 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.045 % |
| As % of the category below | 64.52 % | 76.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £35.90 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £38.65 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.27 | £30.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 59 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.043 % | 0.059 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £36.05 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £38.77 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.48 | £32.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
