 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 40.00 % | 28.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +52.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.53 | £26.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.90 | £26.90 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.28 | £27.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £30.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 56 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.057 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.03 | £23.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.82 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.61 | £24.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
