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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 22 23
Rank change year-on-year -23 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 32 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 2.60% 5.90% 6.72%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 34.41% 32.65% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 30
10th Percentile £36,675 £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 £64,375
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 93 49 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 7.56% 18.08% 23.83%
Number of salaries quoted 62 33 94
10th Percentile £40,950 £39,250 £32,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +7.37% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £65,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -20.83%

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 21 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 3 (9.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Finacle
1 1 (3.13%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (3.13%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 16 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) SaaS
3 3 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.38%) GitHub
4 2 (6.25%) PaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.13%) AWS
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Git
General
1 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 9 (28.13%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
4 6 (18.75%) Data Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Support Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Software Support Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Lead
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) .NET Developer
7 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (6.25%) Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (59.38%) .NET
2 6 (18.75%) Terraform
3 5 (15.63%) WinForms
4 2 (6.25%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.25%) Blazor
4 2 (6.25%) React
5 1 (3.13%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (34.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (34.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 10 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (28.13%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.63%) OO
6 5 (15.63%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (15.63%) Problem Management
7 4 (12.50%) Design Patterns
7 4 (12.50%) DevOps
7 4 (12.50%) Lakehouse
8 3 (9.38%) Analytics
8 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (9.38%) Observability
8 3 (9.38%) Performance Engineering
8 3 (9.38%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) SQL
2 10 (31.25%) C#
3 7 (21.88%) T-SQL
4 3 (9.38%) VB.NET
5 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Databricks
2 1 (3.13%) FIS
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle
2 1 (3.13%) Temenos