| UNIX System Administrator |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.528 % | 0.886 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.13 % |
| 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 | £44.88 | £33.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 720 | 1242 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.014 % | 1.255 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 196 | 204 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £352 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 60 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.55 | £23.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.66 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.77 | £26.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Systems Administrator across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
