Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 77 | 83 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.103 % | 0.083 % |
| As % of the category below | 53.47 % | 47.98 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.35 | £25.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.46 | £27.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.56 | £29.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.41 | £30.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 144 | 173 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.192 % | 0.173 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £289 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 45 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.24 | £24.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.35 | £26.95 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.46 | £29.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.25 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.99 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.