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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 59 21
Rank change year-on-year -23 -38 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 524 657 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.10% 5.11% 8.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 23.45% 18.85% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 450 564 2,490
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.07%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -1.79%

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 2,235 3,486 7,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.24% 27.10% 23.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,653 2,428 6,114
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,825
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,822 £73,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £119,125 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +10.43% -8.00%

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 28 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 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.29%) IIS
4 11 (2.10%) Confluence
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.76%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.57%) nginx
7 3 (0.57%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.57%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Moodle
8 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (1.91%) Magento
4 9 (1.72%) Shopify
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.57%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Actimize
7 1 (0.19%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 328 (62.60%) Azure
2 104 (19.85%) AWS
3 85 (16.22%) Power Platform
3 85 (16.22%) SaaS
4 62 (11.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 56 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (8.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 41 (7.82%) GitHub
8 40 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (7.25%) Snowflake
10 37 (7.06%) Azure AI
11 34 (6.49%) Azure Machine Learning
11 34 (6.49%) Serverless
12 30 (5.73%) Entra ID
13 23 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (3.63%) PaaS
16 14 (2.67%) Power Automate
16 14 (2.67%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.53%) Firewall
2 14 (2.67%) VPN
3 11 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.72%) DNS
5 7 (1.34%) DMZ
5 7 (1.34%) VLAN
6 5 (0.95%) DHCP
6 5 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.95%) STUN
6 5 (0.95%) VoIP
7 3 (0.57%) AMQP
7 3 (0.57%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.57%) SSL
7 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.38%) Network Security
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.38%) WAN
9 1 (0.19%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.08%) Power BI
2 67 (12.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 51 (9.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 46 (8.78%) MySQL
4 46 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (3.82%) Relational Database
7 19 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (3.44%) NoSQL
9 16 (3.05%) Oracle Database
10 13 (2.48%) DB2
11 11 (2.10%) Redis
12 8 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.53%) Tableau
13 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.76%) Metadata
15 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
15 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 44 (8.40%) Git
2 24 (4.58%) JIRA
3 11 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.91%) Selenium
5 9 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (1.53%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.53%) GitLab
6 8 (1.53%) JUnit
7 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.57%) Maven
9 3 (0.57%) NUnit
9 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.19%) JMeter
11 1 (0.19%) Moq
11 1 (0.19%) MSTest
11 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 173 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 155 (29.58%) Finance
3 92 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.34%) Banking
5 19 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 15 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.48%) Billing
8 13 (2.48%) Law
9 11 (2.10%) Retail
10 10 (1.91%) Back Office
10 10 (1.91%) Legal
11 9 (1.72%) Marketing
12 7 (1.34%) Front Office
13 6 (1.15%) Automotive
14 5 (0.95%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 155 (29.58%) Developer
2 111 (21.18%) Senior
3 64 (12.21%) Analyst
4 51 (9.73%) Software Developer
5 44 (8.40%) C# Developer
6 43 (8.21%) .NET Developer
6 43 (8.21%) SQL Developer
6 43 (8.21%) Support Engineer
7 39 (7.44%) Software Engineer
8 36 (6.87%) Applications Support
9 35 (6.68%) Lead
9 35 (6.68%) Senior Developer
10 34 (6.49%) Azure Developer
11 31 (5.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (5.73%) C# Software Developer
12 30 (5.73%) Data Engineer
13 29 (5.53%) Graduate
13 29 (5.53%) Graduate Developer
13 29 (5.53%) Graduate Software Developer
14 28 (5.34%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (37.21%) .NET
2 68 (12.98%) CSS
3 56 (10.69%) .NET Core
4 50 (9.54%) React
5 41 (7.82%) HTML
6 39 (7.44%) .NET Framework
7 36 (6.87%) jQuery
8 35 (6.68%) REST
9 33 (6.30%) Entity Framework
10 29 (5.53%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.34%) AngularJS
12 26 (4.96%) RESTful
13 20 (3.82%) JSON
13 20 (3.82%) XML
14 19 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (3.44%) Django
16 16 (3.05%) Razor View Engine
16 16 (3.05%) SOAP
17 15 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web Forms
18 13 (2.48%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.53%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.58%) Legacy Applications
3 24 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (4.39%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.67%) Replication
8 13 (2.48%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.91%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.53%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.34%) NHS
12 7 (1.34%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.95%) Clustering
14 4 (0.76%) N-Tier
15 3 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 75 (14.31%) Windows
2 42 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 27 (5.15%) Linux
4 10 (1.91%) VMS
5 5 (0.95%) Debian
5 5 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.57%) CentOS
6 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.57%) Unix
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (31.30%) Agile
2 116 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (21.56%) DevOps
4 110 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 103 (19.66%) CI/CD
6 94 (17.94%) Business Intelligence
7 91 (17.37%) Software Engineering
8 82 (15.65%) Analytics
8 82 (15.65%) Mentoring
9 70 (13.36%) Data Engineering
10 69 (13.17%) AI
11 63 (12.02%) Migration
11 63 (12.02%) Roadmaps
12 62 (11.83%) Full-Stack Development
13 61 (11.64%) Computer Science
13 61 (11.64%) Decision-Making
14 59 (11.26%) Microservices
14 59 (11.26%) MVC
15 50 (9.54%) Data Architecture
16 48 (9.16%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 307 (58.59%) SQL
2 163 (31.11%) C#
3 94 (17.94%) Python
4 55 (10.50%) T-SQL
5 54 (10.31%) JavaScript
6 45 (8.59%) Java
6 45 (8.59%) PowerShell
7 34 (6.49%) PHP
7 34 (6.49%) TypeScript
8 27 (5.15%) C++
8 27 (5.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (3.05%) R
10 13 (2.48%) Bicep
10 13 (2.48%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.29%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.72%) Bash
12 9 (1.72%) Delphi
13 3 (0.57%) Erlang
14 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 100 (19.08%) Degree
2 50 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 15 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.91%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
12 2 (0.38%) HND
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
12 2 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.54%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.77%) QA
3 19 (3.63%) SLA
4 15 (2.86%) GDPR
5 13 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 46 (8.78%) Docker
2 41 (7.82%) Active Directory
3 38 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.76%) vSphere
7 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 1 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.19%) vCloud
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (6.68%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.53%) Terraform
3 10 (1.91%) Grafana
4 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.95%) Ansible
5 5 (0.95%) SCCM
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) MIIS
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) Consul
9 1 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.19%) Puppet
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 207 (39.50%) Microsoft
2 54 (10.31%) Oracle
3 51 (9.73%) Databricks
4 18 (3.44%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.29%) Cisco
5 12 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.29%) VMware
6 11 (2.10%) Google
7 9 (1.72%) Citrix
7 9 (1.72%) ConnectWise
7 9 (1.72%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.72%) WooCommerce
8 8 (1.53%) New Relic
9 7 (1.34%) Sage
10 5 (0.95%) IBM
10 5 (0.95%) Informatica
10 5 (0.95%) Veeam
11 4 (0.76%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.76%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.76%) Xamarin