| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 173 | 225 | 454 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 11.45 % | 13.08 % | 13.82 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 37.37 % | 47.37 % | 48.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 56 | 57 | 118 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £278 | £288 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £195 | £200 | £185 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £365 | £390 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 38 | 49 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £22.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.80 | £13.00 | £17.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £34.50 | £40.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.25 | £24.75 | £31.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 463 | 475 | 939 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 30.64 % | 27.62 % | 28.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 185 | 144 | 203 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £280 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £183 | £200 | £189 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £399 | £375 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 56 | 55 | 93 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £15.50 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.01 | £13.00 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
