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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 54 51
Rank change year-on-year -36 -3 -16
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 665 890 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 5.43% 4.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.08% 31.10% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 571 551 828
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,063 £32,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.77% +2.73% -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 2,862 5,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.51% 17.46% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,511 2,032 3,664
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,854 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,217 £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 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,875 £135,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 2 September 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 45 (6.77%) IIS
2 35 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.65%) Confluence
5 6 (0.90%) nginx
6 5 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.45%) Apache
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Documentum
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Elite 3E
1 5 (0.75%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.30%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.30%) Magento
4 2 (0.30%) 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%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 396 (59.55%) Azure
2 109 (16.39%) AWS
3 87 (13.08%) Azure DevOps
4 86 (12.93%) Power Platform
5 79 (11.88%) Snowflake
6 62 (9.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 60 (9.02%) Azure AI
8 56 (8.42%) Azure Machine Learning
9 52 (7.82%) SaaS
10 51 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (5.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 30 (4.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 27 (4.06%) PowerApps
14 25 (3.76%) Serverless
15 24 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (3.46%) GCP
17 21 (3.16%) Entra ID
18 20 (3.01%) GitHub
19 17 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.32%) Firewall
2 30 (4.51%) DNS
2 30 (4.51%) TCP/IP
3 27 (4.06%) VPN
4 22 (3.31%) DHCP
5 9 (1.35%) VLAN
5 9 (1.35%) WAN
6 8 (1.20%) HTTP
6 8 (1.20%) LAN
7 6 (0.90%) VoIP
7 6 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.75%) Network Security
9 3 (0.45%) FTP
9 3 (0.45%) SAN
9 3 (0.45%) Wireless
10 2 (0.30%) Broadband
10 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.15%) SCTP
11 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (9.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 60 (9.02%) Power BI
3 54 (8.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 51 (7.67%) Relational Database
5 50 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
7 38 (5.71%) MySQL
8 34 (5.11%) Redis
9 33 (4.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (3.76%) MongoDB
11 21 (3.16%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.56%) NoSQL
13 14 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.95%) Oracle Database
15 9 (1.35%) Db2
16 8 (1.20%) Metadata
16 8 (1.20%) Tableau
17 7 (1.05%) DynamoDB
17 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 7 (1.05%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (8.87%) Git
2 24 (3.61%) JIRA
3 10 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.20%) NUnit
5 8 (1.20%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.45%) Selenium
10 2 (0.30%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.30%) MSTest
11 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.15%) Gatling
11 1 (0.15%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.15%) Storybook
11 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 180 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 173 (26.02%) Finance
3 75 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.62%) Law
5 36 (5.41%) Legal
6 35 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 23 (3.46%) Banking
9 13 (1.95%) Retail
10 10 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.35%) Front Office
12 8 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.90%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.75%) Billing
15 5 (0.75%) Marketing
16 4 (0.60%) Publishing
17 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 232 (34.89%) Developer
2 100 (15.04%) Senior
3 83 (12.48%) Software Developer
4 65 (9.77%) Data Engineer
5 63 (9.47%) Graduate
6 60 (9.02%) SQL Developer
7 58 (8.72%) .NET Developer
8 57 (8.57%) Lead
9 55 (8.27%) Software Engineer
10 44 (6.62%) Analyst
11 43 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
12 42 (6.32%) C# Developer
13 41 (6.17%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (5.41%) Data Manager
14 36 (5.41%) Graduate Developer
14 36 (5.41%) Graduate Software Developer
14 36 (5.41%) Lead Developer
15 35 (5.26%) Architect
15 35 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
16 34 (5.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (33.23%) .NET
2 76 (11.43%) CSS
3 63 (9.47%) ASP.NET
4 62 (9.32%) .NET Framework
5 56 (8.42%) .NET Core
6 55 (8.27%) HTML
6 55 (8.27%) React
6 55 (8.27%) REST
7 45 (6.77%) Entity Framework
8 42 (6.32%) AngularJS
8 42 (6.32%) Node.js
9 35 (5.26%) jQuery
10 32 (4.81%) Terraform
11 31 (4.66%) XML
12 30 (4.51%) Vue
13 28 (4.21%) Blazor
14 20 (3.01%) Web Services
15 19 (2.86%) Middleware
16 18 (2.71%) JSON
17 17 (2.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
2 26 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.16%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.86%) Replication
6 18 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.65%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.65%) Clustering
11 9 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.35%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.90%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 103 (15.49%) Windows
2 70 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 40 (6.02%) Linux
4 10 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.30%) AIX
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (30.83%) Agile
2 158 (23.76%) DevOps
3 130 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (18.35%) AI
4 122 (18.35%) CI/CD
5 114 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 110 (16.54%) Software Engineering
7 103 (15.49%) Roadmaps
8 102 (15.34%) Migration
9 100 (15.04%) Data Architecture
10 98 (14.74%) Data Engineering
11 96 (14.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 89 (13.38%) Computer Science
13 86 (12.93%) Mentoring
14 82 (12.33%) Clean Code
15 75 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (10.83%) Data Governance
17 68 (10.23%) Microservices
18 66 (9.92%) MVC
19 64 (9.62%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 378 (56.84%) SQL
2 262 (39.40%) C#
3 102 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 86 (12.93%) Python
5 61 (9.17%) PHP
6 57 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 56 (8.42%) TypeScript
8 53 (7.97%) T-SQL
9 52 (7.82%) Java
10 28 (4.21%) C++
11 11 (1.65%) Go
12 10 (1.50%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.35%) Bicep
14 8 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.20%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.05%) VBA
16 6 (0.90%) VBScript
17 5 (0.75%) Bash
17 5 (0.75%) Rust
17 5 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 121 (18.20%) Degree
2 73 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 17 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.75%) HNC
8 5 (0.75%) HND
8 5 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) MCSA
11 1 (0.15%) MCSE
11 1 (0.15%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.97%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.56%) QA
3 22 (3.31%) GDPR
4 21 (3.16%) SLA
5 12 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.45%) PMO
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (10.68%) Virtual Machines
2 58 (8.72%) Docker
3 54 (8.12%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.71%) Hyper-V
5 14 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.75%) vSphere
7 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.50%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Grafana
4 7 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.75%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) MIIS
8 2 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 352 (52.93%) Microsoft
2 93 (13.98%) Databricks
3 49 (7.37%) Oracle
4 23 (3.46%) VMware
5 15 (2.26%) Veeam
6 14 (2.11%) Google
6 14 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.80%) Citrix
8 12 (1.80%) IBM
9 11 (1.65%) Cisco
9 11 (1.65%) iManage
10 10 (1.50%) Informatica
11 9 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.35%) TIBCO
12 6 (0.90%) Talend
13 5 (0.75%) Intapp
13 5 (0.75%) Meraki
13 5 (0.75%) Remedy
13 5 (0.75%) Synology
355 hybrid/remote SQL Server jobs