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.
| Microsoft SQL Server 2005 |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 106 | 71 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -35 | -20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1033 | 1473 | 1651 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.767 % | 2.449 % | 2.991 % |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 9.138 % | 11.81 % | 14.28 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 636 | 808 | 776 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £350 |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £484 | £525 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 81 | 55 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £36.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £16.64 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £46.00 | £45.00 | £43.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.50 | £38.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category | 11305 | 12475 | 11561 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 19.34 % | 20.74 % | 20.95 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6484 | 6959 | 5750 |
| 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 | £529 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £340 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 260 | 395 | 412 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £32.50 | £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 | £42.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £32.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
