 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 136 | 133 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.192 % | 0.135 % |
| As % of the category below | 52.51 % | 57.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £301 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.07 | £21.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.86 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.66 | £25.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.99 | £31.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 259 | 233 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.366 % | 0.236 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £308 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.31 | £21.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.54 | £23.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.78 | £25.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.90 | £31.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.24 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
