 Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 405 | 489 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +84 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.024 % | 0.016 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £700 |
| Average daily rate | - | £701 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £701 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.20 | £42.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8445 | 12371 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.42 % | 12.20 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3831 | 4828 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £397 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 265 | 361 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.31 | £29.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.49 | £32.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.67 | £35.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.38 | £32.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
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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 POSIX across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
