Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 122 | 286 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.163 % | 0.289 % |
| As % of the category below | 44.85 % | 67.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.86 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.14 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.43 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.88 | £29.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 272 | 424 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.363 % | 0.429 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 76 | 153 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.56 | £26.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.09 | £30.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.63 | £33.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.