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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 42 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 +31
Contract jobs citing Azure SQL Database 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.31% 1.04% 0.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.90% 8.57% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £541 -
25th Percentile - £541 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £543 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.97% -9.58% -
75th Percentile - £544 £625
90th Percentile - £545 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £640 £545 £600
% change year-on-year +17.43% -9.17% -

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 58 35 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.95% 12.11% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 22 72
10th Percentile £308 £204 £314
25th Percentile £329 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% -1.04%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £575
90th Percentile £588 £565 £643
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

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
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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft