 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 58 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.058 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.45 % | 78.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £33.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.91 | £31.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 74 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.074 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £29.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £33.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £37.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.61 | £32.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.25 % |
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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 Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
