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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing SQL 98 43 104
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 8.43% 18.07% 13.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.01% 61.43% 45.61%
Number of salaries quoted 70 18 83
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,188 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% +4.74% -13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £65,250 £58,875 £67,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -12.04%

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 213 70 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.31% 29.41% 29.80%
Number of salaries quoted 159 40 160
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,875 £36,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £52,198
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +0.58% -9.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,188 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,250 £71,625
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -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 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 23 July 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 4 (4.08%) SAS
2 1 (1.02%) Apache
2 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (27.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP SD
2 2 (2.04%) Magento
2 2 (2.04%) Sage X3
2 2 (2.04%) Shopify
3 1 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.02%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 53 (54.08%) Azure
2 32 (32.65%) Power Platform
3 16 (16.33%) AWS
4 15 (15.31%) Azure AI
5 12 (12.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (9.18%) SaaS
7 7 (7.14%) GCP
8 6 (6.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (6.12%) Google Analytics
9 4 (4.08%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (4.08%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.06%) PowerApps
11 2 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (1.02%) Azure Stack
12 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 1 (1.02%) iPaaS
12 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) Firewall
1 1 (1.02%) VPN
1 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (32.65%) Power BI
2 18 (18.37%) Tableau
3 14 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 7 (7.14%) Data Lake
4 7 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (4.08%) Metadata
5 4 (4.08%) MySQL
5 4 (4.08%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.04%) GIS
6 2 (2.04%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.04%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.02%) Base SAS
7 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.02%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.02%) Redis
7 1 (1.02%) SAP BW
7 1 (1.02%) SAS Data Integration Studio
7 1 (1.02%) Star Schema
General
1 51 (52.04%) Social Skills
2 35 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (22.45%) Finance
4 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Law
6 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.10%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.04%) Banking
7 2 (2.04%) Marketing
7 2 (2.04%) Retail
8 1 (1.02%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 34 (34.69%) Analyst
2 20 (20.41%) Data Analyst
3 15 (15.31%) Junior
3 15 (15.31%) Junior Analyst
3 15 (15.31%) Junior Data Analyst
4 13 (13.27%) Data Engineer
4 13 (13.27%) Senior
5 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) Architect
7 7 (7.14%) Developer
7 7 (7.14%) Graduate
8 6 (6.12%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (6.12%) Azure Data Engineer
8 6 (6.12%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (6.12%) Integration Architect
8 6 (6.12%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Applications Architect
9 5 (5.10%) C# Developer
9 5 (5.10%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.29%) .NET
2 11 (11.22%) REST
3 9 (9.18%) JSON
4 8 (8.16%) Middleware
4 8 (8.16%) SOAP
4 8 (8.16%) XML
5 5 (5.10%) JWT
5 5 (5.10%) Kafka
5 5 (5.10%) OAuth
5 5 (5.10%) OAuth2
5 5 (5.10%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (5.10%) RESTful
6 4 (4.08%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.08%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.08%) Vue
6 4 (4.08%) XML Messaging
7 3 (3.06%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.06%) React
7 3 (3.06%) WinForms
8 2 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.08%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.04%) AS400
5 2 (2.04%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.02%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.04%) Windows
2 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (33.67%) Business Intelligence
3 32 (32.65%) Agile
4 30 (30.61%) AI
5 28 (28.57%) Analytics
6 24 (24.49%) Decision-Making
7 23 (23.47%) Data Modelling
8 19 (19.39%) DevOps
9 18 (18.37%) Data Pipeline
10 17 (17.35%) CI/CD
11 16 (16.33%) ETL
12 15 (15.31%) ERP
13 13 (13.27%) Data Governance
13 13 (13.27%) Software Engineering
14 9 (9.18%) Actionable Insight
14 9 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (9.18%) CRM
14 9 (9.18%) Visualisation
15 8 (8.16%) API Design
15 8 (8.16%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 34 (34.69%) Python
2 17 (17.35%) C#
3 11 (11.22%) Java
4 7 (7.14%) T-SQL
4 7 (7.14%) VBA
5 3 (3.06%) TypeScript
5 3 (3.06%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.04%) R
7 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.02%) PHP
7 1 (1.02%) PROC SQL
7 1 (1.02%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 21 (21.43%) Degree
2 17 (17.35%) Azure Certification
3 6 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.08%) ACCA
5 4 (4.08%) CIMA
6 2 (2.04%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.16%) QA
2 7 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.04%) SLA
4 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (7.14%) Docker
2 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (41.84%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) Google
3 11 (11.22%) SAP
4 4 (4.08%) Databricks
4 4 (4.08%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.06%) Cloudera
5 3 (3.06%) Oracle
5 3 (3.06%) Yardi
6 2 (2.04%) Sage
7 1 (1.02%) Teradata