Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year | 0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 45 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.064 % | 0.054 % |
| As % of the category below | 37.82 % | 28.80 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £304 | £304 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.88 | £20.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.25 | £22.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.63 | £24.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.05 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 119 | 184 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.168 % | 0.186 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.36 | £20.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.80 | £22.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.24 | £24.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.