 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.806 % | 4.918 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £432 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | £432 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.33 | £31.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 155 | 183 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.218 % | 0.185 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.98 | £17.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.78 | £19.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.58 | £20.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 Solaris across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
