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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 12 36
Rank change year-on-year -28 +24 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 41 28 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 3.87% 10.89% 5.47%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.47% 51.85% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 21 20 48
10th Percentile - £48,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £57,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,375 £60,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -2.33%

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 161 54 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.20% 21.01% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 92 36 228
10th Percentile £42,875 £48,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,063 £42,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +14.29% -8.30%
75th Percentile £68,188 £64,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,900 £79,875 £71,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -0.94%

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 5 May 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 (12.20%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) GitHub
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (7.32%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.44%) Base SAS
4 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
2 3 (7.32%) Postman
2 3 (7.32%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Software Engineer
2 17 (41.46%) Senior
3 16 (39.02%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (31.71%) Data Engineer
5 10 (24.39%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (19.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 8 (19.51%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 8 (19.51%) Lead
6 8 (19.51%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 8 (19.51%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
10 1 (2.44%) .NET Developer
10 1 (2.44%) Applications Engineer
10 1 (2.44%) C# Developer
10 1 (2.44%) Lead .NET Developer
10 1 (2.44%) Lead Software Developer
10 1 (2.44%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (51.22%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET
3 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (4.88%) React
3 2 (4.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.88%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (51.22%) Software Engineering
2 14 (34.15%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
3 10 (24.39%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (24.39%) Platform Engineering
3 10 (24.39%) Problem Management
4 8 (19.51%) Analytics
4 8 (19.51%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (17.07%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (17.07%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (14.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
6 6 (14.63%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (12.20%) AI
7 5 (12.20%) Data Architecture
7 5 (12.20%) Data Engineering
7 5 (12.20%) Observability
7 5 (12.20%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (12.20%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) C#
3 3 (7.32%) Python
4 2 (4.88%) R
5 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) PROC SQL
5 1 (2.44%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) Degree
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Teradata