| SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA) |
| 3 months to
16 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 338 | 294 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -44 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 243 | 468 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.347 % | 0.484 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.391 % | 0.530 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 99 | 155 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £384 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £41.25 | £32.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £34.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.75 | £36.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.00 | £35.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 62108 | 88291 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 88.61 % | 91.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20026 | 26426 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £388 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5752 | 7808 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.68 | £23.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.17 | £25.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.67 | £26.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.61 | £24.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.43 % |
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 SQL Server DBA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
