MS Access Job Trends

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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 699 683
Rank change year-on-year +77 -16 +323
Permanent jobs citing MS Access 30 52 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.077% 0.093%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.44% 0.49% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 31
10th Percentile £32,875 - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £27,500 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £32,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.59% -8.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £43,389 £46,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £48,625 £52,500 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,085 £30,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year +43.62% +25.00% -43.53%

All Database and 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 6,832 10,538 11,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.05% 15.64% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,480 5,964 8,989
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% -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 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for MS Access in the UK

MS Access
Top 11 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 12 November 2025. 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 +78 22 £42,750 +0.59% 13
UK excluding London +81 19 £43,085 +43.62% 12
Work from Home +68 8 £43,085 -9.30% 8
London +30 6 £35,000 -26.32% 5
East of England +16 5 £43,085 -
South West - 5 £42,750 -
Midlands +54 3 £45,000 +20.00%
West Midlands +48 3 £45,000 -10.00%
South East - 3 £37,500 - 3
Wales - 2 £42,138 -
Scotland -15 1 - - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) NEC Housing
2 2 (6.67%) Lawson
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.33%) Power Automate
2 4 (13.33%) PowerApps
3 2 (6.67%) AWS
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) SMTP
2 1 (3.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (16.67%) Power BI
4 4 (13.33%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (6.67%) Data Mining
5 2 (6.67%) Essbase
5 2 (6.67%) MySQL
6 1 (3.33%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Toad
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (23.33%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.00%) Local Government
5 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Law
7 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Applications Support
3 5 (16.67%) Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Applications Support
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) HR Advisor
6 2 (6.67%) Access Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.67%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) .NET
2 2 (6.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.67%) ADO
2 2 (6.67%) Blazor
2 2 (6.67%) ODBC
2 2 (6.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) iPad
3 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.33%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Unix
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
1 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) Analytics
2 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (23.33%) Data Analytics
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (20.00%) Data Management
3 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 5 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 5 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (13.33%) Data Collection
5 4 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (76.67%) SQL
2 11 (36.67%) VBA
3 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 5 (16.67%) VB
4 4 (13.33%) C#
4 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 4 (13.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (6.67%) Delphi
5 2 (6.67%) Java
5 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.67%) XAML
6 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 2 (6.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) QA
2 5 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) Oracle
3 9 (30.00%) SAP
4 4 (13.33%) NEC
5 2 (6.67%) Cognos
5 2 (6.67%) JD Edwards
6 1 (3.33%) Mapinfo