Azure SQL Database Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Azure SQL Database skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.86% - 1.03%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.90% - 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £565 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 - -
75th Percentile £591 - -
90th Percentile £601 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £577 - -

All Database & BI Skills
Milton Keynes

Azure SQL Database falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 87 50 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 12.46% 20.92% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 37 24
10th Percentile £355 £280 £267
25th Percentile £400 £325 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.27% -11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £438 £475
90th Percentile £588 £522 £561
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £478 £375 £438
% change year-on-year +27.47% -14.29% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £18.75 -

Azure SQL Database
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure SQL Database relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Azure SQL Database job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure SQL Database.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Database in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure SQL Database in Milton Keynes

Azure SQL Database
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) DBA
3 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft