 UNIX |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 57.69 % | 9.677 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.20 % |
| 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 | £30.58 | £31.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.037 % | 0.032 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £21.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £23.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.00 | £25.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.84 | £22.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.13 % |
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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 Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
