Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

sql server

326 live US technical postings name sql server in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 326 postings naming sql server that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer62%
  2. 2Data Engineer16.6%
  3. 3Full-Stack Engineer11%
  4. 4DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer3.7%
  5. 5Data Analyst2.8%
  6. 6Frontend Engineer1.8%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where sql server is named
n = 172
10th
$114k
25th
$130k
Median
$150k
75th
$174k
90th
$198k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Washington, DC6.1%
  2. 2Remote5.8%
  3. 3Seattle, WA3.7%
  4. 4Denver, CO3.4%
  5. 5Dallas, TX3.1%
  6. 6New York, NY2.8%
  7. 7Atlanta, GA1.8%
  8. 8San Francisco, CA1.8%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.