 Unix |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 93 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.104 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.35 % | 43.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £282 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.45 | £32.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.91 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.36 | £32.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.57 | £32.47 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 209 | 214 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.268 % | 0.240 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £264 | £263 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £271 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £277 | £279 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 62 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.05 | £23.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.90 | £24.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.76 | £26.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Unix across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
