| SQL Developer |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.025 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.860 % | 2.612 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £321 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.54 | £35.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 645 | 957 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.860 % | 0.955 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 160 | 236 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 141 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.69 | £15.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.17 | £16.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.66 | £17.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.