The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Chester region.
| IBM AIX |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 7 | 14 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +7 |  - |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester | 13.10 % | 1.429 % | - |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 42.31 % | 7.143 % | - |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £26.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 26 | 14 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester | 30.95 % | 20.00 % | 17.58 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £350 | £315 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.75 | £13.50 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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.
AIX
Demand Trend
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
