| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 43 | 75 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol | 10.98 % | 7.875 % | 7.862 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 35.92 % | 22.63 % | 26.69 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 21 | 24 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £325 | £295 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £165 | £215 | £233 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £308 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £32.00 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.20 | £32.00 | £24.55 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £26.60 | £37.60 | £36.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 206 | 190 | 281 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol | 30.56 % | 34.80 % | 29.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 43 | 77 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £268 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £169 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 55 | 73 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.75 | £33.40 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.50 | £30.00 | £20.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £37.50 | £36.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
