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

 6 months to
25 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 58 21
Rank change year-on-year -31 -37 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 495 665 2,741
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 5.12% 8.96%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.76% 18.90% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 419 566 2,505
10th Percentile £33,050 £31,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,925 £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 £79,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.36% - -1.79%

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 2,175 3,518 7,142
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.89% 27.07% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 2,429 6,119
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,496 £66,367 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +15.42% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £92,600
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 25 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 18 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.63%) IIS
4 10 (2.02%) Confluence
5 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.81%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.61%) nginx
7 3 (0.61%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.61%) SAS
8 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.40%) JBoss
8 2 (0.40%) Moodle
8 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (2.02%) Magento
4 9 (1.82%) Shopify
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.61%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Actimize
7 1 (0.20%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 305 (61.62%) Azure
2 101 (20.40%) AWS
3 87 (17.58%) SaaS
4 83 (16.77%) Power Platform
5 58 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 43 (8.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (8.28%) GitHub
9 38 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
10 35 (7.07%) Serverless
11 29 (5.86%) Entra ID
12 22 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (4.04%) PaaS
15 19 (3.84%) Snowflake
16 18 (3.64%) Azure AI
17 15 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
17 15 (3.03%) GCP
18 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
18 13 (2.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.45%) Firewall
2 13 (2.63%) VPN
3 12 (2.42%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.02%) DNS
5 7 (1.41%) DMZ
5 7 (1.41%) VLAN
6 6 (1.21%) DHCP
7 5 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (1.01%) STUN
7 5 (1.01%) VoIP
8 3 (0.61%) AMQP
8 3 (0.61%) PuTTY
8 3 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.61%) SSL
9 2 (0.40%) SAN
9 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.20%) Internet
10 1 (0.20%) MPLS
10 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (15.56%) Power BI
2 67 (13.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 47 (9.49%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (9.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (9.09%) MySQL
6 43 (8.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.84%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
9 15 (3.03%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.63%) DB2
11 10 (2.02%) Redis
12 8 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.62%) Tableau
13 7 (1.41%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.21%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.81%) Metadata
15 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database 12c
15 4 (0.81%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 46 (9.29%) Git
2 25 (5.05%) JIRA
3 11 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.02%) Selenium
5 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.62%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.62%) GitLab
6 8 (1.62%) JUnit
7 5 (1.01%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.61%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.61%) Maven
9 3 (0.61%) NUnit
9 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.20%) JMeter
11 1 (0.20%) Moq
11 1 (0.20%) MSTest
11 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 172 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 128 (25.86%) Finance
3 91 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.85%) Banking
5 18 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.63%) Law
10 12 (2.42%) Billing
10 12 (2.42%) Retail
11 10 (2.02%) Back Office
11 10 (2.02%) Legal
12 9 (1.82%) Marketing
13 7 (1.41%) Front Office
14 6 (1.21%) Automotive
15 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 149 (30.10%) Developer
2 110 (22.22%) Senior
3 63 (12.73%) Analyst
4 48 (9.70%) Software Developer
5 43 (8.69%) Support Engineer
6 42 (8.48%) .NET Developer
7 41 (8.28%) Software Engineer
8 40 (8.08%) C# Developer
9 38 (7.68%) SQL Developer
10 36 (7.27%) Applications Support
10 36 (7.27%) Lead
11 35 (7.07%) Senior Developer
12 31 (6.26%) Azure Developer
12 31 (6.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (5.86%) Data Engineer
14 28 (5.66%) DBA
15 26 (5.25%) C# Software Developer
16 25 (5.05%) Graduate
16 25 (5.05%) Graduate Developer
16 25 (5.05%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (40.00%) .NET
2 64 (12.93%) CSS
3 56 (11.31%) .NET Core
4 50 (10.10%) React
5 41 (8.28%) .NET Framework
5 41 (8.28%) HTML
6 35 (7.07%) REST
7 34 (6.87%) Entity Framework
8 32 (6.46%) jQuery
9 29 (5.86%) AngularJS
9 29 (5.86%) ASP.NET
10 27 (5.45%) RESTful
11 20 (4.04%) JSON
11 20 (4.04%) XML
12 19 (3.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 19 (3.84%) Django
13 16 (3.23%) Razor View Engine
13 16 (3.23%) SOAP
14 15 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 13 (2.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.85%) Legacy Applications
3 24 (4.85%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (4.65%) Data Structures
5 18 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.43%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.42%) Replication
9 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.82%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.62%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.62%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.41%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.41%) NHS
13 6 (1.21%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.01%) Clustering
15 4 (0.81%) N-Tier
16 3 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.75%) Windows
2 41 (8.28%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.45%) Linux
4 10 (2.02%) VMS
5 5 (1.01%) Debian
5 5 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.61%) CentOS
6 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.61%) Unix
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (28.89%) Agile
2 115 (23.23%) DevOps
2 115 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 105 (21.21%) CI/CD
5 93 (18.79%) Software Engineering
6 90 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 81 (16.36%) Analytics
8 78 (15.76%) Mentoring
9 64 (12.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 60 (12.12%) Decision-Making
11 59 (11.92%) Microservices
12 58 (11.72%) Computer Science
13 55 (11.11%) MVC
14 50 (10.10%) AI
14 50 (10.10%) Data Engineering
15 48 (9.70%) Visualisation
16 47 (9.49%) Data Modelling
17 44 (8.89%) ETL
17 44 (8.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 279 (56.36%) SQL
2 159 (32.12%) C#
3 91 (18.38%) Python
4 54 (10.91%) JavaScript
5 52 (10.51%) T-SQL
6 46 (9.29%) PowerShell
7 41 (8.28%) Java
8 33 (6.67%) TypeScript
9 30 (6.06%) PHP
10 27 (5.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 23 (4.65%) C++
12 16 (3.23%) R
13 13 (2.63%) Bicep
14 12 (2.42%) PL/SQL
14 12 (2.42%) VB.NET
15 9 (1.82%) Bash
16 8 (1.62%) Delphi
17 3 (0.61%) Erlang
18 2 (0.40%) Apex Code
18 2 (0.40%) Korn
Qualifications
1 97 (19.60%) Degree
2 47 (9.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.64%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 11 (2.22%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.40%) CCNA
13 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.40%) MCSA
13 2 (0.40%) MCSE
14 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.25%) QA
3 18 (3.64%) SLA
4 14 (2.83%) GDPR
5 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (9.70%) Docker
2 40 (8.08%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.21%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.61%) vSphere
7 2 (0.40%) XenApp
8 1 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.20%) vCloud
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 30 (6.06%) Terraform
3 10 (2.02%) Grafana
4 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.21%) Ansible
6 4 (0.81%) SCCM
6 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.40%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.40%) MIIS
9 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.20%) CASB
9 1 (0.20%) Consul
9 1 (0.20%) Packer
9 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (36.57%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.71%) Oracle
3 32 (6.46%) Databricks
4 18 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.63%) Google
6 12 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.22%) Cisco
7 11 (2.22%) VMware
8 10 (2.02%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.82%) ConnectWise
9 9 (1.82%) WooCommerce
10 8 (1.62%) Citrix
10 8 (1.62%) New Relic
10 8 (1.62%) Sage
11 5 (1.01%) IBM
11 5 (1.01%) Informatica
11 5 (1.01%) Xamarin
12 4 (0.81%) ESRI
12 4 (0.81%) Veeam
12 4 (0.81%) Zoho
245 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs