| Sybase Database Administrator (DBA) |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 206 | 150 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -56 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 49 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.243 % | 0.735 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £442 | £453 |
| Average daily rate | £473 | £483 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £505 | £513 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £435 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8220 | 6670 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.85 % | 6.643 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4487 | 2711 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £419 | £442 |
| Average daily rate | £457 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £495 | £506 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 348 | 219 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.35 | £21.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.10 | £23.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.85 | £24.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Sybase DBA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.