 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 137 | 112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.183 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.97 % | 29.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £290 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.25 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.50 | £28.50 |
| 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 | 298 | 383 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.397 % | 0.387 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £374 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £412 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.65 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.62 | £30.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.59 | £31.21 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
