Hybrid/Remote SQL Job Trends

SQL (Structured Query Language)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 1,757 2,351 4,778
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.58% 16.36% 14.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.95% 39.75% 35.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 1,688 4,062
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -2.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.08%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,888 5,915 13,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.65% 41.16% 41.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,603 4,420 11,416
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SQL over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

SQL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 68 (3.87%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 35 (1.99%) Apache
5 33 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (0.91%) Confluence
7 13 (0.74%) IIS
8 12 (0.68%) JBoss
9 9 (0.51%) SAS
9 9 (0.51%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.34%) CMS
11 6 (0.34%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.11%) Moodle
13 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.057%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.057%) FileNet
14 1 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 84 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.057%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.057%) Notion
Business Applications
1 28 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
4 16 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
4 16 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
5 15 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
6 14 (0.80%) NetSuite
6 14 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
6 14 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
7 13 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (0.57%) Magento
9 9 (0.51%) Shopify
10 8 (0.46%) SAP Business One
11 7 (0.40%) Hyperion Planning
12 6 (0.34%) NEC Housing
13 5 (0.28%) Sage 200
13 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
14 4 (0.23%) Infor M3
14 4 (0.23%) JDE OneWorld
14 4 (0.23%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 813 (46.27%) Azure
2 299 (17.02%) AWS
3 296 (16.85%) Power Platform
4 161 (9.16%) Azure DevOps
5 128 (7.29%) SaaS
6 123 (7.00%) GitHub
7 116 (6.60%) Snowflake
8 115 (6.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 111 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 100 (5.69%) GCP
11 90 (5.12%) Entra ID
12 86 (4.89%) Azure AI
13 81 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
14 79 (4.50%) Azure Machine Learning
15 77 (4.38%) Serverless
16 71 (4.04%) Amazon S3
17 60 (3.41%) PowerApps
18 58 (3.30%) Power Automate
19 57 (3.24%) dbt
20 54 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.68%) Broadband
2 23 (1.31%) Firewall
3 17 (0.97%) VPN
4 14 (0.80%) DNS
5 13 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.68%) Internet
7 9 (0.51%) DHCP
7 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.40%) 5G
8 7 (0.40%) DMZ
8 7 (0.40%) Telnet
8 7 (0.40%) VLAN
9 6 (0.34%) Modbus
9 6 (0.34%) Network Security
9 6 (0.34%) VoIP
10 5 (0.28%) AMQP
10 5 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.28%) STUN
11 4 (0.23%) SSL
11 4 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (17.87%) SQL Server
2 273 (15.54%) Power BI
3 199 (11.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 117 (6.66%) MongoDB
5 109 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
6 95 (5.41%) NoSQL
7 86 (4.89%) Tableau
8 84 (4.78%) MySQL
9 81 (4.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 77 (4.38%) Data Lake
11 76 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
12 68 (3.87%) Relational Database
13 65 (3.70%) BigQuery
14 56 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 51 (2.90%) Metadata
16 45 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
17 43 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
18 40 (2.28%) Looker
19 30 (1.71%) OLTP
20 28 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 122 (6.94%) Git
2 92 (5.24%) JIRA
3 41 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 36 (2.05%) Postman
5 34 (1.94%) Oracle Forms
5 34 (1.94%) Selenium
6 29 (1.65%) SoapUI
7 27 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.42%) WebDriver
9 14 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 12 (0.68%) MLflow
11 11 (0.63%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.57%) GitLab
13 9 (0.51%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.51%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.46%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
16 5 (0.28%) NUnit
17 4 (0.23%) ERwin
17 4 (0.23%) Maven
General
1 543 (30.90%) Finance
2 423 (24.08%) Social Skills
3 263 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (4.89%) Public Sector
5 83 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (3.98%) Retail
7 57 (3.24%) Marketing
8 52 (2.96%) Banking
9 51 (2.90%) Law
10 32 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (1.65%) Legal
11 29 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 28 (1.59%) Advertising
13 26 (1.48%) Front Office
13 26 (1.48%) Games
14 24 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.02%) Health Technology
16 16 (0.91%) Back Office
16 16 (0.91%) Publishing
17 15 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 559 (31.82%) Developer
2 391 (22.25%) Senior
3 298 (16.96%) Analyst
4 200 (11.38%) Data Engineer
