 Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 176 | 146 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 686 | 937 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.880 % | 1.053 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.415 % | 5.233 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 281 | 321 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £433 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £462 | £438 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £491 | £469 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.36 | £31.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.58 | £34.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.79 | £37.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.81 | £30.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.52 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15539 | 17904 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.93 % | 20.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4584 | 4749 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £415 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.90 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1045 | 1187 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.92 | £27.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.33 | £29.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.73 | £31.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.82 | £29.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.42 % |
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing RDBMS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
