 Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10145 | 11439 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.75 % | 12.85 % |
| As % of the category below | 37.19 % | 36.07 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3386 | 3562 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £379 | £388 |
| Average daily rate | £406 | £412 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £436 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 707 | 735 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.70 | £26.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.23 | £28.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.76 | £30.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.91 | £28.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 27276 | 31715 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 34.27 % | 35.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8854 | 9345 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1827 | 2065 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.52 | £30.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.09 | £32.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.67 | £34.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.12 % |
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 SQL across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
