 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 164 | 319 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.219 % | 0.323 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.61 % | 36.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 55 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.10 | £26.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.95 | £28.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.80 | £30.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.49 | £30.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 594 | 866 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.792 % | 0.876 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 107 | 171 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.27 | £33.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.78 | £34.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.30 | £36.55 |
| 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 SQL Server across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
