Microsoft SQL Server 2005 |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.029 % |
| As % of the category below | 22.00 % | 13.86 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £306 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £26.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.17 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.67 | £29.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.38 | £34.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 150 | 202 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.199 % | 0.207 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 47 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £389 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.29 | £28.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.98 | £29.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.66 | £31.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.75 | £31.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
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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 Server 2005 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.