| Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +1 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 214 | 208 | 395 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 8.392 % | 7.453 % | 7.900 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 37.48 % | 39.54 % | 45.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 98 | 45 | 79 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £313 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £200 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £436 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 38 | 101 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.25 | £26.75 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.60 | £15.83 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.50 | £32.14 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.50 | £26.00 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 571 | 526 | 867 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 22.39 % | 18.85 % | 17.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 276 | 131 | 198 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £225 | £278 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £450 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £315 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 58 | 140 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.90 | £17.00 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £38.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £26.50 | £32.50 |
| % 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 Server across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
