 UNIX |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 11 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.082 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.17 % | 40.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £33.33 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.05 | £32.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 118 | 188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.190 % | 0.202 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 49 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.03 | £19.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.72 | £20.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.41 | £21.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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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 UNIX across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
