 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3121 | 4381 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.160 % | 4.432 % |
| As % of the category below | 48.13 % | 45.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1322 | 1659 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £379 | £398 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £458 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 163 | 212 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.53 | £28.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.64 | £30.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.74 | £33.24 |
| 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 | 6485 | 9562 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.644 % | 9.674 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2718 | 3552 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £415 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £456 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 287 | 388 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.36 | £28.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.42 | £30.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.48 | £33.17 |
| 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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
