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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 +23
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 45 16 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 3.91% 6.67% 5.85%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 36.59% 37.21% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 32 11 42
10th Percentile £42,875 £41,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £47,188 £48,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £54,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £63,375
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +10.53% -13.64%

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 123 43 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 10.69% 17.92% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 82 22 189
10th Percentile £45,125 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £48,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £69,500 £62,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £77,325 £71,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +7.37% -17.39%

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 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 21 (46.67%) Azure
2 8 (17.78%) SaaS
3 5 (11.11%) GitHub
4 3 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.67%) PaaS
5 2 (4.44%) AWS
5 2 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.44%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.22%) Base SAS
4 1 (2.22%) MySQL
4 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.22%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Postman
3 2 (4.44%) SpecFlow
General
1 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
4 2 (4.44%) Retail
5 1 (2.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Data Engineer
3 12 (26.67%) Senior
4 11 (24.44%) Platform Engineer
5 9 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Lead
7 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Engineer
8 5 (11.11%) Software Support Engineer
8 5 (11.11%) Support Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Developer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Support
10 2 (4.44%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (48.89%) .NET
2 5 (11.11%) WinForms
3 3 (6.67%) React
4 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.44%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.44%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (4.44%) Blazor
4 2 (4.44%) REST
5 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (13.33%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.22%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 16 (35.56%) Agile
3 15 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (28.89%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (24.44%) CI/CD
5 11 (24.44%) Platform Engineering
6 10 (22.22%) Problem Management
7 9 (20.00%) Analytics
7 9 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
7 9 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
8 7 (15.56%) AI
8 7 (15.56%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (13.33%) Data Architecture
9 6 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.33%) DevOps
9 6 (13.33%) OO
9 6 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 12 (26.67%) C#
3 7 (15.56%) T-SQL
4 3 (6.67%) Python
4 3 (6.67%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.44%) R
5 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.22%) PROC SQL
6 1 (2.22%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 2 (4.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) SLA
2 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (26.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle
3 1 (2.22%) Teradata