| Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 25 | 21 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-4 | -9 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 20 | 65 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 4.143 % | 3.831 % | 7.966 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 27.82 % | 25.32 % | 36.72 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 4 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £255 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £240 | £158 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £318 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.50 | £26.00 | £31.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Database & Business Intelligence category | 133 | 79 | 177 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 14.89 % | 15.13 % | 21.69 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 42 | 9 | 28 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £140 | £210 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £430 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £320 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.