Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 297 | 343 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.396 % | 0.347 % |
| As % of the category below | 37.26 % | 42.66 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 81 | 108 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £308 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.83 | £28.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.29 | £30.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.75 | £32.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.88 | £29.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 797 | 804 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.062 % | 0.813 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 269 | 249 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £292 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 69 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.72 | £33.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.86 | £34.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.00 | £36.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.