Hertfordshire POSIX Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited POSIX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX)
Location City of London England Hertfordshire London UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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Application Development Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	244	519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.392 %	0.557 %
Daily rates quoted	92	208
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£274
Average daily rate	£339	£290
% change on same period last year	+17.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£334
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.87	£31.48
Average hourly rate	£29.93	£32.78
% change on same period last year	-8.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£34.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.57	£31.61
% change on same period last year	-9.61 %
POSIX East of England

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.

POSIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing POSIX across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

POSIX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing POSIX across the Hertfordshire region.

POSIX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing POSIX across the Hertfordshire region.