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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 56 20
Rank change year-on-year -41 -36 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 466 733 2,744
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 5.28% 9.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.92% 19.38% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 388 573 2,507
10th Percentile £35,150 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £94,125 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -3.51%

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 2,126 3,782 7,069
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.68% 27.23% 23.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,449 6,056
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,021
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £44,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,769 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +14.38% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 12 March 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 19 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.58%) IIS
4 7 (1.50%) Confluence
5 5 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.86%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.64%) Apache
7 3 (0.64%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.64%) SAS
8 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.43%) CMS
8 2 (0.43%) JBoss
8 2 (0.43%) Moodle
8 2 (0.43%) nginx
8 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 33 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.86%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (1.93%) Magento
3 9 (1.93%) Shopify
4 3 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.64%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.43%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.43%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.21%) Actimize
6 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 277 (59.44%) Azure
2 98 (21.03%) AWS
3 90 (19.31%) SaaS
4 83 (17.81%) Power Platform
5 58 (12.45%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (9.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 39 (8.37%) GitHub
8 37 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (7.73%) Serverless
10 29 (6.22%) Entra ID
11 27 (5.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (4.08%) PaaS
15 17 (3.65%) GCP
16 14 (3.00%) Azure App Service
17 13 (2.79%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.58%) Power Automate
19 11 (2.36%) IaaS
20 10 (2.15%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.58%) Firewall
2 12 (2.58%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.36%) DNS
3 11 (2.36%) VPN
4 7 (1.50%) DHCP
4 7 (1.50%) DMZ
4 7 (1.50%) VLAN
5 5 (1.07%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (1.07%) STUN
5 5 (1.07%) VoIP
6 3 (0.64%) AMQP
6 3 (0.64%) PuTTY
6 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.64%) SSL
7 2 (0.43%) SAN
7 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.21%) HTTP
8 1 (0.21%) Internet
8 1 (0.21%) IPv6
8 1 (0.21%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (16.52%) Power BI
2 66 (14.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 48 (10.30%) MySQL
4 46 (9.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (9.87%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (8.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (4.29%) NoSQL
7 20 (4.29%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.43%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.36%) DB2
10 10 (2.15%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.93%) Redis
11 9 (1.93%) Tableau
12 7 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.29%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.86%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 50 (10.73%) Git
2 23 (4.94%) JIRA
3 11 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.15%) GitLab
5 9 (1.93%) Selenium
5 9 (1.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.72%) JUnit
7 4 (0.86%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.64%) Maven
8 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.43%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.43%) NUnit
9 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.21%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.21%) Moq
10 1 (0.21%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.21%) MSTest
10 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
General
1 175 (37.55%) Social Skills
2 110 (23.61%) Finance
3 85 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.36%) Banking
5 19 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.22%) Billing
7 15 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.22%) Law
7 15 (3.22%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.79%) Marketing
9 12 (2.58%) Retail
10 11 (2.36%) Back Office
11 10 (2.15%) Legal
12 9 (1.93%) Front Office
13 6 (1.29%) Automotive
14 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.86%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 3 (0.64%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 143 (30.69%) Developer
2 107 (22.96%) Senior
3 59 (12.66%) Analyst
4 45 (9.66%) .NET Developer
5 44 (9.44%) Software Engineer
6 43 (9.23%) Support Engineer
7 42 (9.01%) Software Developer
8 39 (8.37%) Lead
9 36 (7.73%) Senior Developer
10 34 (7.30%) C# Developer
11 33 (7.08%) Azure Developer
12 32 (6.87%) Applications Support
13 31 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 31 (6.65%) SQL Developer
14 28 (6.01%) DBA
15 26 (5.58%) Data Engineer
16 23 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (4.51%) Support Analyst
18 20 (4.29%) C# Software Developer
18 20 (4.29%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (43.35%) .NET
2 62 (13.30%) CSS
3 60 (12.88%) .NET Core
4 51 (10.94%) React
5 43 (9.23%) HTML
6 42 (9.01%) .NET Framework
7 36 (7.73%) Entity Framework
8 31 (6.65%) REST
9 30 (6.44%) ASP.NET
10 28 (6.01%) AngularJS
10 28 (6.01%) jQuery
10 28 (6.01%) RESTful
11 23 (4.94%) ASP.NET Web API
12 19 (4.08%) Django
12 19 (4.08%) JSON
12 19 (4.08%) XML
13 17 (3.65%) Razor View Engine
14 16 (3.43%) ASP.NET Web Forms
14 16 (3.43%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (5.15%) Data Structures
3 24 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (4.72%) Legacy Applications
5 18 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.15%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.15%) Replication
8 8 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.50%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.50%) NHS
10 5 (1.07%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.07%) Clustering
10 5 (1.07%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.86%) CMDB
11 4 (0.86%) N-Tier
11 4 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.95%) Windows
2 36 (7.73%) Windows Server
3 25 (5.36%) Linux
4 11 (2.36%) VMS
5 5 (1.07%) Debian
6 4 (0.86%) Android
6 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.64%) CentOS
7 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.64%) Unix
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (28.33%) Agile
2 119 (25.54%) DevOps
3 117 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (24.46%) CI/CD
5 111 (23.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 97 (20.82%) Software Engineering
7 88 (18.88%) Business Intelligence
8 81 (17.38%) Analytics
9 77 (16.52%) Mentoring
10 63 (13.52%) Microservices
11 62 (13.30%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (12.02%) Decision-Making
13 54 (11.59%) Computer Science
14 50 (10.73%) MVC
15 49 (10.52%) Visualisation
16 46 (9.87%) Data Modelling
17 42 (9.01%) Scrum
18 40 (8.58%) ETL
19 39 (8.37%) Data Analysis
20 38 (8.15%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 253 (54.29%) SQL
2 157 (33.69%) C#
3 86 (18.45%) Python
4 55 (11.80%) JavaScript
5 54 (11.59%) T-SQL
6 45 (9.66%) PowerShell
7 36 (7.73%) Java
8 34 (7.30%) TypeScript
9 27 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 23 (4.94%) PHP
11 19 (4.08%) C++
12 16 (3.43%) R
13 12 (2.58%) Bicep
14 10 (2.15%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.15%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.93%) Bash
16 8 (1.72%) Delphi
17 3 (0.64%) Erlang
17 3 (0.64%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (20.82%) Degree
2 42 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.43%) Master's Degree
5 12 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.58%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.64%) MCSE
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.43%) CCNA
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.43%) MCSA
11 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.30%) Data Quality
2 33 (7.08%) QA
3 14 (3.00%) SLA
4 13 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (2.15%) GDPR
7 2 (0.43%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (9.66%) Docker
2 36 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.43%) vSphere
6 2 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.21%) vCloud
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.58%) Terraform
3 10 (2.15%) Grafana
4 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.07%) Ansible
6 4 (0.86%) SCCM
7 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) CASB
9 1 (0.21%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.21%) MIIS
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 149 (31.97%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.09%) Oracle
3 16 (3.43%) Databricks
3 16 (3.43%) ServiceNow
4 13 (2.79%) Google
5 11 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.15%) Cisco
6 10 (2.15%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.15%) VMware
7 9 (1.93%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.93%) Sage
7 9 (1.93%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.72%) New Relic
9 6 (1.29%) Citrix
9 6 (1.29%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.07%) IBM
10 5 (1.07%) Informatica
10 5 (1.07%) Zoho
11 4 (0.86%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.86%) ESRI