 MySQL |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 106 | 112 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 993 | 1362 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.411 % | 1.376 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.803 % | 7.243 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 344 | 310 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £284 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 63 | 125 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.17 | £26.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.79 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.41 | £32.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.30 | £30.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 12726 | 18805 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 18.08 % | 18.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4075 | 5597 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 890 | 1429 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £28.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.04 | £30.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.07 | £32.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.04 | £31.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.33 % |
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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 MySQL across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
