SQL Server Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -25 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 29 16 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 2.36% 5.86% 6.77%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 33.33% 32.65% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 18 13 28
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,550 £22,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +3.03% -17.50%
75th Percentile £63,125 £54,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £59,375
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +1.94% - -6.36%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Milton Keynes

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 87 49 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 7.07% 17.95% 23.36%
Number of salaries quoted 56 33 84
10th Percentile £38,375 £39,250 £32,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £51,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% +17.92% -33.46%
75th Percentile £72,781 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.18% +6.11% -25.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

SQL Server
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in Milton Keynes

SQL Server
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 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Finacle
1 1 (3.45%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (3.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) SaaS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) PaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.45%) GitHub
5 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.45%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Retail
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Software Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Senior
4 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Software Support Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Developer
7 3 (10.34%) Data Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (65.52%) .NET
2 5 (17.24%) WinForms
3 3 (10.34%) Terraform
4 2 (6.90%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.90%) Blazor
4 2 (6.90%) React
5 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Software Engineering
2 11 (37.93%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (27.59%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (24.14%) Agile
5 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) OO
6 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (13.79%) Design Patterns
7 4 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (10.34%) Analytics
8 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
8 3 (10.34%) Business Strategy
8 3 (10.34%) Data Management
8 3 (10.34%) Database Optimisation
8 3 (10.34%) DevOps
8 3 (10.34%) OOP
8 3 (10.34%) Performance Engineering
8 3 (10.34%) Platform Engineering
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (6.90%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) SQL
2 10 (34.48%) C#
3 7 (24.14%) T-SQL
4 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
5 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
1 1 (3.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) FIS
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Temenos