 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 64 | 95 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 221 | 117 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.291 % | 0.124 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.37 % | 8.357 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 116 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £403 |
| Average daily rate | £376 | £434 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £466 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.38 | £21.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.31 | £22.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.25 | £24.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.46 | £31.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1787 | 1400 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.356 % | 1.485 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1007 | 648 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £428 |
| Average daily rate | £439 | £462 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £472 | £495 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 45 | 29 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.39 | £22.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.72 | £24.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.05 | £26.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.43 | £30.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.09 % |
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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 2000 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
