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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 56 34
Rank change year-on-year -37 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 610 914 1,703
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.81% 5.55% 5.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 20.30% 28.50% 28.29%
Number of salaries quoted 543 571 1,450
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £80,746 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.50% -3.54%

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 3,005 3,207 6,020
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.87% 19.46% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,416 2,147 4,893
10th Percentile £36,565 £36,246 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,813 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% +1.24% -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 22 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 (6.72%) IIS
2 30 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 28 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.97%) Confluence
5 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.98%) nginx
7 3 (0.49%) SAS
8 2 (0.33%) Apache
8 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.33%) JBoss
8 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.16%) Documentum
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.82%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.82%) Magento
2 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.49%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 384 (62.95%) Azure
2 107 (17.54%) AWS
3 91 (14.92%) Power Platform
4 70 (11.48%) Snowflake
5 68 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (9.34%) Azure AI
6 57 (9.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 56 (9.18%) Azure Machine Learning
7 56 (9.18%) SaaS
8 55 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
9 25 (4.10%) Entra ID
9 25 (4.10%) Serverless
10 23 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 23 (3.77%) Power Automate
11 22 (3.61%) PowerApps
12 20 (3.28%) PaaS
13 19 (3.11%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (2.62%) GitHub
15 14 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.39%) Firewall
2 29 (4.75%) VPN
3 22 (3.61%) TCP/IP
4 21 (3.44%) 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 69 (11.31%) Power BI
2 52 (8.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 46 (7.54%) MySQL
4 45 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
5 44 (7.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 35 (5.74%) Relational Database
7 27 (4.43%) Redis
8 21 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.62%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.13%) Db2
11 12 (1.97%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.31%) Tableau
14 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.66%) Power Query
15 3 (0.49%) Ataccama
15 3 (0.49%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 28 (4.59%) Git
1 28 (4.59%) JIRA
2 13 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 9 (1.48%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.98%) NUnit
4 6 (0.98%) TeamCity
5 5 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.49%) Jasmine
6 3 (0.49%) Selenium
6 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.33%) MSTest
7 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.16%) Gatling
8 1 (0.16%) GitLab
8 1 (0.16%) Ranorex
8 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 166 (27.21%) Finance
2 158 (25.90%) Social Skills
3 72 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.43%) Law
5 25 (4.10%) Banking
6 23 (3.77%) Legal
7 19 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.30%) Retail
9 9 (1.48%) Front Office
10 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.66%) Billing
12 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.66%) Publishing
12 4 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.49%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 213 (34.92%) Developer
2 81 (13.28%) Senior
3 79 (12.95%) Software Developer
4 67 (10.98%) SQL Developer
5 60 (9.84%) Graduate
6 55 (9.02%) Data Engineer
7 53 (8.69%) Analyst
8 49 (8.03%) .NET Developer
9 48 (7.87%) Software Engineer
10 45 (7.38%) Lead
11 44 (7.21%) C# Developer
12 43 (7.05%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (7.05%) Graduate Developer
12 43 (7.05%) Graduate Software Developer
13 37 (6.07%) Data Manager
14 36 (5.90%) C# Software Developer
14 36 (5.90%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (5.57%) Support Analyst
16 33 (5.41%) Graduate C# Developer
16 33 (5.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (31.80%) .NET
2 77 (12.62%) CSS
3 49 (8.03%) HTML
4 48 (7.87%) ASP.NET
5 47 (7.70%) .NET Framework
6 46 (7.54%) .NET Core
7 45 (7.38%) REST
8 42 (6.89%) jQuery
9 40 (6.56%) React
10 34 (5.57%) AngularJS
10 34 (5.57%) Entity Framework
10 34 (5.57%) Node.js
11 31 (5.08%) XML
12 25 (4.10%) JSON
12 25 (4.10%) Vue
13 17 (2.79%) Middleware
14 16 (2.62%) RESTful
15 15 (2.46%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (2.46%) Blazor
15 15 (2.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
1 23 (3.77%) Onboarding
2 22 (3.61%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.11%) Virtual Team
4 18 (2.95%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.13%) Replication
8 12 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
9 11 (1.80%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.48%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.31%) Clustering
12 7 (1.15%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.98%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (0.82%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.82%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 94 (15.41%) Windows
2 64 (10.49%) Windows Server
3 42 (6.89%) 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
1 185 (30.33%) Agile
2 124 (20.33%) DevOps
3 113 (18.52%) AI
4 109 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (17.21%) CI/CD
6 102 (16.72%) Roadmaps
7 100 (16.39%) Data Engineering
8 97 (15.90%) Full-Stack Development
9 93 (15.25%) Migration
10 87 (14.26%) Data Architecture
11 85 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (13.77%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (13.61%) Computer Science
14 82 (13.44%) Software Engineering
15 76 (12.46%) Mentoring
16 69 (11.31%) MVC
17 68 (11.15%) Regulatory Compliance
18 67 (10.98%) Data Governance
19 63 (10.33%) Line Management
20 61 (10.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 369 (60.49%) SQL
2 224 (36.72%) C#
3 86 (14.10%) JavaScript
4 85 (13.93%) Python
5 70 (11.48%) PowerShell
6 62 (10.16%) PHP
7 57 (9.34%) T-SQL
8 55 (9.02%) TypeScript
9 52 (8.52%) Java
10 31 (5.08%) C++
11 14 (2.30%) Bash
11 14 (2.30%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.64%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.31%) Bicep
14 8 (1.31%) R
15 7 (1.15%) VBA
16 6 (0.98%) VBScript
17 5 (0.82%) Tcl
18 4 (0.66%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 108 (17.70%) Degree
2 70 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.62%) 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%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.82%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.33%) CCNA
9 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.33%) MCSA
9 2 (0.33%) MCSE
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 28 (4.59%) QA
3 24 (3.93%) SLA
4 21 (3.44%) GDPR
4 21 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 71 (11.64%) Virtual Machines
2 61 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 49 (8.03%) Docker
4 15 (2.46%) 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 28 (4.59%) Terraform
2 26 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.80%) 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
6 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
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%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) SCCM
10 1 (0.16%) SCOM
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 313 (51.31%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.11%) Databricks
3 45 (7.38%) Oracle
4 21 (3.44%) VMware
5 20 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.30%) Cisco
8 13 (2.13%) Citrix
9 12 (1.97%) Google
9 12 (1.97%) Veeam
10 10 (1.64%) IBM
10 10 (1.64%) iManage
11 9 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.31%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.31%) TIBCO
13 6 (0.98%) Informatica
14 5 (0.82%) Meraki
14 5 (0.82%) Remedy
14 5 (0.82%) Sybase
14 5 (0.82%) Synology