SQL Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

SQL Analyst
North West > Cheshire

The median SQL Analyst daily rate in Cheshire is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.31% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £389 - -
25th Percentile £400 - £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £135
Median % change year-on-year - - -68.24%
75th Percentile £463 - £143
90th Percentile £466 - -
North West median daily rate £438 £395 £135
% change year-on-year +10.76% +192.59% -68.24%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 583 403 420
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.55% 89.96% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 235 274
10th Percentile £310 £293 £265
25th Percentile £358 £356 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £650 £610
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.43 £24.00 £34.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -30.52% +109.33%
75th Percentile £31.25 £86.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £77.15 - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.86 £29.12 £36.23
% change year-on-year +43.76% -19.63% +40.35%

SQL Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

SQL Analyst job vacancy trend in Cheshire

SQL Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Cheshire

SQL Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Analyst job vacancies in Cheshire

SQL Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington - 2 £438 - 3
SQL Analyst
North West

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, SQL Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring SQL Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

SQL Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA