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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 18 26
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +25
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 46 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 3.96% 6.30% 5.82%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 38.33% 37.50% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 33 11 34
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +14.44% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £54,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,125
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +12.90% -15.45%

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 120 40 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 10.33% 16.81% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 82 21 156
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £44,655
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +17.57% -26.80%
75th Percentile £70,094 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £77,500 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% -21.74%

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 27 July 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 5 (10.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 22 (47.83%) Azure
2 9 (19.57%) SaaS
3 5 (10.87%) GitHub
4 3 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.52%) PaaS
5 2 (4.35%) AWS
5 2 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.52%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.17%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) Git
3 2 (4.35%) Postman
3 2 (4.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 9 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.35%) Finance
4 2 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Software Engineer
2 14 (30.43%) Data Engineer
3 11 (23.91%) Platform Engineer
3 11 (23.91%) Senior
4 8 (17.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Senior Software Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Lead
6 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Engineer
6 6 (13.04%) Support Engineer
7 5 (10.87%) Software Support Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
9 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (10.87%) WinForms
3 3 (6.52%) React
4 2 (4.35%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.35%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (4.35%) Blazor
4 2 (4.35%) REST
5 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Cloud Native
2 6 (13.04%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.17%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) Software Engineering
2 16 (34.78%) Agile
2 16 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (30.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 11 (23.91%) CI/CD
4 11 (23.91%) Platform Engineering
5 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (21.74%) Problem Management
6 9 (19.57%) Analytics
6 9 (19.57%) Data Pipeline
6 9 (19.57%) Performance Tuning
7 7 (15.22%) AI
7 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (13.04%) Data Architecture
8 6 (13.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.04%) DevOps
8 6 (13.04%) OO
8 6 (13.04%) Performance Optimisation
8 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.26%) SQL
2 12 (26.09%) C#
3 7 (15.22%) T-SQL
4 3 (6.52%) Python
4 3 (6.52%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.35%) R
5 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Databricks