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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 55 48
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 -13
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 684 892 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 5.37% 4.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.79% 28.72% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 591 550 955
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £32,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £84,939
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.46% +0.08% -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 3,139 3,106 5,068
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.81% 18.70% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 2,074 3,930
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,781 £38,238
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,338 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% -2.56% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 13 August 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 44 (6.43%) IIS
2 31 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.75%) Confluence
5 7 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.88%) nginx
7 3 (0.44%) Apache
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.73%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.58%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.44%) Magento
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.15%) Finacle
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 413 (60.38%) Azure
2 122 (17.84%) AWS
3 83 (12.13%) Power Platform
4 82 (11.99%) Azure DevOps
5 80 (11.70%) Snowflake
6 60 (8.77%) Azure AI
7 58 (8.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.19%) Azure Machine Learning
9 54 (7.89%) SaaS
10 49 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (4.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 30 (4.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (3.65%) Power Automate
12 25 (3.65%) PowerApps
13 24 (3.51%) Serverless
14 23 (3.36%) GCP
15 22 (3.22%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (3.22%) GitHub
16 19 (2.78%) PaaS
17 18 (2.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (5.85%) Firewall
2 28 (4.09%) VPN
3 26 (3.80%) DNS
3 26 (3.80%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.63%) DHCP
5 8 (1.17%) HTTP
5 8 (1.17%) LAN
5 8 (1.17%) WAN
6 7 (1.02%) VLAN
7 6 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.73%) Network Security
9 4 (0.58%) SAN
9 4 (0.58%) VoIP
10 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.44%) Wireless
11 2 (0.29%) Broadband
11 2 (0.29%) DMZ
11 2 (0.29%) FTP
11 2 (0.29%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 60 (8.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 58 (8.48%) Power BI
4 52 (7.60%) Relational Database
5 51 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (6.87%) MySQL
7 40 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
8 38 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 34 (4.97%) Redis
10 21 (3.07%) Data Lake
11 18 (2.63%) MongoDB
12 16 (2.34%) Oracle Database
13 15 (2.19%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.90%) Db2
14 13 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.32%) Tableau
16 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
17 4 (0.58%) IBM InfoSphere
17 4 (0.58%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 52 (7.60%) Git
2 28 (4.09%) JIRA
3 10 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.17%) NUnit
4 8 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.17%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.44%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.44%) Selenium
8 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.29%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.29%) MSTest
8 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) Gatling
9 1 (0.15%) GitLab
9 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 182 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 180 (26.32%) Finance
3 81 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (5.85%) Law
5 34 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.68%) Legal
7 27 (3.95%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.65%) Banking
9 13 (1.90%) Retail
10 11 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.17%) Front Office
12 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.02%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.73%) Billing
14 5 (0.73%) Marketing
15 4 (0.58%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.58%) Publishing
16 3 (0.44%) Advertising
16 3 (0.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 242 (35.38%) Developer
2 97 (14.18%) Senior
3 92 (13.45%) Software Developer
4 70 (10.23%) Data Engineer
5 67 (9.80%) Graduate
5 67 (9.80%) SQL Developer
6 62 (9.06%) .NET Developer
7 61 (8.92%) Lead
8 55 (8.04%) Software Engineer
9 53 (7.75%) C# Developer
10 49 (7.16%) Analyst
11 48 (7.02%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (6.29%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (6.29%) Graduate Software Developer
13 39 (5.70%) C# Software Developer
13 39 (5.70%) Lead Developer
14 37 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
15 36 (5.26%) Data Manager
15 36 (5.26%) Support Analyst
16 35 (5.12%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (34.06%) .NET
2 89 (13.01%) CSS
3 66 (9.65%) .NET Framework
4 62 (9.06%) .NET Core
5 61 (8.92%) HTML
6 60 (8.77%) ASP.NET
7 58 (8.48%) React
8 56 (8.19%) REST
9 50 (7.31%) Entity Framework
10 49 (7.16%) AngularJS
11 45 (6.58%) jQuery
12 40 (5.85%) Node.js
13 32 (4.68%) Vue
14 27 (3.95%) XML
15 23 (3.36%) Blazor
16 19 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
17 18 (2.63%) Web Services
18 17 (2.49%) RESTful
19 16 (2.34%) JSON
19 16 (2.34%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
2 28 (4.09%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.92%) Replication
6 19 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.61%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.61%) Clustering
11 10 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.88%) Online Gambling
15 5 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 101 (14.77%) Windows
2 67 (9.80%) Windows Server
3 43 (6.29%) Linux
4 10 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.17%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (30.70%) Agile
2 151 (22.08%) DevOps
3 130 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (17.98%) CI/CD
5 122 (17.84%) AI
6 110 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 110 (16.08%) Software Engineering
7 109 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
8 105 (15.35%) Roadmaps
9 104 (15.20%) Data Engineering
10 101 (14.77%) Migration
11 100 (14.62%) Data Architecture
12 94 (13.74%) Computer Science
13 88 (12.87%) Mentoring
14 75 (10.96%) Clean Code
14 75 (10.96%) MVC
15 74 (10.82%) Microservices
16 73 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
16 73 (10.67%) Data Governance
17 68 (9.94%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 392 (57.31%) SQL
2 272 (39.77%) C#
3 107 (15.64%) JavaScript
4 84 (12.28%) Python
5 66 (9.65%) PHP
6 64 (9.36%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.77%) PowerShell
8 55 (8.04%) Java
9 54 (7.89%) T-SQL
10 34 (4.97%) C++
11 13 (1.90%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.90%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.32%) Bash
12 9 (1.32%) Bicep
13 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.17%) Go
14 7 (1.02%) VBA
15 6 (0.88%) VBScript
16 5 (0.73%) R
16 5 (0.73%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 127 (18.57%) Degree
2 78 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 16 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.46%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.73%) HNC
9 5 (0.73%) HND
9 5 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) CCNA
12 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.56%) QA
3 26 (3.80%) SLA
4 23 (3.36%) GDPR
5 12 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (10.38%) Virtual Machines
2 61 (8.92%) Docker
3 54 (7.89%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.73%) vSphere
6 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (4.68%) Terraform
2 31 (4.53%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.46%) Ansible
5 7 (1.02%) Grafana
5 7 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.73%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.29%) MIIS
9 2 (0.29%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) Consul
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 352 (51.46%) Microsoft
2 92 (13.45%) Databricks
3 51 (7.46%) Oracle
4 23 (3.36%) VMware
5 18 (2.63%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.05%) Google
8 13 (1.90%) Cisco
9 12 (1.75%) Citrix
10 11 (1.61%) IBM
10 11 (1.61%) iManage
10 11 (1.61%) Veeam
11 9 (1.32%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.32%) TIBCO
12 7 (1.02%) Informatica
12 7 (1.02%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.73%) Intapp
13 5 (0.73%) Remedy
13 5 (0.73%) Sybase
13 5 (0.73%) Synology