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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +7
Permanent jobs citing SQL 116 48 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 10.86% 19.75% 11.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 56.04% 61.54% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 82 32 109
10th Percentile £45,125 £31,250 £28,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,125 £67,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +26.32% -9.52%

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 207 78 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.38% 32.10% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 149 55 259
10th Percentile £44,250 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year - +14.28% +0.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,000 £72,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -

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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

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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

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Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Milton Keynes

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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 (4.31%) SAS
2 1 (0.86%) Apache
2 1 (0.86%) Camunda
2 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (35.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (7.76%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.59%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 56 (48.28%) Azure
1 56 (48.28%) Power Platform
2 21 (18.10%) Azure AI
3 16 (13.79%) AWS
4 12 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (6.03%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (5.17%) Google Analytics
7 5 (4.31%) iPaaS
7 5 (4.31%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.86%) GitHub
10 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.86%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.86%) SaaS
10 1 (0.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (48.28%) Power BI
2 24 (20.69%) Tableau
3 7 (6.03%) Data Lake
3 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.31%) Metadata
4 5 (4.31%) MySQL
4 5 (4.31%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.72%) Power Query
6 2 (1.72%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.72%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.86%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.86%) GIS
7 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.86%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Ant
2 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.86%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.86%) Gradle
2 1 (0.86%) JUnit
2 1 (0.86%) Maven
2 1 (0.86%) Mockito
2 1 (0.86%) Postman
2 1 (0.86%) SpecFlow
General
1 70 (60.34%) Social Skills
2 47 (40.52%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (27.59%) Finance
4 13 (11.21%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.31%) Law
7 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.59%) Banking
8 3 (2.59%) Marketing
8 3 (2.59%) Retail
9 2 (1.72%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.86%) Automotive
10 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (40.52%) Analyst
2 35 (30.17%) Data Analyst
3 25 (21.55%) Developer
4 21 (18.10%) Junior
4 21 (18.10%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (18.10%) Junior Data Analyst
5 14 (12.07%) Architect
6 13 (11.21%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (9.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 11 (9.48%) Data Engineer
7 11 (9.48%) Power BI Developer
8 10 (8.62%) Business Developer
8 10 (8.62%) Integration Architect
9 9 (7.76%) Applications Architect
9 9 (7.76%) Senior
10 8 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 8 (6.90%) Power BI Specialist
11 7 (6.03%) .NET Developer
11 7 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.66%) REST
2 15 (12.93%) .NET
3 13 (11.21%) JSON
4 12 (10.34%) Middleware
4 12 (10.34%) SOAP
4 12 (10.34%) XML
5 9 (7.76%) SAP CO-PA
6 7 (6.03%) ASP.NET
7 6 (5.17%) AngularJS
8 5 (4.31%) JWT
8 5 (4.31%) Kafka
8 5 (4.31%) OAuth
8 5 (4.31%) OAuth2
8 5 (4.31%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (4.31%) React
8 5 (4.31%) RESTful
8 5 (4.31%) Vue
9 4 (3.45%) .NET Core
9 4 (3.45%) XML Messaging
10 3 (2.59%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.03%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.72%) AS400
6 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.86%) FMCG
6 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.86%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.86%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (49.14%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (33.62%) Agile
2 39 (33.62%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (28.45%) Decision-Making
4 31 (26.72%) AI
5 30 (25.86%) Analytics
5 30 (25.86%) ETL
6 24 (20.69%) Budgeting
6 24 (20.69%) ERP
7 23 (19.83%) Data Modelling
8 22 (18.97%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 21 (18.10%) Computer Science
10 16 (13.79%) DevOps
10 16 (13.79%) Performance Analysis
11 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
12 14 (12.07%) CRM
12 14 (12.07%) Data Integration
12 14 (12.07%) Visualisation
13 13 (11.21%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (10.34%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 48 (41.38%) Python
2 18 (15.52%) VBA
3 15 (12.93%) C#
3 15 (12.93%) Java
4 12 (10.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.72%) R
8 1 (0.86%) Go
8 1 (0.86%) PHP
8 1 (0.86%) PROC SQL
8 1 (0.86%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (25.86%) Degree
2 22 (18.97%) Azure Certification
3 13 (11.21%) ACCA
3 13 (11.21%) CIMA
4 10 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.34%) QA
2 5 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.86%) NCSC
3 1 (0.86%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 29 (25.00%) SAP
3 6 (5.17%) Google
4 4 (3.45%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.45%) Databricks
4 4 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.59%) Yardi
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle
6 1 (0.86%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.86%) Teradata