 Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 49 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.068 % | 0.050 % |
| As % of the category below | 64.56 % | 70.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £259 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £286 | £298 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.95 | £41.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.97 | £42.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £43.04 |
| 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 | 79 | 70 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.105 % | 0.071 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £262 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £276 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.02 | £42.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.08 | £43.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.14 | £43.84 |
| 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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
