Unix |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 48 | 94 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.098 % |
| As % of the category below | 40.00 % | 54.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £383 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £352 | £457 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £366 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.50 | £33.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | £33.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.50 | £33.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.08 | £32.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 120 | 172 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.158 % | 0.180 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 46 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.54 | £21.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.62 | £21.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.71 | £22.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.92 | £23.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.56 % |
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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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.