| HP-UX |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 51 | 42 | 53 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -9 |  +11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol | 0.593 % | 0.366 % | 0.419 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 3.509 % | 2.128 % | 2.703 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £300 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £325 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.18 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £42.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 114 | 94 | 148 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol | 16.91 % | 17.22 % | 15.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 12 | 27 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £275 | £326 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £201 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £390 | £308 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 27 | 51 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £16.50 | £24.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.38 | £10.73 | £12.35 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £33.60 | £34.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 HPUX across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
