| Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  -11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 38 | 192 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 7.933 % | 7.436 % | 17.05 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 47.14 % | 46.91 % | 59.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 11 | 26 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £325 | £343 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £243 | £225 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £328 | £350 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £32.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.60 | £28.50 | £28.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.40 | £37.60 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.50 | £26.00 | £31.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 70 | 81 | 325 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 16.83 % | 15.85 % | 28.86 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 18 | 84 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £350 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £243 | £220 | £270 |
| 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 | 12 | 21 |
| 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 | £20.45 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £45.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £26.50 | £32.00 |
| % 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 Server across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
