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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing SQL 120 47 139
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 11.41% 18.29% 12.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 59.41% 55.95% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 85 35 116
10th Percentile £43,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +23.08% -14.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £67,500
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 202 84 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.20% 32.68% 32.47%
Number of salaries quoted 144 64 271
10th Percentile £42,375 £33,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £70,313 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £79,625 £82,625 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.28% +0.00%

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

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Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 4 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 (4.17%) SAS
2 1 (0.83%) Apache
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.83%) Camunda
2 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (36.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (7.50%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.50%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (50.83%) Power Platform
2 54 (45.00%) Azure
3 21 (17.50%) Azure AI
4 17 (14.17%) AWS
5 12 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (7.50%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (5.00%) Google Analytics
8 5 (4.17%) iPaaS
8 5 (4.17%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.33%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.67%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.83%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.83%) GCP
11 1 (0.83%) GitHub
11 1 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (50.83%) Power BI
2 26 (21.67%) Tableau
3 7 (5.83%) Data Lake
4 6 (5.00%) Metadata
4 6 (5.00%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.00%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.17%) MySQL
5 5 (4.17%) Power Query
6 4 (3.33%) PowerPivot
7 3 (2.50%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.67%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.83%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (5.00%) Git
2 2 (1.67%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.67%) Postman
3 1 (0.83%) Ant
3 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.83%) Gradle
3 1 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.83%) Maven
3 1 (0.83%) Mockito
3 1 (0.83%) Selenium
3 1 (0.83%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 72 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 49 (40.83%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (29.17%) Finance
4 13 (10.83%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.17%) Law
7 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.33%) Banking
9 3 (2.50%) Marketing
9 3 (2.50%) Retail
10 2 (1.67%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.83%) Automotive
11 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (42.50%) Analyst
2 39 (32.50%) Data Analyst
3 25 (20.83%) Developer
4 21 (17.50%) Junior
4 21 (17.50%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (17.50%) Junior Data Analyst
5 15 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
6 14 (11.67%) Architect
7 12 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 12 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
8 11 (9.17%) Data Engineer
9 10 (8.33%) Business Developer
9 10 (8.33%) Integration Architect
9 10 (8.33%) Senior
10 9 (7.50%) Applications Architect
11 8 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (6.67%) Power BI Specialist
12 7 (5.83%) .NET Developer
12 7 (5.83%) C# Developer
12 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.50%) REST
2 13 (10.83%) SOAP
3 12 (10.00%) .NET
3 12 (10.00%) JSON
3 12 (10.00%) Middleware
3 12 (10.00%) XML
4 9 (7.50%) SAP CO-PA
5 7 (5.83%) ASP.NET
6 6 (5.00%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.17%) JWT
7 5 (4.17%) Kafka
7 5 (4.17%) OAuth
7 5 (4.17%) OAuth2
7 5 (4.17%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (4.17%) Vue
8 4 (3.33%) RESTful
8 4 (3.33%) XML Messaging
9 3 (2.50%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (2.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.17%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.67%) AS400
6 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.83%) FMCG
6 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.83%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.83%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (51.67%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (34.17%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (31.67%) Agile
4 36 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 31 (25.83%) AI
5 31 (25.83%) Analytics
5 31 (25.83%) ETL
6 24 (20.00%) Budgeting
6 24 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 24 (20.00%) ERP
7 22 (18.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 21 (17.50%) Computer Science
9 16 (13.33%) Performance Analysis
9 16 (13.33%) Visualisation
10 15 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 15 (12.50%) DevOps
11 14 (11.67%) CRM
11 14 (11.67%) Data Integration
11 14 (11.67%) Data Visualisation
12 12 (10.00%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 50 (41.67%) Python
2 20 (16.67%) VBA
3 16 (13.33%) Java
4 15 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (10.00%) C#
6 3 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.50%) R
7 2 (1.67%) Go
7 2 (1.67%) PHP
8 1 (0.83%) PROC SQL
8 1 (0.83%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (26.67%) Degree
2 21 (17.50%) Azure Certification
3 15 (12.50%) ACCA
3 15 (12.50%) CIMA
4 10 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.17%) QA
2 6 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.83%) NCSC
3 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (34.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (26.67%) SAP
3 7 (5.83%) Google
4 4 (3.33%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.33%) Databricks
4 4 (3.33%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.50%) Yardi
6 1 (0.83%) Oracle
6 1 (0.83%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.83%) Teradata