 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1420 | 2084 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.999 % | 2.106 % |
| As % of the category below | 38.46 % | 36.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 407 | 564 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £306 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £331 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 130 | 249 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.11 | £30.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.70 | £32.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.29 | £34.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.18 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3692 | 5789 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.198 % | 5.850 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 983 | 1452 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 381 | 716 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.53 | £32.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.71 | £35.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.89 | £37.39 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
