Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 220 | 156 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.290 % | 0.155 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.93 % | 36.88 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £315 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.75 | £25.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.25 | £26.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.75 | £28.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.90 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 479 | 423 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.632 % | 0.421 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 113 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £301 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 48 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.97 | £30.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.25 | £31.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.53 | £32.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.