| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 36 | 43 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +7 |  - |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 1.493 % | 0.958 % | - |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 8.451 % | 5.376 % | - |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £350 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £350 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £32.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 71 | 93 | 325 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 17.66 % | 17.82 % | 29.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 20 | 85 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £350 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £220 | £267 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £350 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £320 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 | 20 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.25 | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.25 | £25.00 | £20.10 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £44.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £26.50 | £32.50 |
| % 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 Server 2008 across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