5 153 (8.71%) Lead
6 140 (7.97%) SQL Developer
7 135 (7.68%) .NET Developer
8 118 (6.72%) Senior Developer
9 117 (6.66%) Software Developer
10 95 (5.41%) C# Developer
11 94 (5.35%) Data Analyst
12 89 (5.07%) Graduate
13 88 (5.01%) Software Engineer
14 87 (4.95%) Support Analyst
15 84 (4.78%) C# Software Developer
15 84 (4.78%) Graduate Developer
16 83 (4.72%) Applications Support
17 80 (4.55%) Graduate Software Developer
18 74 (4.21%) PHP Developer
19 72 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (19.69%) .NET
2 205 (11.67%) HTML
3 176 (10.02%) CSS
4 151 (8.59%) .NET Core
5 140 (7.97%) React
6 124 (7.06%) ASP.NET
7 111 (6.32%) RESTful
8 107 (6.09%) REST
9 102 (5.81%) ASP.NET Core
9 102 (5.81%) SOAP
10 89 (5.07%) Node.js
11 78 (4.44%) AngularJS
12 75 (4.27%) JSON
13 70 (3.98%) Vue
14 67 (3.81%) Entity Framework
15 64 (3.64%) XML
16 62 (3.53%) PySpark
17 57 (3.24%) Kafka
18 54 (3.07%) GraphQL
19 53 (3.02%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.52%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.36%) Data Structures
3 45 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 45 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 29 (1.65%) Algorithms
9 29 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (1.42%) Cyberattack
11 24 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.37%) Client/Server
11 24 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (1.31%) Clustering
13 18 (1.02%) Driving Licence
13 18 (1.02%) FMCG
14 14 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.20%) Windows
2 66 (3.76%) Linux
3 43 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.68%) Unix
5 10 (0.57%) Android
6 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.34%) VMS
8 5 (0.28%) Debian
8 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.057%) AIX
10 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.057%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (30.79%) Agile
2 358 (20.38%) Business Intelligence
3 349 (19.86%) CI/CD
4 339 (19.29%) DevOps
5 322 (18.33%) Analytics
6 290 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
7 278 (15.82%) AI
8 275 (15.65%) Mentoring
9 251 (14.29%) Data Engineering
10 245 (13.94%) Data Modelling
11 220 (12.52%) ETL
12 209 (11.90%) Full-Stack Development
13 203 (11.55%) Data Pipeline
14 201 (11.44%) Machine Learning
15 177 (10.07%) Roadmaps
16 176 (10.02%) Data Governance
17 168 (9.56%) Software Engineering
18 162 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
19 161 (9.16%) Computer Science
20 146 (8.31%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 458 (26.07%) Python
2 395 (22.48%) C#
3 220 (12.52%) Java
4 170 (9.68%) JavaScript
5 129 (7.34%) PowerShell
6 114 (6.49%) TypeScript
7 108 (6.15%) PHP
8 104 (5.92%) T-SQL
9 86 (4.89%) PL/SQL
10 61 (3.47%) Bash
11 52 (2.96%) C++
12 39 (2.22%) Scala
13 30 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 27 (1.54%) R
15 16 (0.91%) Go
15 16 (0.91%) VBA
16 15 (0.85%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.74%) VB.NET
18 12 (0.68%) Groovy
18 12 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 257 (14.63%) Degree
2 79 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (4.38%) Security Cleared
4 52 (2.96%) SC Cleared
5 32 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 26 (1.48%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.31%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 18 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.74%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.63%) ACCA
11 11 (0.63%) CIMA
12 8 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.28%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.28%) HNC
13 5 (0.28%) HND
13 5 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (10.07%) Data Quality
2 64 (3.64%) QA
3 45 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.54%) NIST
5 25 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.42%) NCSC
6 24 (1.37%) SLA
7 22 (1.25%) GDPR
8 7 (0.40%) PMO
9 5 (0.28%) EMIR
9 5 (0.28%) HL7
9 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
10 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.17%) COREP
11 3 (0.17%) MiFID
12 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.11%) WCAG
13 1 (0.057%) IFRS
13 1 (0.057%) ITGC
System Software
1 130 (7.40%) Docker
2 125 (7.11%) Active Directory
3 73 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.28%) vSphere
7 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) Firmware
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.057%) vCloud
10 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.67%) Terraform
3 16 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.46%) Grafana
6 6 (0.34%) Ansible
7 5 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.17%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.057%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.057%) Control-M
10 1 (0.057%) Kibana
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.057%) SCCM
10 1 (0.057%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 484 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 198 (11.27%) Databricks
3 145 (8.25%) Oracle
4 60 (3.41%) Google
5 39 (2.22%) SAP
6 31 (1.76%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.65%) Adobe
8 23 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.08%) Informatica
10 16 (0.91%) IBM
11 14 (0.80%) Cisco
11 14 (0.80%) Facebook
12 12 (0.68%) Palantir
12 12 (0.68%) Veeam
13 11 (0.63%) VMware
14 9 (0.51%) Citrix
14 9 (0.51%) ConnectWise
14 9 (0.51%) Okta
14 9 (0.51%) WooCommerce
15 8 (0.46%) Apple