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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 16 25
Rank change year-on-year -25 +9 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 26 36 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 3.65% 11.21% 6.08%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.71% 46.15% 24.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10 27 48
10th Percentile £36,250 £49,950 £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 £63,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £63,500 £62,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%

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 139 78 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.52% 24.30% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 83 60 183
10th Percentile £37,700 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,250 £50,250 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,375 £82,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.27%

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 13 February 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 (3.85%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.85%) GitHub
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (7.69%) MySQL
1 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.85%) Base SAS
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Postman
1 1 (3.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Senior
1 15 (57.69%) Senior Software Engineer
1 15 (57.69%) Software Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Developer
3 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Data Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Data Integration Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Data Integration Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Integration Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Developer
6 1 (3.85%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.85%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (73.08%) .NET
2 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET
3 4 (15.38%) JSON
3 4 (15.38%) React
3 4 (15.38%) REST
3 4 (15.38%) XML
4 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
5 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (3.85%) CSS
5 1 (3.85%) jQuery
5 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
1 3 (11.54%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (11.54%) N-Tier
2 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Software Engineering
2 8 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (23.08%) Data Integration
4 5 (19.23%) Agile
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 4 (15.38%) MVC
5 4 (15.38%) OO
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Scrum
6 3 (11.54%) Concurrent Programming
6 3 (11.54%) DevOps
6 3 (11.54%) Microservices
6 3 (11.54%) OOP
6 3 (11.54%) Software Testing
6 3 (11.54%) TDD
7 2 (7.69%) AI
7 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.85%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) C#
3 4 (15.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (7.69%) C
5 1 (3.85%) C++
5 1 (3.85%) Java
5 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.85%) PHP
5 1 (3.85%) PROC SQL
5 1 (3.85%) Python
5 1 (3.85%) R
5 1 (3.85%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Databricks
3 1 (3.85%) OpenAI
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Teradata