| SQL Server Developer |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 206 | 155 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -51 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 53 | 152 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.070 % | 0.151 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.448 % | 0.932 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £299 | £340 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £39.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £40.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.87 | £36.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 11826 | 16304 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 15.61 % | 16.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3030 | 4107 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1429 | 2032 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.19 | £25.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.68 | £27.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.18 | £28.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Developer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.