 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6275 | 8416 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.275 % | 8.927 % |
| As % of the category below | 46.36 % | 46.67 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1947 | 2477 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 502 | 692 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.44 | £28.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.85 | £30.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.85 | £30.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.77 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13536 | 18033 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 17.85 % | 19.13 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4280 | 5225 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £378 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £403 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £417 | £427 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 962 | 1188 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.45 | £28.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.79 | £30.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.13 | £33.02 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.43 | £30.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.09 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
