Note that 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.
| MySQL |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 87 | 116 | 97 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +29 |  -19 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1211 | 1005 | 950 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.046 % | 1.638 % | 1.725 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 10.56 % | 7.905 % | 8.253 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 770 | 545 | 431 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £175 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £281 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 26 | 42 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.25 | £29.00 | £23.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.50 | £13.75 | £12.15 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.85 | £38.25 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £29.50 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 11464 | 12714 | 11511 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 19.37 % | 20.72 % | 20.91 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6547 | 7098 | 5692 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £260 | £260 | £238 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £340 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 256 | 409 | 411 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £32.00 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £16.50 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £32.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
