| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
9 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 |  -4 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 741 | 688 | 1698 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 10.44 % | 8.847 % | 11.39 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 34.01 % | 35.46 % | 34.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 256 | 237 | 404 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £315 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £230 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £404 | £425 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 64 | 59 | 140 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.88 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.70 | £12.45 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £42.55 | £43.00 |
| 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 | 2179 | 1940 | 4864 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 30.69 % | 24.95 % | 32.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 758 | 570 | 1028 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £313 | £335 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £203 | £225 | £238 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 220 | 207 | 541 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £33.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.13 | £12.95 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £42.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
