SQL Contracts in Chester

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SQL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing SQL 5 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 7.35% 11.11% 14.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.25% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £359
25th Percentile - £275 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -44.19% +26.47%
75th Percentile - £325 £603
90th Percentile - - £661
Cheshire median daily rate £387 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -22.60% -4.76% +24.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Cheshire median hourly rate - £42.50 £31.21
% change year-on-year - +36.20% +48.60%

All Programming Languages
Chester

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 23.53% 11.11% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £405 £275 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -40.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £581 £325 £588
90th Percentile £593 - £650
Cheshire median daily rate £410 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -16.16% -2.20% +23.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.35% +6.25% -
Cheshire median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +102.35% +6.25% +63.27%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for SQL in Chester

SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL in Chester.

Daily rate trend for SQL in Chester

SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for SQL in Chester

SQL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Mattermost
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
1 5 (100.00%) Softphone
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 5 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Messaging Support
1 5 (100.00%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Operations Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) B2B
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk