 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 304 | 535 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.405 % | 0.541 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.78 % | 53.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 93 | 148 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 69 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.23 | £30.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.62 | £31.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.01 | £33.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.49 | £30.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 664 | 1002 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.885 % | 1.014 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 195 | 301 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 63 | 115 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.15 | £28.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.20 | £30.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.24 | £31.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.85 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.96 % |
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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 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
