 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 123 | 99 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 40 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.040 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.725 % | 4.036 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £342 | £442 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.57 | £28.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 734 | 991 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.978 % | 1.003 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 118 | 225 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 91 | 67 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.09 | £24.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.02 | £27.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.95 | £30.36 |
| 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 RDBMS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
