 UNIX |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 97 | 132 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.156 % | 0.142 % |
| As % of the category below | 48.74 % | 38.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £28.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.25 | £29.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.50 | £31.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.05 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 199 | 341 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.320 % | 0.366 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 87 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.31 | £20.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.52 | £21.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.73 | £21.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
