MySQL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 95 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 48 | 35 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.064 % | 0.035 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.828 % | 4.768 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £231 | £207 |
| Average daily rate | £261 | £232 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £291 | £257 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £271 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.40 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.30 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.20 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.95 | £31.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 703 | 734 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.937 % | 0.743 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 158 | 152 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.07 | £26.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £29.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.26 | £31.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.85 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.96 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MySQL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.