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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -25 +17 -7
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 25 37 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 3.66% 10.91% 5.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.52% 45.12% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11 28 43
10th Percentile - £48,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 - £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,625 £66,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -

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 135 82 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.77% 24.19% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 84 63 170
10th Percentile £37,800 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £64,688
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,750 £82,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

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 30 January 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 1 (4.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
2 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 3 (12.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.00%) Base SAS
4 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
4 1 (4.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Postman
2 1 (4.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Banking
2 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Senior
1 13 (52.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 13 (52.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 6 (24.00%) SQL Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Data Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Data Integration Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Data Integration Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Integration Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) .NET Developer
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (4.00%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (68.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (16.00%) JSON
3 4 (16.00%) React
3 4 (16.00%) REST
3 4 (16.00%) XML
4 2 (8.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.00%) CSS
5 1 (4.00%) jQuery
5 1 (4.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (12.00%) N-Tier
2 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (32.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (16.00%) MVC
4 4 (16.00%) OO
5 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 3 (12.00%) ETL
5 3 (12.00%) Microservices
5 3 (12.00%) OOP
5 3 (12.00%) Scrum
5 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.00%) TDD
6 2 (8.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) SQL
2 6 (24.00%) C#
2 6 (24.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (8.00%) C
3 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.00%) Python
4 1 (4.00%) C++
4 1 (4.00%) Java
4 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.00%) PHP
4 1 (4.00%) PROC SQL
4 1 (4.00%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Teradata