| SQL Server Developer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.334 % | 1.426 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £245 | - |
| Average daily rate | £258 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £270 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £28.33 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.67 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.87 | £36.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1114 | 1052 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.470 % | 1.048 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 204 | 209 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 148 | 129 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.43 | £17.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.21 | £19.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.99 | £21.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Developer across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
