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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 59 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 -26 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 833 1,034 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.11% 4.41% 7.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 30.31% 21.20% 28.58%
Number of salaries quoted 496 707 1,561
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,625 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,748 4,878 6,119
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.86% 20.81% 24.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,917 3,294 5,119
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,751 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £114,250 £140,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% +4.17%

SQL Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SQL Server
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SQL Server over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

SQL Server salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 172 (20.65%) Confluence
2 62 (7.44%) IIS
3 46 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (3.36%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.68%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.08%) Moodle
7 5 (0.60%) CMS
8 4 (0.48%) nginx
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.36%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.24%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.12%) Apache
11 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 23 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.36%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.92%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.08%) Infor CloudSuite
4 9 (1.08%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 5 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.48%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.48%) Sage 1000
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 561 (67.35%) Azure
2 327 (39.26%) AWS
3 167 (20.05%) GCP
4 112 (13.45%) Power Platform
5 80 (9.60%) SaaS
6 69 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (7.92%) GitHub
8 52 (6.24%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 31 (3.72%) Power Automate
12 24 (2.88%) Entra ID
12 24 (2.88%) Serverless
13 18 (2.16%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (1.68%) Cloudflare
16 12 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
17 11 (1.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.12%) Firewall
2 18 (2.16%) DNS
3 14 (1.68%) DHCP
3 14 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.56%) SSL
4 13 (1.56%) VPN
5 11 (1.32%) SAN
6 9 (1.08%) DMARC
7 8 (0.96%) VLAN
7 8 (0.96%) VoIP
8 5 (0.60%) DMZ
8 5 (0.60%) STUN
8 5 (0.60%) WAN
9 4 (0.48%) Internet
9 4 (0.48%) LAN
9 4 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.24%) Broadband
10 2 (0.24%) Multicast
10 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.24%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (11.76%) Power BI
2 95 (11.40%) MySQL
3 71 (8.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 63 (7.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 57 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (6.00%) MongoDB
7 49 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 32 (3.84%) Relational Database
10 30 (3.60%) Data Hub
11 26 (3.12%) SQL CLR
12 23 (2.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 18 (2.16%) Metadata
14 17 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (1.92%) Tableau
16 15 (1.80%) NoSQL
17 13 (1.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 11 (1.32%) Data Lake
18 11 (1.32%) DB2
19 9 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 271 (32.53%) JIRA
2 254 (30.49%) GitLab
3 252 (30.25%) Bitbucket
4 251 (30.13%) SonarQube
5 249 (29.89%) Selenium
6 248 (29.77%) Maven
7 247 (29.65%) Cucumber
7 247 (29.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 88 (10.56%) Git
9 24 (2.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 15 (1.80%) Visual Studio
11 13 (1.56%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.32%) NUnit
13 8 (0.96%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.84%) Jenkins
15 6 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
16 4 (0.48%) Toad
17 3 (0.36%) Postman
General
1 415 (49.82%) Finance
2 261 (31.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 259 (31.09%) Banking
4 205 (24.61%) Social Skills
5 118 (14.17%) Retail
6 91 (10.92%) Investment Banking
7 90 (10.80%) Corporate Banking
8 61 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
9 49 (5.88%) Back Office
10 33 (3.96%) Law
11 29 (3.48%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.76%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.64%) Front Office
14 21 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (2.04%) Games
16 16 (1.92%) Marketing
17 11 (1.32%) Legal
18 10 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (1.08%) Czech Language
19 9 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (31.93%) Developer
1 266 (31.93%) Software Engineer
2 96 (11.52%) Senior
3 67 (8.04%) .NET Developer
4 61 (7.32%) Analyst
5 59 (7.08%) Senior Developer
6 55 (6.60%) Lead
7 52 (6.24%) C# Developer
8 51 (6.12%) SQL Developer
9 49 (5.88%) Graduate
10 47 (5.64%) IT Graduate
