 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 40.68 % | 24.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £272 | £265 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.00 | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.00 | £17.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.90 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 59 | 66 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.066 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £243 |
| Average daily rate | £283 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £273 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.11 | £20.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.17 | £21.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.22 | £22.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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 Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
