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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 54 26
Rank change year-on-year -37 -28 +12
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 578 905 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.77% 5.64% 7.26%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 19.85% 27.67% 33.43%
Number of salaries quoted 512 559 2,135
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,213 £36,048
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £82,500 £79,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,912 3,271 7,263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.98% 20.37% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,303 2,199 6,048
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -5.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.73%

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 3 July 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 39 (6.75%) IIS
2 32 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 30 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (2.08%) Confluence
5 6 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.69%) nginx
6 4 (0.69%) SAS
7 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
7 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.35%) JBoss
7 2 (0.35%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.04%) Magento
3 5 (0.87%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.69%) Shopify
5 3 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 373 (64.53%) Azure
2 101 (17.47%) AWS
3 90 (15.57%) Power Platform
4 68 (11.76%) Snowflake
5 64 (11.07%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (10.03%) SaaS
7 57 (9.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 56 (9.69%) Azure Machine Learning
9 55 (9.52%) Azure AI
10 53 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (4.67%) Entra ID
11 27 (4.67%) Serverless
12 22 (3.81%) PaaS
12 22 (3.81%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.63%) PowerApps
14 20 (3.46%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (3.46%) GitHub
15 17 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (2.77%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.57%) Firewall
2 24 (4.15%) VPN
3 17 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.77%) DNS
5 13 (2.25%) DHCP
6 9 (1.56%) VLAN
7 7 (1.21%) VoIP
8 5 (0.87%) DMZ
8 5 (0.87%) LAN
8 5 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.87%) STUN
8 5 (0.87%) WAN
9 4 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.52%) SAN
10 3 (0.52%) Wireless
11 2 (0.35%) HTTP
11 2 (0.35%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.35%) Network Security
11 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.17%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.94%) Power BI
2 46 (7.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 44 (7.61%) MySQL
4 43 (7.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 31 (5.36%) Relational Database
8 24 (4.15%) Redis
9 16 (2.77%) Oracle Database
10 14 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (2.25%) Db2
12 12 (2.08%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.73%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.38%) Tableau
15 5 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.69%) Metadata
16 4 (0.69%) Power Query
16 4 (0.69%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (5.02%) JIRA
2 22 (3.81%) Git
3 14 (2.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.56%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.04%) NUnit
5 6 (1.04%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.69%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.52%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.52%) Selenium
8 2 (0.35%) Karma Test Runner
8 2 (0.35%) MSTest
8 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.17%) Gatling
9 1 (0.17%) GitLab
9 1 (0.17%) Postman
9 1 (0.17%) Ranorex
9 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 168 (29.07%) Finance
2 153 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 70 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.67%) Banking
5 25 (4.33%) Law
6 23 (3.98%) Legal
7 19 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.42%) Retail
10 10 (1.73%) Front Office
11 8 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.69%) Back Office
13 4 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (0.69%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.69%) Marketing
13 4 (0.69%) Publishing
13 4 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 199 (34.43%) Developer
2 88 (15.22%) Senior
3 79 (13.67%) Software Developer
4 64 (11.07%) SQL Developer
5 53 (9.17%) Graduate
6 51 (8.82%) Analyst
7 46 (7.96%) C# Developer
7 46 (7.96%) Data Engineer
8 43 (7.44%) Graduate Developer
8 43 (7.44%) Graduate Software Developer
9 42 (7.27%) Software Engineer
10 40 (6.92%) .NET Developer
11 39 (6.75%) Lead
12 37 (6.40%) C# Software Developer
12 37 (6.40%) Data Manager
13 36 (6.23%) Engineering Manager
14 35 (6.06%) Full-Stack Developer
15 34 (5.88%) Support Engineer
16 33 (5.71%) Applications Support
16 33 (5.71%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (31.31%) .NET
2 75 (12.98%) CSS
3 47 (8.13%) HTML
4 46 (7.96%) .NET Core
5 44 (7.61%) jQuery
6 41 (7.09%) React
7 37 (6.40%) ASP.NET
7 37 (6.40%) REST
8 36 (6.23%) .NET Framework
8 36 (6.23%) AngularJS
9 31 (5.36%) Node.js
10 29 (5.02%) Entity Framework
11 24 (4.15%) Vue
12 19 (3.29%) XML
13 18 (3.11%) RESTful
14 17 (2.94%) Middleware
15 16 (2.77%) JSON
16 15 (2.60%) ASP.NET Core
17 12 (2.08%) Kafka
18 11 (1.90%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.81%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.25%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.08%) Replication
10 11 (1.90%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.56%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.38%) Clustering
14 7 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.21%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.04%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
16 5 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 88 (15.22%) Windows
2 59 (10.21%) Windows Server
3 36 (6.23%) Linux
4 10 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.21%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.87%) Debian
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
7 3 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (31.66%) Agile
2 117 (20.24%) DevOps
3 110 (19.03%) AI
4 102 (17.65%) Data Engineering
5 99 (17.13%) Roadmaps
6 97 (16.78%) CI/CD
7 96 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (15.74%) Full-Stack Development
9 88 (15.22%) Migration
10 86 (14.88%) Business Intelligence
10 86 (14.88%) Computer Science
11 84 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 81 (14.01%) Data Architecture
13 77 (13.32%) Software Engineering
14 70 (12.11%) Mentoring
15 67 (11.59%) Regulatory Compliance
16 64 (11.07%) Data Governance
16 64 (11.07%) Line Management
17 61 (10.55%) Machine Learning
18 60 (10.38%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 360 (62.28%) SQL
2 198 (34.26%) C#
3 88 (15.22%) Python
4 76 (13.15%) JavaScript
5 67 (11.59%) PowerShell
6 55 (9.52%) PHP
7 54 (9.34%) T-SQL
7 54 (9.34%) TypeScript
8 52 (9.00%) Java
9 31 (5.36%) C++
10 15 (2.60%) PL/SQL
11 14 (2.42%) Bash
12 12 (2.08%) R
13 11 (1.90%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.38%) Bicep
16 6 (1.04%) VBA
16 6 (1.04%) VBScript
17 5 (0.87%) Tcl
18 4 (0.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (19.55%) Degree
2 71 (12.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 14 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.25%) Security Cleared
6 10 (1.73%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.87%) HNC
7 5 (0.87%) HND
7 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.87%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.35%) CCNA
9 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.35%) MCSA
9 2 (0.35%) MCSE
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.96%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.15%) QA
3 22 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (3.46%) GDPR
4 20 (3.46%) SLA
5 5 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.52%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) NCSC
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 69 (11.94%) Virtual Machines
2 64 (11.07%) Active Directory
3 43 (7.44%) Docker
4 16 (2.77%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.87%) vSphere
7 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (4.67%) Terraform
2 26 (4.50%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.38%) Ansible
5 5 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.87%) Grafana
5 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.35%) MIIS
8 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.17%) Consul
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Packer
9 1 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 293 (50.69%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.32%) Databricks
3 48 (8.30%) Oracle
4 20 (3.46%) VMware
5 18 (3.11%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.42%) Cisco
8 13 (2.25%) Citrix
9 12 (2.08%) Veeam
10 10 (1.73%) iManage
11 9 (1.56%) IBM
12 8 (1.38%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.04%) TIBCO
15 5 (0.87%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.87%) Informatica
15 5 (0.87%) Meraki
15 5 (0.87%) Sybase
15 5 (0.87%) Synology
16 4 (0.69%) Talend