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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 101 61 129
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 13.91% 19.74% 14.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.45% 49.59% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 79 51 110
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £37,375
25th Percentile £46,625 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,000 £78,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -4.76%

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 152 123 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 20.94% 39.81% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 118 94 271
10th Percentile £40,700 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,938 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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

SQL
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 20 February 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 6 (5.94%) SAS
2 1 (0.99%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.99%) Camunda
Applications
1 37 (36.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (11.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (8.91%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.99%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (55.45%) Power Platform
2 29 (28.71%) Azure
3 10 (9.90%) AWS
3 10 (9.90%) Azure AI
3 10 (9.90%) Power Automate
4 5 (4.95%) iPaaS
5 3 (2.97%) GCP
5 3 (2.97%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.98%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.99%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.99%) Boomi
7 1 (0.99%) GitHub
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.99%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.99%) SaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (55.45%) Power BI
2 19 (18.81%) Tableau
3 11 (10.89%) SQL Server
4 10 (9.90%) Metadata
4 10 (9.90%) Power Query
5 8 (7.92%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (6.93%) PowerPivot
7 6 (5.94%) Relational Database
8 5 (4.95%) NoSQL
9 4 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (3.96%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (2.97%) BigQuery
10 3 (2.97%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (2.97%) MySQL
11 2 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.98%) SAP BW
11 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.99%) Base SAS
12 1 (0.99%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Git
2 2 (1.98%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.98%) Postman
3 1 (0.99%) Ant
3 1 (0.99%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.99%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.99%) Gradle
3 1 (0.99%) JUnit
3 1 (0.99%) Maven
3 1 (0.99%) Mockito
3 1 (0.99%) Selenium
3 1 (0.99%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.99%) SpecFlow
General
1 67 (66.34%) Social Skills
2 43 (42.57%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (37.62%) Finance
4 12 (11.88%) Influencing Skills
4 12 (11.88%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.95%) Banking
6 3 (2.97%) Marketing
7 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.99%) Automotive
8 1 (0.99%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.99%) Law
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.99%) Publishing
8 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (43.56%) Analyst
2 33 (32.67%) Data Analyst
3 29 (28.71%) Developer
4 19 (18.81%) Financial Analyst
5 13 (12.87%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 13 (12.87%) Power BI Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Senior
7 10 (9.90%) Business Developer
7 10 (9.90%) Junior
7 10 (9.90%) Junior Analyst
7 10 (9.90%) Junior Data Analyst
8 8 (7.92%) Architect
8 8 (7.92%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 8 (7.92%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (7.92%) Power BI Specialist
9 7 (6.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (6.93%) Data Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) .NET Developer
11 5 (4.95%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.85%) REST
2 13 (12.87%) .NET
3 9 (8.91%) JSON
3 9 (8.91%) SAP CO-PA
3 9 (8.91%) XML
4 6 (5.94%) ASP.NET
4 6 (5.94%) SOAP
5 5 (4.95%) .NET Framework
5 5 (4.95%) React
6 4 (3.96%) Middleware
7 3 (2.97%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.97%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.98%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.98%) CSS
8 2 (1.98%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.98%) HTML
8 2 (1.98%) Vue
9 1 (0.99%) HTML5
9 1 (0.99%) Nightwatchjs
9 1 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
1 4 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.97%) N-Tier
3 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.99%) FMCG
4 1 (0.99%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.99%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.99%) Sports Betting
4 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Unix
2 1 (0.99%) Linux
2 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (56.44%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (40.59%) Decision-Making
3 35 (34.65%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (31.68%) ETL
5 26 (25.74%) Analytics
6 23 (22.77%) Agile
7 22 (21.78%) Budgeting
7 22 (21.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 20 (19.80%) Computer Science
9 19 (18.81%) Data Integration
10 17 (16.83%) AI
10 17 (16.83%) ERP
10 17 (16.83%) Visualisation
11 15 (14.85%) Data Modelling
12 13 (12.87%) Data Analysis
12 13 (12.87%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (11.88%) Cost Optimisation
13 12 (11.88%) Data Analytics
13 12 (11.88%) Financial Analysis
13 12 (11.88%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (38.61%) Python
2 21 (20.79%) VBA
3 20 (19.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (13.86%) C#
5 7 (6.93%) Java
6 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.96%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.97%) PHP
8 3 (2.97%) R
9 2 (1.98%) C
9 2 (1.98%) Go
10 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.99%) PROC SQL
10 1 (0.99%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.99%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (29.70%) Degree
2 19 (18.81%) ACCA
2 19 (18.81%) CIMA
3 10 (9.90%) Azure Certification
4 9 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.97%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.87%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.93%) QA
3 3 (2.97%) GDPR
4 1 (0.99%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.99%) Control-M
2 1 (0.99%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (34.65%) SAP
2 19 (18.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.96%) Cloudera
4 3 (2.97%) Google
5 2 (1.98%) Databricks
5 2 (1.98%) IBM
5 2 (1.98%) Oracle
6 1 (0.99%) Cognos
6 1 (0.99%) Dell
6 1 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.99%) IFS
6 1 (0.99%) Infor
6 1 (0.99%) Jitterbit
6 1 (0.99%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.99%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.99%) SnapLogic
6 1 (0.99%) Software AG
6 1 (0.99%) Talend
6 1 (0.99%) Workday
6 1 (0.99%) Yardi