Which roles ask for SQL Server at tech companies · 60 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
60 roles counted that list SQL Server, one per company, title and level; 134 postings in the window.
In short
SQL Server: listed in 60 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 54 and preferred in 6. The largest group is software engineer roles: 41 of 60 (68%).
- Required
- 54 of 60 (90%)
- Of the roles that list SQL Server
- Preferred
- 6 of 60 (10%)
- Of the roles that list SQL Server
- Largest group
- 41 of 60 (68%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for SQL Server
Roles listing SQL Server, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 41 | 41 of 719 (6%) |
| Data engineer | 5 | 5 of 99 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Analytics engineer | 2 | 2 of 28 |
| QA engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Data architect | 1 | 1 of 11 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 (1%) |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| Security engineer | 1 | 1 of 126 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- AF Group2 roles
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan2 roles
- CI&T2 roles
- Dautom2 roles
- IO Connect Services2 roles
- OneOcean2 roles
- TASQ Staffing Solutions2 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.2 roles
- AgSource1 role
- Intuition Staffing1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 60 SQL Server roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| .NET | 34 of 60 (57%) |
| REST | 30 of 60 (50%) |
| SQL | 30 of 60 (50%) |
| C# | 26 of 60 (43%) |
| Git | 22 of 60 (37%) |
| JavaScript | 22 of 60 (37%) |
| Azure | 20 of 60 (33%) |
| CI/CD | 20 of 60 (33%) |
| Agile | 18 of 60 (30%) |
| CSS | 13 of 60 (22%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 6 of 60 (10%) |
| HTML | 6 of 60 (10%) |
| AI | 5 of 60 (8%) |
| Agile | 5 of 60 (8%) |
| Azure | 5 of 60 (8%) |
| Microservices | 5 of 60 (8%) |
| React | 5 of 60 (8%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 4 of 60 (7%) |
| Databases | 4 of 60 (7%) |
| Docker | 4 of 60 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 25 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 25 of 25
- 2+ years
- 25 of 25
- 3+ years
- 25 of 25
- 5+ years
- 13 of 25
- 8+ years
- 6 of 25
- 10+ years
- 2 of 25
Degree
Of the 26 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 7 of 26
- Required, or experience instead
- 7 of 26
- Preferred
- 2 of 26
- Not mentioned
- 10 of 26
Pay and remote work
Of the 60 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 23 of 60 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 59 of 60 (98%)
How we count: 60 roles from 52 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology