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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 64 55
Rank change year-on-year -44 -9 -23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 607 801 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 4.75% 4.61%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.24% 30.01% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 499 467 660
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £39,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £86,375
UK median annual salary £55,557 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% +4.55% -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 3,155 2,669 4,831
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.68% 15.84% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 1,836 3,060
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,802 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,163 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 4 October 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 (7.25%) IIS
2 38 (6.26%) SharePoint
3 25 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.48%) Confluence
5 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.82%) nginx
7 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.33%) Apache
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.82%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.82%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Finacle
5 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 345 (56.84%) Azure
2 105 (17.30%) AWS
3 98 (16.14%) Power Platform
4 92 (15.16%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (9.56%) SaaS
6 48 (7.91%) Snowflake
7 39 (6.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 33 (5.44%) Azure Service Bus
9 30 (4.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (4.78%) Power Automate
10 29 (4.78%) PowerApps
11 27 (4.45%) Azure AI
11 27 (4.45%) Serverless
12 26 (4.28%) GCP
13 25 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (4.12%) Entra ID
14 22 (3.62%) GitHub
15 20 (3.29%) Azure Machine Learning
16 19 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.43%) Firewall
2 33 (5.44%) DNS
3 29 (4.78%) TCP/IP
3 29 (4.78%) VPN
4 21 (3.46%) DHCP
5 10 (1.65%) VLAN
6 9 (1.48%) WAN
7 8 (1.32%) HTTP
7 8 (1.32%) VoIP
8 7 (1.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.66%) Network Security
11 3 (0.49%) FTP
11 3 (0.49%) Wireless
12 2 (0.33%) Broadband
12 2 (0.33%) SAN
13 1 (0.16%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.16%) RTP
13 1 (0.16%) SS7
13 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (12.03%) Power BI
2 63 (10.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (8.90%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (8.90%) Relational Database
4 50 (8.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 37 (6.10%) MySQL
6 35 (5.77%) Redis
7 32 (5.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 31 (5.11%) MongoDB
9 22 (3.62%) Data Lake
10 21 (3.46%) NoSQL
11 14 (2.31%) Metadata
12 12 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.98%) Star Schema
13 11 (1.81%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.81%) Tableau
14 9 (1.48%) Amazon QuickSight
14 9 (1.48%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 67 (11.04%) Git
2 28 (4.61%) JIRA
3 10 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.99%) NUnit
5 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 5 (0.82%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.33%) MSTest
10 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.16%) Flyway
10 1 (0.16%) GitLab
10 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.16%) Postman
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Storybook
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 188 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 127 (20.92%) Finance
3 70 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.25%) Law
5 36 (5.93%) Legal
6 34 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.28%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.80%) Banking
9 16 (2.64%) Retail
10 11 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.65%) Front Office
12 9 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.15%) Marketing
13 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.82%) Publishing
16 4 (0.66%) Billing
17 3 (0.49%) Advertising
17 3 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 218 (35.91%) Developer
2 105 (17.30%) Senior
3 70 (11.53%) Software Developer
4 61 (10.05%) Data Engineer
4 61 (10.05%) Software Engineer
5 56 (9.23%) .NET Developer
5 56 (9.23%) Lead
6 54 (8.90%) Graduate
7 46 (7.58%) SQL Developer
8 44 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
9 39 (6.43%) Full-Stack Developer
10 35 (5.77%) Lead Developer
11 34 (5.60%) Analyst
12 32 (5.27%) Senior Developer
13 29 (4.78%) C# Developer
14 28 (4.61%) Support Engineer
15 27 (4.45%) Architect
16 26 (4.28%) Support Analyst
17 25 (4.12%) Graduate Developer
17 25 (4.12%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (36.24%) .NET
2 67 (11.04%) CSS
3 66 (10.87%) ASP.NET
4 63 (10.38%) .NET Framework
5 59 (9.72%) REST
6 57 (9.39%) .NET Core
7 54 (8.90%) HTML
7 54 (8.90%) React
8 47 (7.74%) Entity Framework
9 42 (6.92%) AngularJS
10 39 (6.43%) Node.js
11 33 (5.44%) XML
12 30 (4.94%) Blazor
13 28 (4.61%) jQuery
14 27 (4.45%) Vue
15 25 (4.12%) Terraform
16 23 (3.79%) RESTful
17 22 (3.62%) Web Services
18 20 (3.29%) JSON
18 20 (3.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.26%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.78%) Cloud Native
3 29 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.64%) AI Agents
7 15 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.14%) Replication
8 13 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.81%) Clustering
9 11 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.32%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.99%) Equities
13 6 (0.99%) Online Gambling
13 6 (0.99%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (16.47%) Windows
2 70 (11.53%) Windows Server
3 39 (6.43%) Linux
4 9 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.33%) AIX
7 2 (0.33%) Android
7 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Solaris
8 1 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (27.68%) DevOps
2 167 (27.51%) Agile
3 140 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (20.59%) CI/CD
5 119 (19.60%) Software Engineering
6 115 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 100 (16.47%) AI
8 95 (15.65%) Full-Stack Development
9 85 (14.00%) Computer Science
10 83 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
11 79 (13.01%) Mentoring
12 74 (12.19%) Clean Code
13 71 (11.70%) Analytics
14 68 (11.20%) Migration
15 66 (10.87%) Data Architecture
16 63 (10.38%) ETL
16 63 (10.38%) Microservices
16 63 (10.38%) Roadmaps
17 57 (9.39%) Data Engineering
18 54 (8.90%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 331 (54.53%) SQL
2 260 (42.83%) C#
3 102 (16.80%) JavaScript
4 87 (14.33%) Python
5 59 (9.72%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.06%) TypeScript
7 51 (8.40%) PHP
8 50 (8.24%) T-SQL
9 42 (6.92%) Java
10 20 (3.29%) C++
11 11 (1.81%) Bicep
11 11 (1.81%) Go
12 9 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.15%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.15%) VBA
14 6 (0.99%) Bash
14 6 (0.99%) VBScript
15 5 (0.82%) Rust
15 5 (0.82%) Tcl
16 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (18.45%) Degree
2 63 (10.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.98%) DBS Check
6 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.49%) HNC
9 3 (0.49%) HND
10 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.16%) MCT
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.56%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.77%) QA
3 19 (3.13%) GDPR
4 16 (2.64%) SLA
5 12 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.49%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) IASME
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (8.73%) Docker
2 50 (8.24%) Active Directory
3 34 (5.60%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (3.79%) Hyper-V
5 15 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.49%) vSphere
7 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (4.45%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.65%) Ansible
4 8 (1.32%) Grafana
5 7 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.49%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.49%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.33%) SCOM
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) Control-M
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 308 (50.74%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.88%) Databricks
3 41 (6.75%) Oracle
4 24 (3.95%) VMware
5 14 (2.31%) Google
5 14 (2.31%) Informatica
6 13 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.14%) Veeam
7 12 (1.98%) Citrix
8 11 (1.81%) IBM
8 11 (1.81%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.65%) iManage
9 10 (1.65%) Talend
10 9 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.48%) TIBCO
11 7 (1.15%) Cisco
12 6 (0.99%) Intapp
12 6 (0.99%) RedGate
13 5 (0.82%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.82%) Sybase