| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 48 | 62 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 |  -4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 908 | 421 | 995 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 3.505 % | 2.550 % | 2.715 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 15.87 % | 13.70 % | 13.42 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 483 | 176 | 399 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £380 | £370 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 25 | 52 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.00 | £32.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £22.50 | £27.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.00 | £27.50 | £32.25 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 5720 | 3073 | 7412 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 22.08 % | 18.62 % | 20.23 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3080 | 1250 | 2890 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £250 | £265 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £525 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £320 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 131 | 132 | 364 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.00 | £28.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.00 | £18.00 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £50.00 | £42.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £26.50 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2005 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
