 Unix |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 21 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.059 % | 0.072 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.91 % | 30.92 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.53 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.05 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.57 | £32.47 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 220 | 207 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.282 % | 0.233 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £251 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £271 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.41 | £15.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.18 | £16.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.96 | £17.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Unix across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
