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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 103 47 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 9.10% 20.61% 11.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.24% 64.38% 40.51%
Number of salaries quoted 75 23 113
10th Percentile £35,500 £31,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,875 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £64,375 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £62,000 £67,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £49,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.53% -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 201 73 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 17.76% 32.02% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 154 42 245
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,875 £32,850
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +11.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £69,500 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,500 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 19 June 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 5 (4.85%) SAS
2 1 (0.97%) Apache
2 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (31.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.83%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.91%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 53 (51.46%) Azure
2 43 (41.75%) Power Platform
3 16 (15.53%) AWS
3 16 (15.53%) Azure AI
4 12 (11.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (5.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (5.83%) Google Analytics
5 6 (5.83%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.85%) iPaaS
6 5 (4.85%) PowerApps
6 5 (4.85%) SaaS
7 4 (3.88%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.91%) GCP
9 2 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.97%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.97%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.97%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Firewall
1 1 (0.97%) VPN
1 1 (0.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (41.75%) Power BI
2 17 (16.50%) Tableau
3 10 (9.71%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.80%) Data Lake
5 6 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (4.85%) Metadata
7 4 (3.88%) MySQL
7 4 (3.88%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.94%) GIS
8 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.94%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.97%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.97%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.97%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.97%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 1 (0.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Postman
1 1 (0.97%) SpecFlow
General
1 59 (57.28%) Social Skills
2 44 (42.72%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (26.21%) Finance
4 10 (9.71%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (7.77%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.85%) Law
7 5 (4.85%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.91%) Marketing
9 2 (1.94%) Banking
9 2 (1.94%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (38.83%) Analyst
2 26 (25.24%) Data Analyst
3 16 (15.53%) Junior
3 16 (15.53%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (15.53%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (12.62%) Developer
5 12 (11.65%) Architect
5 12 (11.65%) Data Engineer
6 10 (9.71%) Integration Architect
7 9 (8.74%) Applications Architect
7 9 (8.74%) Financial Analyst
8 8 (7.77%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) Senior
10 6 (5.83%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 6 (5.83%) Business Intelligence Specialist
10 6 (5.83%) Power BI Developer
10 6 (5.83%) Power BI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.56%) REST
2 13 (12.62%) JSON
3 12 (11.65%) .NET
3 12 (11.65%) Middleware
3 12 (11.65%) SOAP
3 12 (11.65%) XML
4 6 (5.83%) SAP CO-PA
5 5 (4.85%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.85%) JWT
5 5 (4.85%) Kafka
5 5 (4.85%) OAuth
5 5 (4.85%) OAuth2
5 5 (4.85%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (4.85%) RESTful
6 4 (3.88%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.88%) React
6 4 (3.88%) Vue
6 4 (3.88%) XML Messaging
7 3 (2.91%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.94%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.80%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.88%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.94%) AS400
5 2 (1.94%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.97%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (41.75%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (36.89%) Agile
3 36 (34.95%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (29.13%) Analytics
5 29 (28.16%) AI
6 28 (27.18%) Decision-Making
7 24 (23.30%) Data Modelling
7 24 (23.30%) ETL
8 22 (21.36%) ERP
9 18 (17.48%) Computer Science
10 17 (16.50%) Budgeting
11 16 (15.53%) CI/CD
11 16 (15.53%) DevOps
12 15 (14.56%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 15 (14.56%) Data Pipeline
13 14 (13.59%) CRM
14 13 (12.62%) Performance Analysis
14 13 (12.62%) Visualisation
15 12 (11.65%) Integration Patterns
15 12 (11.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (38.83%) Python
2 15 (14.56%) Java
3 14 (13.59%) VBA
4 13 (12.62%) C#
5 6 (5.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.88%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.88%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.94%) R
8 1 (0.97%) PHP
8 1 (0.97%) PROC SQL
8 1 (0.97%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 29 (28.16%) Degree
2 18 (17.48%) Azure Certification
3 11 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (8.74%) ACCA
4 9 (8.74%) CIMA
5 5 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.85%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.94%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.65%) QA
2 6 (5.83%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.94%) SLA
4 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (7.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (38.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.42%) SAP
3 9 (8.74%) Google
4 4 (3.88%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.88%) Databricks
4 4 (3.88%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.91%) Yardi
6 1 (0.97%) Oracle
6 1 (0.97%) Teradata