 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 19 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.667 % | 20.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £500 |
| Average daily rate | - | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.01 | £32.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.031 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £417 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £34.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.92 | £22.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.86 % |
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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 East Anglia region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
