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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 12 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -9 | +9 |
| Permanent jobs citing SQL | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Chester | - | 6.56% | 23.84% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 15.38% | 56.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £53,750 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +43.33% | +2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £61,125 | £51,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £63,150 | £66,422 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | - | +7.53% |
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 | 13 | 26 | 64 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester | 9.35% | 42.62% | 42.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 11 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | - | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,188 | £37,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,250 | £42,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.88% | -10.53% | +26.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,650 | £60,000 | £72,433 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | +7.53% |
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
Salary Trend in Chester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SQL.
