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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 55 49
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 -16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 681 899 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.97% 5.43% 4.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.72% 29.92% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 588 556 932
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £32,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £67,617
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -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 3,136 3,005 5,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.68% 18.15% 20.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 2,063 3,863
10th Percentile £36,425 £35,750 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £124,572
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 20 August 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 (6.46%) IIS
2 32 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.76%) Confluence
5 6 (0.88%) nginx
6 5 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.44%) Apache
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.59%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.29%) Magento
4 2 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) Finacle
5 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 407 (59.77%) Azure
2 116 (17.03%) AWS
3 84 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
4 83 (12.19%) Power Platform
5 79 (11.60%) Snowflake
6 60 (8.81%) Azure AI
7 59 (8.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (8.22%) Azure Machine Learning
8 56 (8.22%) SaaS
9 48 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (4.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 31 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (3.82%) Power Automate
12 26 (3.82%) PowerApps
13 25 (3.67%) Serverless
14 23 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (3.38%) GCP
14 23 (3.38%) GitHub
15 19 (2.79%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.58%) Firewall
2 27 (3.96%) DNS
2 27 (3.96%) TCP/IP
3 26 (3.82%) VPN
4 19 (2.79%) DHCP
5 8 (1.17%) HTTP
5 8 (1.17%) LAN
5 8 (1.17%) WAN
6 6 (0.88%) VLAN
6 6 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.73%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) FTP
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
8 3 (0.44%) VoIP
8 3 (0.44%) Wireless
9 2 (0.29%) Broadband
9 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 57 (8.37%) Power BI
3 56 (8.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 54 (7.93%) Relational Database
5 52 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
6 43 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
6 43 (6.31%) MySQL
7 35 (5.14%) Redis
8 34 (4.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (3.08%) Data Lake
10 20 (2.94%) MongoDB
11 17 (2.50%) Oracle Database
12 15 (2.20%) NoSQL
13 14 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.62%) Db2
15 9 (1.32%) Tableau
16 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (0.88%) Metadata
18 4 (0.59%) Ataccama
18 4 (0.59%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 57 (8.37%) Git
2 26 (3.82%) JIRA
3 10 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.17%) NUnit
5 8 (1.17%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.59%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.44%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.44%) Selenium
10 2 (0.29%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.29%) MSTest
10 2 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) Gatling
11 1 (0.15%) GitLab
11 1 (0.15%) Ranorex
11 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 182 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 177 (25.99%) Finance
3 83 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.17%) Law
5 36 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.99%) Legal
7 28 (4.11%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.67%) Banking
9 13 (1.91%) Retail
10 9 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.32%) Front Office
10 9 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.73%) Billing
13 5 (0.73%) Legal Technology
13 5 (0.73%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Publishing
15 3 (0.44%) Advertising
15 3 (0.44%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 241 (35.39%) Developer
2 98 (14.39%) Senior
3 89 (13.07%) Software Developer
4 70 (10.28%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.25%) Graduate
5 63 (9.25%) SQL Developer
6 61 (8.96%) .NET Developer
6 61 (8.96%) Lead
7 55 (8.08%) Software Engineer
8 48 (7.05%) C# Developer
9 47 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
10 46 (6.75%) Analyst
11 39 (5.73%) Graduate Developer
11 39 (5.73%) Graduate Software Developer
11 39 (5.73%) Lead Developer
12 38 (5.58%) Azure Engineer
13 36 (5.29%) Data Manager
14 35 (5.14%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (4.99%) Architect
15 34 (4.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (34.21%) .NET
2 85 (12.48%) CSS
3 64 (9.40%) .NET Framework
3 64 (9.40%) ASP.NET
4 61 (8.96%) HTML
5 60 (8.81%) .NET Core
6 59 (8.66%) React
7 58 (8.52%) REST
8 48 (7.05%) AngularJS
8 48 (7.05%) Entity Framework
9 42 (6.17%) Node.js
10 39 (5.73%) jQuery
11 32 (4.70%) Terraform
12 31 (4.55%) Vue
13 28 (4.11%) XML
14 26 (3.82%) Blazor
15 19 (2.79%) Web Services
16 18 (2.64%) ASP.NET MVC
17 17 (2.50%) Middleware
17 17 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.08%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.79%) Replication
6 18 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.76%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.62%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.62%) Clustering
11 10 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.32%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.88%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.88%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 98 (14.39%) Windows
2 66 (9.69%) Windows Server
3 40 (5.87%) Linux
4 10 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.17%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) AIX
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (30.54%) Agile
2 156 (22.91%) DevOps
3 135 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (18.21%) AI
4 124 (18.21%) CI/CD
5 115 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (16.30%) Software Engineering
7 105 (15.42%) Full-Stack Development
7 105 (15.42%) Roadmaps
8 103 (15.12%) Data Engineering
9 102 (14.98%) Data Architecture
9 102 (14.98%) Migration
10 91 (13.36%) Computer Science
11 89 (13.07%) Mentoring
12 78 (11.45%) Clean Code
13 74 (10.87%) Microservices
14 73 (10.72%) Data Governance
15 72 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
16 71 (10.43%) MVC
17 68 (9.99%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 385 (56.53%) SQL
2 270 (39.65%) C#
3 108 (15.86%) JavaScript
4 83 (12.19%) Python
5 62 (9.10%) PHP
5 62 (9.10%) TypeScript
6 56 (8.22%) PowerShell
7 52 (7.64%) Java
7 52 (7.64%) T-SQL
8 30 (4.41%) C++
9 11 (1.62%) VB.NET
10 10 (1.47%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.32%) Bicep
11 9 (1.32%) Go
12 8 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.03%) VBA
14 6 (0.88%) VBScript
15 5 (0.73%) Bash
15 5 (0.73%) Tcl
16 4 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 125 (18.36%) Degree
2 75 (11.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.50%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.76%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.03%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.73%) HNC
9 5 (0.73%) HND
9 5 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) CCNA
12 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.78%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.58%) QA
3 27 (3.96%) SLA
4 24 (3.52%) GDPR
5 12 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) PMO
8 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) HL7
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.43%) Virtual Machines
2 61 (8.96%) Docker
3 52 (7.64%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.20%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.73%) vSphere
7 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.47%) Ansible
4 7 (1.03%) Grafana
4 7 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.73%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.59%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.29%) MIIS
8 2 (0.29%) SCCM
9 1 (0.15%) Consul
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 353 (51.84%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.66%) Databricks
3 53 (7.78%) Oracle
4 23 (3.38%) VMware
5 15 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.06%) Google
7 12 (1.76%) Citrix
7 12 (1.76%) IBM
7 12 (1.76%) Veeam
8 11 (1.62%) Cisco
8 11 (1.62%) iManage
9 9 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.32%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.17%) Informatica
11 5 (0.73%) Intapp
11 5 (0.73%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.73%) Remedy
11 5 (0.73%) Sybase
11 5 (0.73%) Synology