SQL Job Trends in Milton Keynes

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 67 55 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 5.58% 19.37% 14.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.08% 65.48% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 49 31 46
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,000 £52,250
90th Percentile £68,250 £67,500 £63,430
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% - -19.05%

All Programming Languages
Milton Keynes

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 191 84 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.92% 29.58% 29.06%
Number of salaries quoted 153 55 91
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,250 £43,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -0.97% -14.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,500 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -12.50%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

SQL job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

SQL
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SQL

SQL
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Milton Keynes

SQL
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 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Magento
1 3 (4.48%) NetSuite
1 3 (4.48%) Sage X3
1 3 (4.48%) Shopify
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.49%) Finacle
2 1 (1.49%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 29 (43.28%) Azure
2 16 (23.88%) SaaS
3 12 (17.91%) AWS
3 12 (17.91%) Power Platform
4 8 (11.94%) GCP
5 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.48%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.99%) Azure AI
7 2 (2.99%) Serverless
8 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) VPN
1 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.40%) SQL Server
2 12 (17.91%) Power BI
3 8 (11.94%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (10.45%) Tableau
5 5 (7.46%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (4.48%) GIS
6 3 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (2.99%) Metadata
7 2 (2.99%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.99%) Redis
7 2 (2.99%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.49%) Power Query
8 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) JIRA
General
1 30 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (28.36%) Finance
4 6 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.48%) Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Law
7 2 (2.99%) Marketing
7 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Analyst
2 16 (23.88%) Senior
3 8 (11.94%) Applications Support
4 6 (8.96%) Graduate
4 6 (8.96%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (8.96%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Architect
5 5 (7.46%) Software Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Software Support Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Support Analyst
5 5 (7.46%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Support Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Data Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Developer
6 4 (5.97%) Integration Architect
6 4 (5.97%) Lead
6 4 (5.97%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.93%) .NET
2 8 (11.94%) REST
3 6 (8.96%) JSON
4 5 (7.46%) Middleware
4 5 (7.46%) SOAP
4 5 (7.46%) XML
5 4 (5.97%) JWT
5 4 (5.97%) Kafka
5 4 (5.97%) OAuth
5 4 (5.97%) OAuth2
5 4 (5.97%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (5.97%) RESTful
6 3 (4.48%) .NET Core
6 3 (4.48%) React
6 3 (4.48%) WinForms
6 3 (4.48%) XML Messaging
7 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (2.99%) FastAPI
7 2 (2.99%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.49%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.48%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.99%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.49%) AS400
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (28.36%) Agile
3 17 (25.37%) Analytics
3 17 (25.37%) Data Modelling
3 17 (25.37%) Decision-Making
4 14 (20.90%) ERP
5 13 (19.40%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (17.91%) Software Engineering
7 11 (16.42%) ETL
8 10 (14.93%) AI
8 10 (14.93%) Data Pipeline
8 10 (14.93%) DevOps
9 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.94%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (11.94%) API Design
10 8 (11.94%) CI/CD
10 8 (11.94%) Data Governance
10 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
10 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (10.45%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.90%) C#
2 8 (11.94%) T-SQL
3 5 (7.46%) Java
3 5 (7.46%) Python
4 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.48%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 15 (22.39%) Degree
2 5 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.97%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.48%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 7 (10.45%) QA
3 3 (4.48%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.96%) Docker
2 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) Google
3 6 (8.96%) Sage
3 6 (8.96%) SAP
4 4 (5.97%) Oracle
5 2 (2.99%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.99%) Yardi
6 1 (1.49%) Databricks
6 1 (1.49%) FIS
6 1 (1.49%) Temenos