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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 54 32
Rank change year-on-year -37 -22 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 609 918 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.83% 5.56% 6.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.31% 28.50% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 543 572 1,646
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,025 £35,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,575 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £82,375 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%

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 2,998 3,221 6,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.91% 19.53% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,401 2,161 5,261
10th Percentile £36,631 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,672 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,751 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £59,063
% change year-on-year -1.22% +2.85% -5.50%

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 19 July 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 41 (6.73%) IIS
2 29 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 28 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.97%) Confluence
5 6 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.99%) nginx
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
7 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Documentum
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.99%) Magento
3 5 (0.82%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.66%) Shopify
5 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 384 (63.05%) Azure
2 106 (17.41%) AWS
3 89 (14.61%) Power Platform
4 69 (11.33%) Snowflake
5 67 (11.00%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 57 (9.36%) SaaS
7 56 (9.20%) Azure AI
7 56 (9.20%) Azure Machine Learning
8 55 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (4.27%) Entra ID
10 25 (4.11%) Serverless
11 24 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 22 (3.61%) PaaS
12 22 (3.61%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.45%) PowerApps
14 18 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (2.79%) GitHub
16 14 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.40%) Firewall
2 28 (4.60%) VPN
3 21 (3.45%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.28%) DNS
5 14 (2.30%) DHCP
6 9 (1.48%) VLAN
7 7 (1.15%) VoIP
8 5 (0.82%) DMZ
8 5 (0.82%) LAN
8 5 (0.82%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.82%) STUN
8 5 (0.82%) WAN
9 4 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.49%) SAN
10 3 (0.49%) Wireless
11 2 (0.33%) HTTP
11 2 (0.33%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.33%) Network Security
11 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.16%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.17%) Power BI
2 52 (8.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 46 (7.55%) MySQL
4 45 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (7.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 44 (7.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (5.75%) Relational Database
7 27 (4.43%) Redis
8 19 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.63%) Oracle Database
10 14 (2.30%) Db2
11 11 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.31%) Tableau
14 7 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.66%) Power Query
16 3 (0.49%) Ataccama
16 3 (0.49%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 29 (4.76%) JIRA
2 25 (4.11%) Git
3 13 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.48%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.99%) NUnit
5 6 (0.99%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.66%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.49%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.49%) Selenium
9 2 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.33%) MSTest
9 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.16%) Gatling
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
10 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (27.26%) Finance
2 156 (25.62%) Social Skills
3 71 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.27%) Law
5 25 (4.11%) Banking
6 22 (3.61%) Legal
7 19 (3.12%) Public Sector
8 18 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.30%) Retail
10 9 (1.48%) Front Office
11 7 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.66%) Back Office
13 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.66%) Publishing
13 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.49%) Billing
14 3 (0.49%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.49%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (34.65%) Developer
2 81 (13.30%) Senior
3 79 (12.97%) Software Developer
4 67 (11.00%) SQL Developer
5 59 (9.69%) Graduate
6 54 (8.87%) Analyst
7 52 (8.54%) Data Engineer
8 49 (8.05%) .NET Developer
9 47 (7.72%) Software Engineer
10 45 (7.39%) Lead
11 44 (7.22%) C# Developer
11 44 (7.22%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (7.06%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (7.06%) Graduate Software Developer
13 37 (6.08%) Data Manager
14 36 (5.91%) C# Software Developer
14 36 (5.91%) Engineering Manager
15 35 (5.75%) Support Analyst
16 34 (5.58%) Applications Support
17 33 (5.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (31.86%) .NET
2 77 (12.64%) CSS
3 49 (8.05%) HTML
4 48 (7.88%) .NET Framework
5 47 (7.72%) ASP.NET
6 46 (7.55%) .NET Core
7 44 (7.22%) REST
8 42 (6.90%) jQuery
8 42 (6.90%) React
9 35 (5.75%) Entity Framework
10 34 (5.58%) AngularJS
10 34 (5.58%) Node.js
11 31 (5.09%) XML
12 25 (4.11%) JSON
12 25 (4.11%) Vue
13 18 (2.96%) Middleware
14 17 (2.79%) RESTful
15 15 (2.46%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (2.46%) Web Services
16 14 (2.30%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.78%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 18 (2.96%) Data Structures
3 18 (2.96%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.97%) Replication
8 11 (1.81%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.48%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.31%) Clustering
11 8 (1.31%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.99%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.82%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.82%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 95 (15.60%) Windows
2 64 (10.51%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.73%) Linux
4 10 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.82%) Debian
7 3 (0.49%) CentOS
7 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.33%) Unix
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
9 1 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (30.71%) Agile
2 121 (19.87%) DevOps
3 112 (18.39%) AI
4 106 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (17.08%) CI/CD
6 101 (16.58%) Roadmaps
7 99 (16.26%) Data Engineering
7 99 (16.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 91 (14.94%) Migration
9 87 (14.29%) Data Architecture
10 86 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
11 84 (13.79%) Computer Science
12 81 (13.30%) Software Engineering
13 77 (12.64%) Mentoring
14 69 (11.33%) MVC
15 68 (11.17%) Regulatory Compliance
16 66 (10.84%) Data Governance
17 63 (10.34%) Line Management
18 62 (10.18%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 372 (61.08%) SQL
2 221 (36.29%) C#
3 87 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 83 (13.63%) Python
5 71 (11.66%) PowerShell
6 61 (10.02%) PHP
7 57 (9.36%) T-SQL
7 57 (9.36%) TypeScript
8 52 (8.54%) Java
9 31 (5.09%) C++
10 15 (2.46%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.30%) Bash
12 11 (1.81%) VB.NET
13 10 (1.64%) Bicep
14 9 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.31%) R
16 7 (1.15%) VBA
17 6 (0.99%) VBScript
18 5 (0.82%) Tcl
19 4 (0.66%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 109 (17.90%) Degree
2 71 (11.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.63%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.13%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.64%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.82%) HNC
7 5 (0.82%) HND
7 5 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.82%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.33%) CCNA
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.33%) MCSA
10 2 (0.33%) MCSE
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.05%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.60%) QA
3 23 (3.78%) SLA
4 22 (3.61%) GDPR
4 22 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.66%) Virtual Machines
2 62 (10.18%) Active Directory
3 47 (7.72%) Docker
4 17 (2.79%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.82%) vSphere
7 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (4.93%) Terraform
2 27 (4.43%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.31%) Ansible
5 7 (1.15%) Grafana
5 7 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.49%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.33%) MIIS
10 1 (0.16%) Consul
10 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 316 (51.89%) Microsoft
2 81 (13.30%) Databricks
3 45 (7.39%) Oracle
4 21 (3.45%) VMware
5 20 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.30%) Cisco
8 13 (2.13%) Citrix
8 13 (2.13%) Google
9 12 (1.97%) Veeam
10 10 (1.64%) IBM
10 10 (1.64%) iManage
11 8 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.31%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.31%) TIBCO
12 6 (0.99%) Informatica
13 5 (0.82%) Meraki
13 5 (0.82%) Sybase
13 5 (0.82%) Synology
14 4 (0.66%) Remedy