 UNIX |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 95 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.081 % | 0.101 % |
| As % of the category below | 26.02 % | 36.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £393 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.03 | £32.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.11 | £33.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.20 | £33.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.11 | £32.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 196 | 260 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.311 % | 0.277 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 70 | 95 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £217 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £224 | £245 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £231 | £260 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 58 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.28 | £25.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.03 | £25.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.78 | £26.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.95 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
