) Apache
6 3 (0.66%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.44%) CMS
7 2 (0.44%) Moodle
7 2 (0.44%) nginx
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.44%) SAS
7 2 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (5.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.98%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.99%) Magento
3 9 (1.99%) Shopify
4 3 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.66%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.44%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.44%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.22%) Actimize
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 264 (58.41%) Azure
2 92 (20.35%) AWS
3 88 (19.47%) SaaS
4 84 (18.58%) Power Platform
5 57 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (8.19%) GitHub
8 35 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (7.74%) Serverless
9 28 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (6.19%) Entra ID
10 25 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (3.98%) GCP
13 17 (3.76%) PaaS
14 14 (3.10%) Azure App Service
14 14 (3.10%) PowerApps
15 13 (2.88%) Power Automate
16 11 (2.43%) Amazon S3
16 11 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.31%) Firewall
2 11 (2.43%) TCP/IP
2 11 (2.43%) VPN
3 10 (2.21%) DNS
4 7 (1.55%) DMZ
5 6 (1.33%) VLAN
6 5 (1.11%) DHCP
6 5 (1.11%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (1.11%) SSL
6 5 (1.11%) STUN
6 5 (1.11%) VoIP
7 3 (0.66%) AMQP
7 3 (0.66%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) Internet
9 1 (0.22%) IPv6
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
9 1 (0.22%) SAN
9 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (17.26%) Power BI
2 65 (14.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 48 (10.62%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (10.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (9.96%) MySQL
6 40 (8.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (5.09%) MongoDB
8 23 (5.09%) NoSQL
9 18 (3.98%) Relational Database
10 10 (2.21%) DB2
11 8 (1.77%) Tableau
12 7 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.55%) Redis
13 6 (1.33%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (1.11%) Big Data
14 5 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 52 (11.50%) Git
2 21 (4.65%) JIRA
3 12 (2.65%) GitLab
4 11 (2.43%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.77%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.77%) JUnit
6 8 (1.77%) Selenium
7 4 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.66%) Maven
8 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.44%) Toad
9 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.22%) NUnit
10 1 (0.22%) Postman
10 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 182 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 106 (23.45%) Finance
3 75 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.31%) Banking
5 19 (4.20%) Law
6 17 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.32%) Billing
7 15 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.88%) Marketing
8 13 (2.88%) Retail
9 11 (2.43%) Back Office
9 11 (2.43%) Front Office
9 11 (2.43%) Legal
10 7 (1.55%) Automotive
11 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.88%) Local Government
13 3 (0.66%) Advertising
13 3 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (30.97%) Developer
2 104 (23.01%) Senior
3 57 (12.61%) Analyst
4 44 (9.73%) .NET Developer
5 43 (9.51%) Support Engineer
6 41 (9.07%) Software Engineer
7 40 (8.85%) Software Developer
8 37 (8.19%) Lead
9 36 (7.96%) Senior Developer
10 31 (6.86%) Azure Developer
11 30 (6.64%) C# Developer
11 30 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (6.19%) Applications Support
13 25 (5.53%) DBA
13 25 (5.53%) SQL Developer
14 23 (5.09%) Data Engineer
15 21 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
16 19 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
16 19 (4.20%) SQL DBA
16 19 (4.20%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (42.26%) .NET
2 55 (12.17%) .NET Core
3 54 (11.95%) CSS
4 48 (10.62%) React
5 41 (9.07%) .NET Framework
6 37 (8.19%) HTML
7 35 (7.74%) REST
8 34 (7.52%) Entity Framework
9 28 (6.19%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.97%) AngularJS
11 26 (5.75%) jQuery
11 26 (5.75%) RESTful
12 25 (5.53%) ASP.NET Web API
13 20 (4.42%) JSON
13 20 (4.42%) SOAP
13 20 (4.42%) XML
14 18 (3.98%) RabbitMQ
15 17 (3.76%) Razor View Engine
16 16 (3.54%) ASP.NET Web Forms
16 16 (3.54%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.53%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.87%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.42%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.76%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.21%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.55%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.55%) NHS
11 6 (1.33%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.33%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.33%) Replication
12 5 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.88%) Clustering
13 4 (0.88%) CMDB
13 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (14.60%) Windows
2 37 (8.19%) Windows Server
3 34 (7.52%) Linux
4 11 (2.43%) VMS
5 8 (1.77%) Unix
6 5 (1.11%) Debian
6 5 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.88%) Android
7 4 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.66%) CentOS
9 2 (0.44%) Solaris
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (29.42%) Agile
2 117 (25.88%) DevOps
3 115 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 109 (24.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 90 (19.91%) Software Engineering
7 89 (19.69%) Business Intelligence
8 77 (17.04%) Analytics
9 74 (16.37%) Mentoring
10 61 (13.50%) Microservices
11 58 (12.83%) Full-Stack Development
12 52 (11.50%) Decision-Making
13 51 (11.28%) Visualisation
14 50 (11.06%) Computer Science
15 48 (10.62%) MVC
16 43 (9.51%) ETL
16 43 (9.51%) Scrum
17 40 (8.85%) Data Modelling
18 38 (8.41%) Data Analysis
18 38 (8.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 253 (55.97%) SQL
2 148 (32.74%) C#
3 89 (19.69%) Python
4 56 (12.39%) JavaScript
5 53 (11.73%) T-SQL
6 46 (10.18%) PowerShell
7 34 (7.52%) Java
8 30 (6.64%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 24 (5.31%) PHP
11 17 (3.76%) C++
12 15 (3.32%) R
13 11 (2.43%) Bicep
14 10 (2.21%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.99%) Bash
15 9 (1.99%) VB.NET
16 8 (1.77%) Delphi
17 4 (0.88%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.88%) VB
18 3 (0.66%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 94 (20.80%) Degree
2 41 (9.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.76%) Master's Degree
3 17 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.65%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 10 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.44%) MCSE
11 1 (0.22%) CCNA
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.22%) MCSA
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.29%) Data Quality
2 38 (8.41%) QA
3 12 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.21%) SLA
5 3 (0.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) HL7
6 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (10.18%) Docker
2 35 (7.74%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.44%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) vCloud
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.65%) Terraform
3 10 (2.21%) Grafana
4 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.11%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) SCCM
7 1 (0.22%) CASB
7 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (32.30%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.84%) Oracle
3 16 (3.54%) Databricks
4 14 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.88%) Google
5 13 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.65%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.99%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.99%) Sage
7 9 (1.99%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.77%) Cisco
8 8 (1.77%) New Relic
8 8 (1.77%) VMware
9 6 (1.33%) IBM
9 6 (1.33%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.11%) Citrix
10 5 (1.11%) Informatica
10 5 (1.11%) Zoho
11 4 (0.88%) ESRI
11 4 (0.88%) Talend