 Very Large Database (VLDB) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 555 | 650 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +95 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.029 % | 0.080 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £60.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13854 | 19953 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.51 % | 20.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4294 | 5798 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £376 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £416 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 936 | 1471 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.21 | £28.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.17 | £30.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.13 | £32.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.04 | £31.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.83 % |
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 VLDB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
