 IBM DB2 |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 201 | 190 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 547 | 863 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.739 % | 0.851 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.851 % | 4.105 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 153 | 226 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £432 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 29 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.05 | £33.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.87 | £34.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.68 | £35.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £41.72 | £37.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14203 | 21023 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.20 % | 20.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4513 | 6111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 945 | 1477 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.28 | £28.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.47 | £30.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.66 | £32.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.13 | £32.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.08 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DB2 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
