Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 40 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.068 % | 0.041 % |
| As % of the category below | 48.57 % | 61.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.50 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.38 | £14.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +92.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.25 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.08 | £29.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 105 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.139 % | 0.067 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 38 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.62 | £11.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.15 | £13.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +129.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.69 | £14.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.33 | £33.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.61 % |
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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 across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.