| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4157 | 2153 | 5379 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 16.16 % | 13.04 % | 14.68 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 36.31 % | 36.37 % | 36.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2284 | 942 | 2205 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £400 | £450 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £290 | £250 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £525 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 76 | 110 | 244 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.44 | £27.50 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £16.45 | £15.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.75 | £42.50 | £40.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 11450 | 5920 | 14764 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 44.50 % | 35.87 % | 40.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6463 | 2540 | 6268 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £400 | £450 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £285 | £250 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £550 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 189 | 186 | 520 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £28.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £15.87 | £18.03 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £42.65 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % 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 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
