 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 142 | 353 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.189 % | 0.357 % |
| As % of the category below | 41.64 % | 55.68 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 81 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £324 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.33 | £31.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.94 | £32.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.54 | £34.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.49 | £30.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 341 | 634 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.455 % | 0.641 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 153 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £309 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 101 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.46 | £29.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.50 | £31.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.54 | £33.87 |
| 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 across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
