| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +1 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 127 | 109 | 245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 12.71 % | 12.32 % | 11.60 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 36.29 % | 42.41 % | 36.90 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 43 | 32 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £343 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £177 | £221 | £227 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £440 | £418 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 7 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.20 | £13.50 | £15.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.80 | £26.50 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 350 | 257 | 664 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 35.04 % | 29.04 % | 31.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 134 | 78 | 133 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £300 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £182 | £190 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £450 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 14 | 48 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.50 | £30.00 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.50 | £12.00 | £17.13 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.00 | £33.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % 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 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
