 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 39 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.615 % | 12.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.75 | £35.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.63 | £38.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.50 | £41.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.67 | £34.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 257 | 325 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.405 % | 0.348 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 28 | 66 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £222 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £242 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £262 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 84 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.86 | £28.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.52 | £30.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.19 | £32.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 Solaris across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