11 44 (5.28%) Graduate Developer
12 40 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 35 (4.20%) DBA
14 34 (4.08%) Applications Support
15 32 (3.84%) Software Developer
16 31 (3.72%) Support Engineer
17 30 (3.60%) Administrator
18 28 (3.36%) SaaS Developer
18 28 (3.36%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 342 (41.06%) CSS
2 309 (37.09%) React
3 299 (35.89%) HTML
4 271 (32.53%) Kafka
5 252 (30.25%) Spring
5 252 (30.25%) Spring Boot
6 249 (29.89%) Redux
7 248 (29.77%) JPA
8 243 (29.17%) .NET
9 157 (18.85%) Hibernate
10 148 (17.77%) REST
11 128 (15.37%) RESTful
12 111 (13.33%) HTML5
13 108 (12.97%) CSS3
14 98 (11.76%) Jest
15 91 (10.92%) Sass
16 89 (10.68%) ASP.NET
17 70 (8.40%) .NET Core
18 64 (7.68%) .NET Framework
19 59 (7.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 270 (32.41%) Enterprise Software
2 261 (31.33%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.12%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.52%) NHS
6 17 (2.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 15 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.44%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.32%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.08%) Learning Management System
14 8 (0.96%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.84%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.72%) BYOD
16 6 (0.72%) Client/Server
16 6 (0.72%) Data Centre
17 5 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 105 (12.61%) Windows
2 60 (7.20%) Linux
2 60 (7.20%) Windows Server
3 24 (2.88%) Unix
4 10 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.84%) Android
5 7 (0.84%) Debian
6 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Solaris
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.12%) AIX
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (55.58%) Agile
2 379 (45.50%) DevOps
3 346 (41.54%) CI/CD
4 337 (40.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 318 (38.18%) Microservices
5 318 (38.18%) Software Engineering
6 284 (34.09%) Test Automation
7 277 (33.25%) SDLC
8 275 (33.01%) Containerisation
9 271 (32.53%) Performance Optimisation
10 267 (32.05%) Front End Development
11 252 (30.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 222 (26.65%) Clean Code
13 186 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
14 178 (21.37%) TDD
15 171 (20.53%) Mentoring
16 138 (16.57%) Migration
17 132 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
18 111 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
19 106 (12.73%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 572 (68.67%) SQL
2 378 (45.38%) JavaScript
3 337 (40.46%) Java
4 258 (30.97%) C#
5 134 (16.09%) TypeScript
6 69 (8.28%) T-SQL
7 60 (7.20%) Python
8 59 (7.08%) PowerShell
9 54 (6.48%) PHP
10 49 (5.88%) C++
11 20 (2.40%) VB.NET
12 18 (2.16%) C
13 14 (1.68%) VBA
14 9 (1.08%) Bicep
15 8 (0.96%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.84%) VB
17 6 (0.72%) X++
18 5 (0.60%) Bash
18 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
19 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 132 (15.85%) Degree
2 75 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (1.80%) Security Cleared
5 14 (1.68%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.08%) SC Cleared
7 8 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.60%) MCP
9 5 (0.60%) MCSA
10 4 (0.48%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.36%) MCSE
12 2 (0.24%) ACCA
12 2 (0.24%) CCNA
12 2 (0.24%) CCNP
12 2 (0.24%) CIMA
12 2 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (33.97%) QA
2 107 (12.85%) Accessibility
3 35 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (3.00%) ISO 9001
5 21 (2.52%) GDPR
6 18 (2.16%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.72%) SLA
8 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) SEPA
10 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 293 (35.17%) Docker
2 45 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 45 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.84%) vSphere
5 5 (0.60%) Kamailio
6 4 (0.48%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 292 (35.05%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.12%) Terraform
3 13 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
3 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.20%) SCCM
4 10 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.08%) Ansible
6 8 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.84%) Grafana
8 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.24%) SCOM
9 2 (0.24%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.24%) SCSM
9 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.12%) Autotask
10 1 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.12%) logstash
10 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 285 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 247 (29.65%) Solace
3 52 (6.24%) VMware
4 49 (5.88%) Oracle
5 25 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.92%) DevExpress
7 13 (1.56%) Databricks
8 11 (1.32%) Rollbar
9 10 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.20%) Talend
10 9 (1.08%) Infor
10 9 (1.08%) Informatica
11 8 (0.96%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.96%) IBM
11 8 (0.96%) Splunk
12 7 (0.84%) HP
12 7 (0.84%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.84%) RedGate
13 6 (0.72%) Google