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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 85 49 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 6.95% 18.77% 13.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.28% 62.82% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 61
10th Percentile £31,100 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,375 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +12.94% -22.73%
75th Percentile £58,438 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -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 requiring coding skills in Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 211 78 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 17.25% 29.89% 28.45%
Number of salaries quoted 161 49 122
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,800 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £52,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +4.48% -16.25%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,500 £74,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.09% -9.17%

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

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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 3 September 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 1 (1.18%) Confluence
1 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (18.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Magento
1 3 (3.53%) Sage X3
1 3 (3.53%) Shopify
2 2 (2.35%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.35%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.18%) Finacle
3 1 (1.18%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (1.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 44 (51.76%) Azure
2 21 (24.71%) Power Platform
3 15 (17.65%) AWS
4 13 (15.29%) SaaS
5 9 (10.59%) Azure AI
5 9 (10.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (9.41%) GCP
7 6 (7.06%) Google Analytics
8 4 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (3.53%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.35%) Amazon S3
10 2 (2.35%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.35%) Serverless
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.18%) iPaaS
11 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) VPN
1 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (24.71%) Power BI
2 13 (15.29%) Tableau
3 12 (14.12%) SQL Server
4 6 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (5.88%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.53%) GIS
6 3 (3.53%) Metadata
6 3 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.35%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (2.35%) MySQL
7 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.35%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (2.35%) Redis
7 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.35%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.18%) Power Query
8 1 (1.18%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) JIRA
General
1 40 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 29 (34.12%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (24.71%) Finance
4 8 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.88%) Law
5 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.53%) Banking
6 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (30.59%) Analyst
2 16 (18.82%) Senior
3 12 (14.12%) Data Analyst
4 10 (11.76%) Data Engineer
5 9 (10.59%) Junior
5 9 (10.59%) Junior Analyst
5 9 (10.59%) Junior Data Analyst
6 8 (9.41%) Applications Support
6 8 (9.41%) Architect
7 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Engineer
8 6 (7.06%) Graduate
8 6 (7.06%) Integration Architect
8 6 (7.06%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Applications Architect
9 5 (5.88%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Software Support Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (4.71%) Developer
10 4 (4.71%) Performance Analyst
10 4 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.12%) .NET
2 11 (12.94%) REST
3 9 (10.59%) JSON
4 8 (9.41%) Middleware
4 8 (9.41%) SOAP
4 8 (9.41%) XML
5 5 (5.88%) JWT
5 5 (5.88%) Kafka
5 5 (5.88%) OAuth
5 5 (5.88%) OAuth2
5 5 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (5.88%) RESTful
6 4 (4.71%) XML Messaging
7 3 (3.53%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.53%) React
7 3 (3.53%) WinForms
8 2 (2.35%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.35%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (2.35%) FastAPI
8 2 (2.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.53%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.35%) AS400
5 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (32.94%) Agile
3 23 (27.06%) Analytics
3 23 (27.06%) Data Modelling
4 21 (24.71%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (22.35%) AI
6 18 (21.18%) Decision-Making
7 16 (18.82%) DevOps
8 15 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
8 15 (17.65%) ERP
9 14 (16.47%) CI/CD
10 13 (15.29%) Software Engineering
11 12 (14.12%) Data Governance
11 12 (14.12%) ETL
12 9 (10.59%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (10.59%) API Design
12 9 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (9.41%) Integration Patterns
13 8 (9.41%) Mentoring
13 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.53%) Python
2 16 (18.82%) C#
3 10 (11.76%) Java
4 7 (8.24%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.53%) TypeScript
5 3 (3.53%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.35%) VBA
7 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Degree
2 11 (12.94%) Azure Certification
3 6 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.53%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.18%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) QA
2 8 (9.41%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.53%) SLA
4 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (8.24%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (8.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (37.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) Google
3 7 (8.24%) SAP
4 5 (5.88%) Sage
5 4 (4.71%) Oracle
6 3 (3.53%) Databricks
7 2 (2.35%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.35%) Yardi
8 1 (1.18%) FIS
8 1 (1.18%) Temenos