 UNIX |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 23 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.00 % | 41.07 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £315 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £26.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £27.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.35 | £31.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
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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 UNIX across the Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
