 UNIX |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 30.88 % | 19.12 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £266 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.74 | £31.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 68 | 136 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.096 % | 0.138 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £188 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £209 |
| % change on same period last year | +72.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.69 | £14.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.13 | £16.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.56 | £17.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.97 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
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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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
