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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing SQL 124 49 149
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 12.03% 18.85% 13.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 61.39% 54.44% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 89 39 122
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £31,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,200 £68,625
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 90 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.59% 34.62% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 142 69 275
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £84,500 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £52,501
% change year-on-year -5.42% +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 27 April 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 5 (4.03%) SAS
2 1 (0.81%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.81%) Camunda
2 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 45 (36.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (7.26%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.42%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 63 (50.81%) Power Platform
2 57 (45.97%) Azure
3 21 (16.94%) Azure AI
4 16 (12.90%) AWS
5 12 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (8.06%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (4.84%) Google Analytics
8 5 (4.03%) iPaaS
8 5 (4.03%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.23%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.81%) GCP
11 1 (0.81%) GitHub
11 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (50.81%) Power BI
2 26 (20.97%) Tableau
3 8 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.65%) Data Lake
4 7 (5.65%) Metadata
5 6 (4.84%) Power Query
5 6 (4.84%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (4.03%) MySQL
6 5 (4.03%) PowerPivot
7 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (3.23%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.42%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.61%) SAP BW
9 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.81%) Base SAS
10 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Git
2 2 (1.61%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.61%) Postman
3 1 (0.81%) Ant
3 1 (0.81%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.81%) Gradle
3 1 (0.81%) JUnit
3 1 (0.81%) Maven
3 1 (0.81%) Mockito
3 1 (0.81%) Selenium
3 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.81%) SpecFlow
General
1 75 (60.48%) Social Skills
2 50 (40.32%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (29.84%) Finance
4 13 (10.48%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.03%) Law
7 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.23%) Banking
9 3 (2.42%) Marketing
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.61%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (41.94%) Analyst
2 40 (32.26%) Data Analyst
3 26 (20.97%) Developer
4 21 (16.94%) Junior
4 21 (16.94%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (16.94%) Junior Data Analyst
5 16 (12.90%) Financial Analyst
6 13 (10.48%) Architect
6 13 (10.48%) Senior
7 12 (9.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 12 (9.68%) Power BI Developer
8 11 (8.87%) Data Engineer
9 10 (8.06%) Business Developer
10 9 (7.26%) Applications Architect
10 9 (7.26%) Integration Architect
11 8 (6.45%) .NET Developer
11 8 (6.45%) Business Intelligence Specialist
11 8 (6.45%) Power BI Specialist
12 7 (5.65%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.90%) REST
2 15 (12.10%) .NET
3 12 (9.68%) SOAP
4 11 (8.87%) JSON
4 11 (8.87%) Middleware
4 11 (8.87%) XML
5 9 (7.26%) ASP.NET
5 9 (7.26%) SAP CO-PA
6 6 (4.84%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.03%) React
7 5 (4.03%) Vue
8 4 (3.23%) .NET Framework
8 4 (3.23%) JWT
8 4 (3.23%) Kafka
8 4 (3.23%) OAuth
8 4 (3.23%) OAuth2
8 4 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (2.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (2.42%) RESTful
9 3 (2.42%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.65%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.03%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.42%) N-Tier
5 3 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.61%) AS400
6 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.81%) FMCG
7 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (51.61%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (36.29%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (31.45%) Agile
4 38 (30.65%) Decision-Making
5 32 (25.81%) Analytics
6 31 (25.00%) AI
6 31 (25.00%) ETL
7 24 (19.35%) Budgeting
8 23 (18.55%) Data Modelling
8 23 (18.55%) ERP
9 22 (17.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 22 (17.74%) Computer Science
10 16 (12.90%) DevOps
10 16 (12.90%) Performance Analysis
10 16 (12.90%) Visualisation
11 14 (11.29%) CI/CD
11 14 (11.29%) Data Integration
11 14 (11.29%) Data Visualisation
12 13 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (10.48%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 51 (41.13%) Python
2 21 (16.94%) VBA
3 16 (12.90%) C#
3 16 (12.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 16 (12.90%) Java
4 3 (2.42%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.42%) PHP
4 3 (2.42%) R
5 2 (1.61%) C
5 2 (1.61%) Go
6 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.81%) PROC SQL
6 1 (0.81%) SAS Macro
6 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (26.61%) Degree
2 21 (16.94%) Azure Certification
3 16 (12.90%) ACCA
3 16 (12.90%) CIMA
4 11 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.84%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.68%) QA
2 6 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) NCSC
3 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Control-M
2 1 (0.81%) Kibana
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 34 (27.42%) SAP
3 7 (5.65%) Google
4 4 (3.23%) Cloudera
4 4 (3.23%) Databricks
4 4 (3.23%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.81%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle
5 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.81%) Teradata
5 1 (0.81%) Yardi