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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 +9
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 43 32 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 4.86% 11.59% 5.58%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 25.60% 47.06% 21.22%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 48
10th Percentile £39,000 £50,850 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,125 £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 £64,688 - £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £60,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% -

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 168 68 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.98% 24.64% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 101 49 229
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £84,160 £71,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -

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 30 March 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 4 (9.30%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 6 (13.95%) GitHub
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (4.65%) PaaS
4 2 (4.65%) SaaS
4 2 (4.65%) Serverless
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.98%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.33%) Base SAS
4 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.33%) MySQL
4 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.33%) Power BI
4 1 (2.33%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 3 (6.98%) Git
2 3 (6.98%) Postman
2 3 (6.98%) SpecFlow
General
1 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Finance
4 1 (2.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Software Engineer
2 17 (39.53%) Senior
3 16 (37.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (34.88%) Data Engineer
5 9 (20.93%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (16.28%) Lead
7 6 (13.95%) Developer
7 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Data Integration Developer
9 3 (6.98%) Data Integration Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Integration Developer
9 3 (6.98%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) SQL Developer
10 2 (4.65%) Lead Software Engineer
11 1 (2.33%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (48.84%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) REST
3 4 (9.30%) ASP.NET
3 4 (9.30%) React
4 3 (6.98%) AngularJS
4 3 (6.98%) JSON
4 3 (6.98%) XML
5 2 (4.65%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Cloud
2 4 (9.30%) N-Tier
3 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Software Engineering
2 15 (34.88%) Agile
2 15 (34.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.93%) CI/CD
3 9 (20.93%) Platform Engineering
3 9 (20.93%) Problem Management
4 8 (18.60%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (16.28%) Analytics
5 7 (16.28%) Data Integration
5 7 (16.28%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (16.28%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (16.28%) Scrum
6 6 (13.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.95%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (13.95%) TDD
6 6 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (11.63%) DevOps
7 5 (11.63%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) SQL
2 7 (16.28%) C#
3 3 (6.98%) Python
3 3 (6.98%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.65%) C
4 2 (4.65%) R
5 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.33%) PROC SQL
5 1 (2.33%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.65%) Degree
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) SLA
2 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Databricks
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.33%) Teradata