 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.00 % | 27.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £182 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £198 |
| % change on same period last year | +71.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £214 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £21.40 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £24.20 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £27.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.13 | £30.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 115 | 87 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.163 % | 0.088 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £299 | £242 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £276 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £29.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £31.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £34.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £32.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
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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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
