 Transact-SQL (T-SQL) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 128 | 155 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 988 | 914 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.267 % | 1.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.710 % | 2.883 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 292 | 274 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 106 | 66 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.05 | £31.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.54 | £33.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.02 | £35.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.58 | £34.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.42 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 26633 | 31708 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 34.17 % | 35.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8687 | 9378 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £439 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1768 | 2074 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.46 | £30.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.04 | £32.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.61 | £34.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £32.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.32 % |
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 Transact-SQL across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
