Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 81 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.056 % | 0.082 % |
| As % of the category below | 56.76 % | 66.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £403 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.56 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.11 | £34.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.67 | £37.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.49 | £30.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 122 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.099 % | 0.123 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | £30.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.63 | £34.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.25 | £37.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.85 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.96 % |
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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 Server across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.