 UNIX |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 63 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.064 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.11 % | 30.88 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.74 | £31.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 108 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.153 % | 0.207 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £222 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £233 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £244 | £318 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.22 | £22.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.52 | £24.99 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.81 | £27.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.97 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
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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 UNIX across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
