 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 265 | 593 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.353 % | 0.600 % |
| As % of the category below | 39.61 % | 53.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 174 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.99 | £36.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.05 | £38.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.11 | £39.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.49 | £30.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 669 | 1106 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.892 % | 1.119 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 190 | 334 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £389 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.84 | £39.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.74 | £40.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.63 | £41.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.85 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.96 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
