 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.025 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.093 % | 10.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £29.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £29.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £29.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.73 | £30.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 183 | 250 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.244 % | 0.253 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 45 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £271 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £55.95 | £31.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £59.58 | £32.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +84.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £63.20 | £33.15 |
| 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 2000 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
