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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 58 21
Rank change year-on-year -33 -37 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 495 690 2,741
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.90% 5.14% 8.99%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 22.68% 19.09% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 419 566 2,501
10th Percentile £33,050 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -2.65%

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 2,183 3,615 7,149
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.77% 26.94% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 2,436 6,118
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +13.04% -10.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,625 £118,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,950 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.18% +11.22% -9.45%

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 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 9 (1.82%) 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%) CMS
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
1 303 (61.21%) Azure
2 103 (20.81%) AWS
3 87 (17.58%) SaaS
4 84 (16.97%) Power Platform
5 58 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (9.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 43 (8.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 40 (8.08%) GitHub
9 38 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (7.27%) Serverless
11 29 (5.86%) Entra ID
12 23 (4.65%) 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 14 (2.83%) PowerApps
19 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
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 48 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (9.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (9.29%) MySQL
5 43 (8.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.64%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.43%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.63%) DB2
10 12 (2.42%) Oracle Database
11 11 (2.22%) Redis
12 10 (2.02%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (1.62%) Tableau
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 24 (4.85%) JIRA
3 11 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.02%) Selenium
5 9 (1.82%) GitLab
5 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.62%) Cucumber
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
1 175 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 130 (26.26%) Finance
3 87 (17.58%) 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
11 10 (2.02%) Marketing
12 7 (1.41%) Front Office
13 6 (1.21%) Automotive
14 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.81%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 149 (30.10%) Developer
2 111 (22.42%) Senior
3 62 (12.53%) Analyst
4 48 (9.70%) Software Developer
5 43 (8.69%) .NET Developer
5 43 (8.69%) Support Engineer
6 42 (8.48%) Software Engineer
7 39 (7.88%) C# Developer
8 38 (7.68%) Lead
9 37 (7.47%) SQL Developer
10 35 (7.07%) Applications Support
10 35 (7.07%) Senior Developer
11 31 (6.26%) Azure Developer
11 31 (6.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (5.86%) DBA
13 27 (5.45%) Data Engineer
14 25 (5.05%) C# Software Developer
14 25 (5.05%) Graduate
14 25 (5.05%) Graduate Developer
14 25 (5.05%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (40.40%) .NET
2 66 (13.33%) CSS
3 58 (11.72%) .NET Core
4 49 (9.90%) React
5 42 (8.48%) HTML
6 41 (8.28%) .NET Framework
7 35 (7.07%) REST
8 34 (6.87%) Entity Framework
9 33 (6.67%) jQuery
10 31 (6.26%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.66%) AngularJS
12 27 (5.45%) RESTful
13 21 (4.24%) ASP.NET Web API
14 20 (4.04%) JSON
15 19 (3.84%) Django
15 19 (3.84%) XML
16 16 (3.23%) Razor View Engine
16 16 (3.23%) SOAP
17 15 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web Forms
17 15 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.06%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (5.25%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (4.85%) Legacy Applications
5 23 (4.65%) Data Structures
6 18 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.42%) Replication
8 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.82%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.62%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.41%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.41%) NHS
12 6 (1.21%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.01%) Clustering
14 4 (0.81%) N-Tier
15 3 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.75%) Windows
2 41 (8.28%) Windows Server
3 26 (5.25%) Linux
4 11 (2.22%) 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
1 146 (29.49%) Agile
2 116 (23.43%) DevOps
3 115 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (22.02%) CI/CD
4 109 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (18.79%) Software Engineering
6 91 (18.38%) Business Intelligence
7 81 (16.36%) Mentoring
8 80 (16.16%) Analytics
9 64 (12.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 62 (12.53%) Microservices
11 59 (11.92%) Computer Science
12 58 (11.72%) Decision-Making
13 55 (11.11%) MVC
14 50 (10.10%) AI
15 48 (9.70%) Data Engineering
15 48 (9.70%) Visualisation
16 45 (9.09%) Data Modelling
16 45 (9.09%) Migration
17 43 (8.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 278 (56.16%) SQL
2 160 (32.32%) C#
3 92 (18.59%) Python
4 56 (11.31%) JavaScript
5 52 (10.51%) T-SQL
6 46 (9.29%) PowerShell
7 41 (8.28%) Java
8 34 (6.87%) TypeScript
9 30 (6.06%) PHP
10 27 (5.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 24 (4.85%) 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 98 (19.80%) 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 48 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.25%) QA
3 16 (3.23%) SLA
4 13 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.42%) GDPR
6 2 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
7 1 (0.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (9.70%) Docker
2 40 (8.08%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.84%) 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 28 (5.66%) 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
1 179 (36.16%) Microsoft
2 50 (10.10%) Oracle
3 32 (6.46%) Databricks
4 17 (3.43%) 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%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.81%) Veeam
12 4 (0.81%) Zoho