 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9123 | 12061 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.03 % | 12.79 % |
| As % of the category below | 38.40 % | 37.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3263 | 3996 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £397 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £423 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £449 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 662 | 789 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.78 | £28.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.06 | £30.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.35 | £32.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.97 | £29.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23755 | 32056 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 31.32 % | 34.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8015 | 9910 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £377 | £408 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £436 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £464 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1611 | 2289 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.69 | £31.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.87 | £33.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.05 | £35.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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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 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
