| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 |  -4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 75 | 60 | 113 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 12.18 % | 9.231 % | 13.25 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 34.09 % | 38.96 % | 39.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £325 | £330 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £193 | £275 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £391 | £425 | £436 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £308 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.88 | £24.00 | £27.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £20.00 | £18.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £52.80 | £38.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 220 | 154 | 287 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 35.71 % | 23.69 % | 33.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 74 | 49 | 85 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £330 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £275 | £247 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £22.00 | £20.85 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £48.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.25 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
