SQL Server Contract Job Trends in Chester

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring SQL Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.80% - 2.33%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 11.11% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £297 £356 £475
% change year-on-year -16.71% -25.05% +5.56%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Chester

SQL Server 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 requiring database or business intelligence skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 9 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 7.20% 11.27% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 2
10th Percentile - £494 £517
25th Percentile £463 £522 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.46% -4.78%
75th Percentile £686 £578 £569
90th Percentile £687 £588 £576
Cheshire median daily rate £418 £496 £463
% change year-on-year -15.85% +7.27% -6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £86.00 - £14.00

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in Chester

SQL Server
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP