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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 109 45 125
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 10.07% 20.09% 11.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.91% 63.38% 39.06%
Number of salaries quoted 78 28 111
10th Percentile £41,175 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,250 £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 £64,688 - £58,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £64,375 £67,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £51,250 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.58% +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 206 71 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.04% 31.70% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 152 48 251
10th Percentile £41,625 £40,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -0.94%
75th Percentile £70,313 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,250 £75,000
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 29 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 (4.59%) SAS
2 1 (0.92%) Apache
2 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 36 (33.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (8.26%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.75%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 54 (49.54%) Azure
2 51 (46.79%) Power Platform
3 19 (17.43%) Azure AI
4 15 (13.76%) AWS
5 12 (11.01%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (5.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (5.50%) Google Analytics
6 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.59%) iPaaS
7 5 (4.59%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.67%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (2.75%) SaaS
10 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.92%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.92%) GCP
11 1 (0.92%) GitHub
11 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (46.79%) Power BI
2 22 (20.18%) Tableau
3 9 (8.26%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.42%) Data Lake
5 5 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.59%) Metadata
6 4 (3.67%) MySQL
6 4 (3.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.75%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.83%) GIS
8 2 (1.83%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.92%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.92%) Power Query
9 1 (0.92%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.92%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Git
2 1 (0.92%) Postman
2 1 (0.92%) SpecFlow
General
1 66 (60.55%) Social Skills
2 47 (43.12%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (27.52%) Finance
4 12 (11.01%) Manufacturing
5 11 (10.09%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.59%) Law
7 5 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.75%) Banking
8 3 (2.75%) Marketing
8 3 (2.75%) Retail
9 2 (1.83%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.92%) Automotive
10 1 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (38.53%) Analyst
2 30 (27.52%) Data Analyst
3 21 (19.27%) Developer
4 19 (17.43%) Junior
4 19 (17.43%) Junior Analyst
4 19 (17.43%) Junior Data Analyst
5 12 (11.01%) Architect
6 11 (10.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 11 (10.09%) Data Engineer
6 11 (10.09%) Power BI Developer
7 10 (9.17%) Business Developer
7 10 (9.17%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (9.17%) Integration Architect
8 9 (8.26%) Applications Architect
8 9 (8.26%) Senior
9 8 (7.34%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 8 (7.34%) Power BI Specialist
10 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.68%) REST
2 14 (12.84%) .NET
3 13 (11.93%) JSON
4 12 (11.01%) Middleware
4 12 (11.01%) SOAP
4 12 (11.01%) XML
5 9 (8.26%) SAP CO-PA
6 5 (4.59%) AngularJS
6 5 (4.59%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.59%) JWT
6 5 (4.59%) Kafka
6 5 (4.59%) OAuth
6 5 (4.59%) OAuth2
6 5 (4.59%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (4.59%) RESTful
7 4 (3.67%) React
7 4 (3.67%) Vue
7 4 (3.67%) XML Messaging
8 2 (1.83%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.83%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (5.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.67%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) AS400
6 2 (1.83%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.92%) FMCG
7 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.92%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.92%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (47.71%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (35.78%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (33.94%) Agile
4 31 (28.44%) Analytics
4 31 (28.44%) Decision-Making
5 30 (27.52%) AI
6 28 (25.69%) ETL
7 23 (21.10%) Data Modelling
8 22 (20.18%) Budgeting
8 22 (20.18%) ERP
9 21 (19.27%) Computer Science
10 20 (18.35%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 15 (13.76%) CI/CD
11 15 (13.76%) DevOps
11 15 (13.76%) Visualisation
12 14 (12.84%) CRM
12 14 (12.84%) Data Integration
12 14 (12.84%) Performance Analysis
13 13 (11.93%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (11.01%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 44 (40.37%) Python
2 15 (13.76%) Java
2 15 (13.76%) VBA
3 14 (12.84%) C#
4 11 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.75%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.75%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.83%) R
7 1 (0.92%) PHP
7 1 (0.92%) PROC SQL
7 1 (0.92%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 30 (27.52%) Degree
2 20 (18.35%) Azure Certification
3 10 (9.17%) ACCA
3 10 (9.17%) CIMA
3 10 (9.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.59%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) QA
2 5 (4.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.83%) SLA
4 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (6.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 26 (23.85%) SAP
3 7 (6.42%) Google
4 4 (3.67%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.67%) Databricks
4 4 (3.67%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.75%) Yardi
6 1 (0.92%) Oracle
6 1 (0.92%) Teradata