| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
11 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +5 |  -2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 275 | 230 | 487 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 11.12 % | 7.978 % | 9.587 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 32.97 % | 27.51 % | 33.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 149 | 62 | 119 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £305 | £324 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £215 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £449 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 40 | 83 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.25 | £25.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.30 | £16.00 | £18.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.50 | £32.50 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £25.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 834 | 836 | 1453 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 33.74 % | 29.00 % | 28.60 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 362 | 198 | 286 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £308 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £430 | £550 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 66 | 162 | 252 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £32.50 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.19 | £17.50 | £22.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £42.50 | £38.00 |
| 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
