| UNIX Administrator |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.308 % | 1.108 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £270 |
| Average daily rate | - | £270 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £270 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.86 | £31.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 841 | 1263 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.121 % | 1.260 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 195 | 283 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.51 | £27.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.75 | £28.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.98 | £29.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Administrator across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
