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 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing SQL 5 4 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 3.73% 6.06% 26.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.81% 14.81% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 27
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% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £61,125 £45,339
90th Percentile - £63,150 £67,070
Cheshire median annual salary £45,487 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.03% +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 21 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 15.67% 40.91% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 45
10th Percentile £50,150 - £35,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £54,375 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,800 £59,625 £79,529
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%

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 (80.00%) Camunda
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
1 5 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 5 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 5 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 5 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) API Development
3 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java