 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 23 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.93 % | 20.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £453 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £477 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £28.01 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £29.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.98 | £30.95 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 201 | 209 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.268 % | 0.208 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 81 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £248 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £258 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £268 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.11 | £26.97 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.40 | £27.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.68 | £27.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.51 | £22.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
