Data Lake Contract Job Trends in Chester
Data Lakes
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester citing Data Lake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chester | 0.53% | - | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 4.35% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | - | £357 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -21.54% | +1.11% |
All Database & BI Skills
Chester
Data Lake falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills in Chester.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 23 | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 12.30% | 8.49% | 11.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £494 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £463 | £522 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.78% | +4.55% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £686 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | £830 | £687 | £588 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £488 | £402 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.27% | -11.65% | +5.51% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £78.58 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £79.81 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £83.25 | £86.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.20% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85.31 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £85.73 | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £83.25 | £63.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +32.14% | - | - |
Data Lake Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Lake relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Data Lake Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Data Lake.
Data Lake Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache Hive | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Hadoop | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Power BI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Tableau | 100.0% | 1 |