 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.16 % | 13.79 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £451 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £462 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £473 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.44 | £34.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 114 | 174 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.152 % | 0.176 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 42 | 58 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £365 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £421 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.41 | £32.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.24 | £32.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.08 | £32.79 |
| 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 2005 across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
