Microsoft Access
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MS Access skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 800 649 712
Rank change year-on-year -151 +63 -6
Permanent jobs citing MS Access 8 31 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.062% 0.077%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.093% 0.44% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 29
10th Percentile £28,027 £33,250 £25,600
25th Percentile £31,055 £40,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,109 £42,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +42.50% -20.53%
75th Percentile £61,875 £45,444 £38,750
90th Percentile £64,375 £51,750 £48,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,109 £43,085 £30,000
% change year-on-year +0.06% +43.62% +25.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

MS Access falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,609 7,011 11,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.30% 14.09% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,865 4,354 6,510
10th Percentile £36,436 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MS Access relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MS Access job vacancy trend in the UK

MS Access
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Access.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MS Access

MS Access
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MS Access over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MS Access within the UK over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -146 8 £43,109 +0.84% 33
UK excluding London -150 8 £43,109 +0.06% 13
Work from Home -35 4 £43,109 +0.06% 9
Midlands -45 3 £65,000 +44.44% 4
West Midlands -42 2 - - 3
South East -52 2 £57,500 +53.33% 4
North West - 2 £33,718 - 2
North of England - 2 £33,718 - 5
South West -81 1 £25,000 -41.52%
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1

MS Access
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) KNIME
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Data Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) DBA
2 2 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Data Security
2 2 (25.00%) Database Migration
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) R
4 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Alteryx
2 2 (25.00%) JD Edwards
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) RedGate