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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 55 31
Rank change year-on-year -17 -24 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 542 955 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.58% 4.76% 7.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.71% 20.73% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 457 623 1,405
10th Percentile £30,300 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Database and 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 2,286 4,606 5,272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.11% 22.98% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,751 2,838 4,216
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -0.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 24 November 2025.

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 35 (6.46%) IIS
2 17 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.58%) Confluence
3 14 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.29%) CMS
4 7 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.11%) Moodle
5 6 (1.11%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.11%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (0.74%) nginx
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.37%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.37%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.37%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 41 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (2.95%) Unit4 Business World
4 5 (0.92%) Infor CloudSuite
4 5 (0.92%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 5 (0.92%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.37%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.37%) Sage 1000
8 1 (0.18%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 298 (54.98%) Azure
2 99 (18.27%) AWS
3 98 (18.08%) Power Platform
4 81 (14.94%) SaaS
5 80 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (11.44%) GitHub
7 53 (9.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (6.64%) Serverless
9 33 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (5.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.69%) Entra ID
13 20 (3.69%) GCP
14 16 (2.95%) PaaS
15 15 (2.77%) Power Automate
15 15 (2.77%) PowerApps
16 14 (2.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 12 (2.21%) Azure App Service
18 11 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.69%) Firewall
2 11 (2.03%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.85%) DNS
3 10 (1.85%) VPN
4 7 (1.29%) SSL
5 5 (0.92%) DHCP
5 5 (0.92%) DMZ
5 5 (0.92%) STUN
5 5 (0.92%) VLAN
5 5 (0.92%) VoIP
6 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.37%) HTTP
7 2 (0.37%) Internet
7 2 (0.37%) SAN
7 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.37%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) FTP
8 1 (0.18%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.18%) IPv6
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (16.79%) Power BI
2 87 (16.05%) MySQL
3 65 (11.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 54 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (9.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 52 (9.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 38 (7.01%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (6.64%) MongoDB
8 34 (6.27%) Relational Database
9 21 (3.87%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (2.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 12 (2.21%) Tableau
11 10 (1.85%) DB2
12 9 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.48%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.29%) Data Hub
14 7 (1.29%) Redis
14 7 (1.29%) SQL CLR
15 6 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 92 (16.97%) Git
2 18 (3.32%) JIRA
3 13 (2.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 12 (2.21%) GitLab
5 9 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.66%) Selenium
6 8 (1.48%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.48%) JUnit
7 6 (1.11%) NUnit
7 6 (1.11%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.74%) Jasmine
9 4 (0.74%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.74%) Toad
9 4 (0.74%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.37%) SpecFlow
General
1 225 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 154 (28.41%) Finance
3 79 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.35%) Retail
5 28 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 25 (4.61%) Law
8 24 (4.43%) Back Office
8 24 (4.43%) Banking
9 22 (4.06%) Front Office
10 19 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (3.32%) Marketing
12 16 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.77%) Billing
14 13 (2.40%) Games
15 10 (1.85%) Legal
16 6 (1.11%) Advertising
16 6 (1.11%) Local Government
17 5 (0.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 238 (43.91%) Developer
2 93 (17.16%) Senior
3 68 (12.55%) Analyst
4 62 (11.44%) .NET Developer
5 50 (9.23%) Graduate
6 46 (8.49%) Senior Developer
7 45 (8.30%) Graduate Developer
8 44 (8.12%) Software Developer
9 42 (7.75%) C# Developer
9 42 (7.75%) Support Engineer
10 39 (7.20%) IT Graduate
11 38 (7.01%) Lead
11 38 (7.01%) SQL Developer
12 33 (6.09%) Applications Support
13 31 (5.72%) Azure Developer
13 31 (5.72%) DBA
14 29 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
15 26 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (4.43%) SaaS Developer
17 22 (4.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 238 (43.91%) .NET
2 95 (17.53%) CSS
3 69 (12.73%) ASP.NET
4 63 (11.62%) .NET Framework
5 61 (11.25%) .NET Core
6 53 (9.78%) jQuery
7 51 (9.41%) React
8 50 (9.23%) HTML
9 47 (8.67%) Entity Framework
10 46 (8.49%) AngularJS
11 36 (6.64%) REST
11 36 (6.64%) Web Services
12 35 (6.46%) Vue
13 34 (6.27%) RESTful
14 31 (5.72%) XML
15 27 (4.98%) ASP.NET Web API
16 19 (3.51%) JSON
17 17 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
18 16 (2.95%) YAML
19 15 (2.77%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (5.72%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (3.14%) NHS
6 15 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 13 (2.40%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
9 11 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
10 10 (1.85%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.66%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.66%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.48%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.48%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.29%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.29%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.11%) Replication
15 4 (0.74%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.21%) Windows
2 42 (7.75%) Windows Server
3 35 (6.46%) Linux
4 13 (2.40%) Unix
5 7 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.92%) Debian
6 5 (0.92%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.74%) VMS
8 3 (0.55%) Android
8 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.37%) Solaris
9 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.18%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (36.16%) Agile
2 184 (33.95%) Problem-Solving
3 149 (27.49%) DevOps
4 120 (22.14%) CI/CD
5 116 (21.40%) Business Intelligence
5 116 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 90 (16.61%) Computer Science
7 82 (15.13%) Mentoring
8 77 (14.21%) Microservices
8 77 (14.21%) MVC
9 75 (13.84%) Software Engineering
10 72 (13.28%) OOP
11 68 (12.55%) Analytics
11 68 (12.55%) Full-Stack Development
12 62 (11.44%) Scrum
13 60 (11.07%) Clean Code
14 56 (10.33%) ETL
15 55 (10.15%) Decision-Making
16 47 (8.67%) OO
17 43 (7.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 303 (55.90%) SQL
2 232 (42.80%) C#
3 98 (18.08%) JavaScript
4 72 (13.28%) Java
5 67 (12.36%) Python
6 54 (9.96%) PHP
7 47 (8.67%) C++
7 47 (8.67%) T-SQL
8 39 (7.20%) PowerShell
9 36 (6.64%) TypeScript
10 29 (5.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (2.95%) VB.NET
12 14 (2.58%) Bicep
12 14 (2.58%) C
13 8 (1.48%) Delphi
14 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.11%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.11%) VB
16 3 (0.55%) Erlang
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (26.94%) Degree
2 85 (15.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (3.51%) Master's Degree
4 12 (2.21%) AWS Certification
4 12 (2.21%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 11 (2.03%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.37%) ACCA
10 2 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.37%) CIMA
11 1 (0.18%) MCSE
11 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.49%) QA
2 33 (6.09%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.14%) ISO 9001
5 12 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.85%) GDPR
7 6 (1.11%) SLA
8 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
9 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (8.86%) Docker
2 25 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.92%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.55%) vSphere
6 3 (0.55%) XenApp
7 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.18%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 41 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.98%) Terraform
3 12 (2.21%) Grafana
4 5 (0.92%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.92%) SCCM
5 4 (0.74%) Ansible
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 200 (36.90%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.49%) Oracle
3 30 (5.54%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.14%) Databricks
5 15 (2.77%) Google
5 15 (2.77%) VMware
6 14 (2.58%) DevExpress
7 9 (1.66%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.66%) Zoho
8 8 (1.48%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.48%) Sage
8 8 (1.48%) Talend
9 7 (1.29%) New Relic
10 6 (1.11%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.11%) IBM
10 6 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.11%) Rollbar
10 6 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.92%) Informatica
11 5 (0.92%) SAP