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 citing SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	22	2	6
Rank change year-on-year	-20	+4	+1
Permanent jobs citing SQL	65	71	61
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes	5.59%	21.71%	15.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category	38.92%	66.98%	47.29%
Number of salaries quoted	43	49	49
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£34,600	£28,800
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£38,750	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£49,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.04%	+15.29%	-19.05%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£63,750	£53,750
90^th Percentile	£63,750	£67,550	£63,238
Buckinghamshire median annual salary	£50,000	£42,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+17.65%	-10.53%	-5.00%

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 citing coding skills in Milton Keynes.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	167	106	129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes	14.37%	32.42%	32.33%
Number of salaries quoted	128	75	95
10^th Percentile	£37,125	£36,250	£31,950
25^th Percentile	£48,250	£43,125	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,423	£52,500	£51,500
Median % change year-on-year	+9.38%	+1.94%	-14.17%
75^th Percentile	£75,625	£67,625	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£76,500	£77,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary	£55,000	£46,250	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+18.92%	-11.90%	-8.70%

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 Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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 4 November 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL in Milton Keynes

SQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing SQL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Milton Keynes region citing SQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	38.5%	25
2	Azure	35.4%	23
3	Analytics	30.8%	20
4	Data Modelling	29.2%	19
5	ETL	27.7%	18
6	Decision-Making	24.6%	16
6	SaaS	24.6%	16
8	Business Intelligence	23.1%	15
8	Data Quality	23.1%	15
8	SQL Server	23.1%	15
11	C#	21.5%	14
12	Agile	18.5%	12
12	Data Governance	18.5%	12
12	Data Warehouse	18.5%	12
12	Microsoft	18.5%	12
16	Power BI	16.9%	11
16	Power Platform	16.9%	11
18	.NET	15.4%	10
18	Data Pipeline	15.4%	10
18	Degree	15.4%	10
18	Software Engineering	15.4%	10
22	Actionable Insight	13.8%	9
22	AWS	13.8%	9
22	Continuous Improvement	13.8%	9
22	ERP	13.8%	9
22	Microsoft Excel	13.8%	9
22	Performance Tuning	13.8%	9
22	T-SQL	13.8%	9
29	AI	12.3%	8
29	Data Analytics	12.3%	8

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C#	21.5%	14
2	T-SQL	13.8%	9
3	Python	7.7%	5
4	JavaScript	6.2%	4
5	PL/SQL	4.6%	3
5	PowerShell	4.6%	3
5	Shell Script	4.6%	3
5	TypeScript	4.6%	3
5	VB.NET	4.6%	3
10	C	1.5%	1
10	C++	1.5%	1
10	Data Analysis Expressions	1.5%	1
10	R	1.5%	1