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

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 49 22
Rank change year-on-year -39 -27 +20
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 509 910 2,668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.71% 6.07% 8.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.93% 26.81% 36.35%
Number of salaries quoted 457 559 2,423
10th Percentile £27,650 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £82,750 £78,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -0.90%

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 2,432 3,394 7,339
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.95% 22.64% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,841 2,278 6,228
10th Percentile £38,500 £37,425 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,151 £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 £87,500 £75,208
90th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £97,500
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 21 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 28 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.54%) IIS
4 13 (2.55%) Confluence
5 5 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.79%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.59%) nginx
7 3 (0.59%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Apache
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) JBoss
8 2 (0.39%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.20%) Drupal
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (2.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (2.16%) Magento
3 9 (1.77%) Shopify
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Actimize
6 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 331 (65.03%) Azure
2 86 (16.90%) AWS
3 68 (13.36%) Power Platform
4 60 (11.79%) Snowflake
5 59 (11.59%) SaaS
6 57 (11.20%) Azure AI
7 56 (11.00%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (11.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 46 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (5.50%) GitHub
9 28 (5.50%) Serverless
10 24 (4.72%) Entra ID
11 21 (4.13%) PaaS
12 20 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (3.93%) Power Automate
13 17 (3.34%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.30%) Firewall
2 13 (2.55%) VPN
3 9 (1.77%) DNS
3 9 (1.77%) VLAN
4 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.38%) DMZ
6 6 (1.18%) DHCP
6 6 (1.18%) VoIP
7 5 (0.98%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.98%) STUN
8 4 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.59%) AMQP
9 3 (0.59%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.59%) SAN
10 2 (0.39%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.39%) Network Security
10 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.39%) WAN
11 1 (0.20%) LAN
11 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (11.39%) Power BI
2 41 (8.06%) MySQL
3 40 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (7.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (7.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 29 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 23 (4.52%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.95%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.95%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.95%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.55%) Redis
10 11 (2.16%) DB2
11 10 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.18%) Metadata
13 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.79%) GIS
13 4 (0.79%) Power Query
13 4 (0.79%) QGIS
13 4 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (5.30%) JIRA
2 26 (5.11%) Git
3 11 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (1.57%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.98%) NUnit
5 5 (0.98%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.59%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.59%) Maven
6 3 (0.59%) MSTest
6 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Selenium
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) Gatling
8 1 (0.20%) JMeter
8 1 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.20%) TestRail
8 1 (0.20%) Vagrant
General
1 160 (31.43%) Finance
2 126 (24.75%) Social Skills
3 55 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.52%) Banking
5 18 (3.54%) Law
5 18 (3.54%) Legal
6 16 (3.14%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.36%) Retail
8 11 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.96%) Back Office
10 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.98%) Front Office
13 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Publishing
14 3 (0.59%) Automotive
14 3 (0.59%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.39%) Billing
15 2 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 161 (31.63%) Developer
2 103 (20.24%) Senior
3 63 (12.38%) Software Developer
4 48 (9.43%) SQL Developer
5 47 (9.23%) Analyst
5 47 (9.23%) C# Developer
6 43 (8.45%) Graduate
6 43 (8.45%) Graduate Developer
6 43 (8.45%) Graduate Software Developer
7 39 (7.66%) Software Engineer
8 37 (7.27%) Applications Support
8 37 (7.27%) Data Manager
9 36 (7.07%) C# Software Developer
9 36 (7.07%) Engineering Manager
10 35 (6.88%) Lead
11 33 (6.48%) .NET Developer
11 33 (6.48%) Finance Manager
11 33 (6.48%) Graduate C# Developer
11 33 (6.48%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 32 (6.29%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (33.20%) .NET
2 69 (13.56%) CSS
3 48 (9.43%) React
4 43 (8.45%) HTML
5 41 (8.06%) .NET Core
6 37 (7.27%) jQuery
7 34 (6.68%) REST
8 32 (6.29%) AngularJS
9 28 (5.50%) ASP.NET
10 26 (5.11%) .NET Framework
10 26 (5.11%) RESTful
11 24 (4.72%) Entity Framework
12 21 (4.13%) Node.js
13 16 (3.14%) Vue
14 15 (2.95%) JSON
14 15 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
14 15 (2.95%) SOAP
14 15 (2.95%) XML
15 13 (2.55%) ASP.NET Core
16 12 (2.36%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.32%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.14%) Legacy Applications
2 16 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (2.95%) Data Structures
3 15 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (2.95%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.95%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.16%) Replication
6 10 (1.96%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.57%) Client/Server
7 8 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.18%) Clustering
10 5 (0.98%) NHS
10 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.79%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (14.15%) Windows
2 45 (8.84%) Windows Server
3 36 (7.07%) Linux
4 9 (1.77%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.38%) VMS
5 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.98%) Debian
7 3 (0.59%) CentOS
7 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (32.61%) Agile
2 100 (19.65%) DevOps
3 93 (18.27%) Data Engineering
4 89 (17.49%) Roadmaps
5 88 (17.29%) AI
6 79 (15.52%) CI/CD
6 79 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 79 (15.52%) Data Architecture
7 78 (15.32%) Migration
8 75 (14.73%) Business Intelligence
9 74 (14.54%) Full-Stack Development
10 73 (14.34%) Mentoring
10 73 (14.34%) Software Engineering
11 72 (14.15%) Computer Science
12 67 (13.16%) Regulatory Compliance
13 66 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
14 65 (12.77%) Machine Learning
15 63 (12.38%) Line Management
16 62 (12.18%) Analytics
16 62 (12.18%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 310 (60.90%) SQL
2 174 (34.18%) C#
3 88 (17.29%) Python
4 58 (11.39%) JavaScript
5 55 (10.81%) T-SQL
6 51 (10.02%) PHP
7 48 (9.43%) PowerShell
8 46 (9.04%) Java
9 38 (7.47%) TypeScript
10 26 (5.11%) C++
11 15 (2.95%) R
12 13 (2.55%) PL/SQL
13 12 (2.36%) Bash
14 11 (2.16%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.18%) VBA
16 6 (1.18%) VBScript
17 5 (0.98%) Bicep
18 4 (0.79%) VB
19 3 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 96 (18.86%) Degree
2 63 (12.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.14%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.75%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.18%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.18%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.98%) HNC
7 5 (0.98%) HND
7 5 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.98%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.39%) CCNA
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.39%) MCSA
9 2 (0.39%) MCSE
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.73%) SLA
4 18 (3.54%) QA
5 17 (3.34%) GDPR
6 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (12.18%) Virtual Machines
2 52 (10.22%) Active Directory
3 43 (8.45%) Docker
4 7 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.98%) vSphere
6 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.91%) Terraform
3 8 (1.57%) Ansible
4 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.79%) Grafana
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.59%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.59%) SCCM
8 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.39%) MIIS
8 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.20%) CASB
9 1 (0.20%) Consul
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.20%) Packer
9 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 245 (48.13%) Microsoft
2 73 (14.34%) Databricks
3 50 (9.82%) Oracle
4 21 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.14%) Cisco
6 12 (2.36%) VMware
7 11 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.16%) Veeam
8 10 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.77%) Citrix
9 9 (1.77%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.77%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.38%) iManage
11 5 (0.98%) IBM
11 5 (0.98%) Meraki
11 5 (0.98%) Synology
12 4 (0.79%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.79%) Dell
12 4 (0.79%) ESRI
12 4 (0.79%) JDA
169 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs