Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | 0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 105 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.119 % | 0.115 % |
| As % of the category below | 42.44 % | 39.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £321 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.20 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £27.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.80 | £30.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.82 | £29.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 172 | 267 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.281 % | 0.293 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 76 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.30 | £30.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.80 | £31.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.30 | £32.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.08 | £32.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
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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 across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.