| Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +6 |  -5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 113 | 69 | 205 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 11.41 % | 7.823 % | 9.706 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 56.50 % | 41.57 % | 50.49 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 18 | 31 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £294 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £214 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £355 | £362 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 3 | 19 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £8.50 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £8.50 | £18.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.00 | £14.90 | £38.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.50 | £26.00 | £31.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 200 | 166 | 406 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 20.20 % | 18.82 % | 19.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 63 | 38 | 68 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £300 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £200 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £407 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £320 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 17 | 24 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £16.50 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £8.50 | £19.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.00 | £28.00 | £39.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £26.50 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
