 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 77 | 219 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.103 % | 0.218 % |
| As % of the category below | 39.69 % | 58.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 88 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.33 | £35.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.67 | £36.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £36.64 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.36 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 194 | 372 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.259 % | 0.371 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 87 | 147 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.75 | £28.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.94 | £29.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.14 | £31.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.15 | £32.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.11 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
