 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.65 % | 8.759 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £265 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £60.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.40 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 137 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.083 % | 0.150 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £247 | £291 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £263 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.21 | £19.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.18 | £20.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.16 | £21.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.05 | £21.81 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.10 % |
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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 Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
