SQL (Structured Query Language)
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring SQL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | - | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing SQL | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 14.10% | - | 13.19% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 64.71% | - | 75.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £665 | - | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £669 | - | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | - | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £744 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £755 | - | £618 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £430 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.71% | -7.89% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £40.00 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | - | - | £31.21 |
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 | 17 | 5 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 21.79% | 7.81% | 17.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £563 | £557 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £609 | £565 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £655 | £577 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.52% | +24.76% | +8.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £594 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £603 | £658 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £402 | £444 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.46% | -18.53% | +14.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +83.65% |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £66.50 | - | £31.21 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +35.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL.
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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: