SQL Job Trends in Chester

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 13 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing SQL 6 5 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 4.51% 4.81% 28.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.27% 13.89% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 20
10th Percentile - £40,500 -
25th Percentile - £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +19.23% -8.87%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £66,778
90th Percentile - £62,700 £67,607
Cheshire median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +11.11%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22 36 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 16.54% 34.62% 48.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 35
10th Percentile £44,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,188 £39,375 £39,296
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,750 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -32.76% +44.59%
75th Percentile £74,375 £61,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,700 £65,000 £82,548
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.53% +30.00%

SQL
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

SQL job vacancy trend in Chester

SQL
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL

SQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Bitbucket
1 5 (83.33%) GitLab
1 5 (83.33%) Jenkins
1 5 (83.33%) SonarQube
1 5 (83.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Software Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Business Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Code Quality
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) Secure Coding
2 5 (83.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
3 4 (66.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 1 (16.67%) Due Diligence
4 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Post-Merger Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CBAP
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification