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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 111 53 147
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 12.97% 18.79% 14.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.47% 50.00% 41.53%
Number of salaries quoted 86 43 124
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £31,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +20.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £64,688 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,200 £73,875
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +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 167 106 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.51% 37.59% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 127 82 280
10th Percentile £41,150 £37,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +1.94%
75th Percentile £67,875 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,375 £70,125
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +3.45%

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 23 March 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 (5.41%) SAS
2 1 (0.90%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.90%) Apache
2 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.90%) Camunda
Applications
1 43 (38.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (8.11%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.80%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (52.25%) Power Platform
2 42 (37.84%) Azure
3 15 (13.51%) Azure AI
4 12 (10.81%) Power Automate
5 11 (9.91%) AWS
6 8 (7.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (5.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (4.50%) iPaaS
9 4 (3.60%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.70%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.80%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.90%) Boomi
12 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.90%) GCP
12 1 (0.90%) GitHub
12 1 (0.90%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.90%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.90%) Firewall
1 1 (0.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (52.25%) Power BI
2 23 (20.72%) Tableau
3 11 (9.91%) SQL Server
4 10 (9.01%) Power Query
5 9 (8.11%) Metadata
6 7 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (6.31%) PowerPivot
7 6 (5.41%) Data Lake
7 6 (5.41%) Relational Database
8 5 (4.50%) NoSQL
9 4 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (2.70%) MySQL
10 3 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.80%) SAP BW
11 2 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.90%) Base SAS
12 1 (0.90%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 1 (0.90%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Git
2 2 (1.80%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.80%) Postman
3 1 (0.90%) Ant
3 1 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.90%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.90%) Gradle
3 1 (0.90%) JUnit
3 1 (0.90%) Maven
3 1 (0.90%) Mockito
3 1 (0.90%) Selenium
3 1 (0.90%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.90%) SpecFlow
General
1 75 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (36.94%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (36.94%) Finance
3 12 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
3 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.50%) Banking
5 3 (2.70%) Marketing
6 2 (1.80%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.90%) Automotive
7 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.90%) Law
7 1 (0.90%) Legal
7 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.90%) Publishing
7 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (43.24%) Analyst
2 38 (34.23%) Data Analyst
3 30 (27.03%) Developer
4 19 (17.12%) Financial Analyst
5 15 (13.51%) Junior
5 15 (13.51%) Junior Analyst
5 15 (13.51%) Junior Data Analyst
6 14 (12.61%) Senior
7 13 (11.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 13 (11.71%) Data Engineer
7 13 (11.71%) Power BI Developer
8 10 (9.01%) Business Developer
9 8 (7.21%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 8 (7.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (7.21%) Power BI Specialist
10 7 (6.31%) .NET Developer
11 6 (5.41%) Architect
11 6 (5.41%) Azure Data Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.51%) REST
2 14 (12.61%) .NET
3 9 (8.11%) JSON
3 9 (8.11%) SAP CO-PA
3 9 (8.11%) XML
4 7 (6.31%) ASP.NET
5 6 (5.41%) SOAP
6 5 (4.50%) .NET Framework
6 5 (4.50%) React
7 4 (3.60%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.60%) Middleware
8 3 (2.70%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (2.70%) Vue
9 2 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.80%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.90%) Bootstrap
10 1 (0.90%) CSS
10 1 (0.90%) HTML
10 1 (0.90%) RESTful
10 1 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.60%) Cloud Native
1 4 (3.60%) Data Structures
1 4 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.70%) N-Tier
3 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.80%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.90%) FMCG
4 1 (0.90%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.90%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.90%) Sports Betting
4 1 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Linux
2 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (53.15%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (36.94%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (35.14%) Decision-Making
4 35 (31.53%) ETL
5 28 (25.23%) Analytics
6 24 (21.62%) Agile
7 23 (20.72%) AI
8 22 (19.82%) Budgeting
8 22 (19.82%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 21 (18.92%) Computer Science
10 18 (16.22%) Data Modelling
11 17 (15.32%) Data Integration
11 17 (15.32%) ERP
12 16 (14.41%) Visualisation
13 13 (11.71%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (10.81%) Cost Optimisation
14 12 (10.81%) Data Analysis
14 12 (10.81%) Data Analytics
14 12 (10.81%) Financial Analysis
14 12 (10.81%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 48 (43.24%) Python
2 23 (20.72%) VBA
3 20 (18.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (14.41%) C#
5 9 (8.11%) Java
6 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.60%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.70%) PHP
7 3 (2.70%) R
8 2 (1.80%) C
8 2 (1.80%) Go
9 1 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.90%) PROC SQL
9 1 (0.90%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (27.03%) Degree
2 19 (17.12%) ACCA
2 19 (17.12%) CIMA
3 15 (13.51%) Azure Certification
4 9 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.90%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (0.90%) GDPR
3 1 (0.90%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) Control-M
2 1 (0.90%) Kibana
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (33.33%) SAP
2 31 (27.93%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.60%) Cloudera
4 2 (1.80%) Databricks
4 2 (1.80%) IBM
4 2 (1.80%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle
5 1 (0.90%) Dell
5 1 (0.90%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.90%) Epicor
5 1 (0.90%) IFS
5 1 (0.90%) Informatica
5 1 (0.90%) Jitterbit
5 1 (0.90%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.90%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.90%) SnapLogic
5 1 (0.90%) Software AG
5 1 (0.90%) Teradata
5 1 (0.90%) TIBCO
5 1 (0.90%) Workday