 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.072 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 43.97 % | 34.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £552 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £578 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +55.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £604 | £448 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.05 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 116 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.164 % | 0.048 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £365 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.50 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | £39.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
