| IBM AIX |
| 3 months to
17 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 50 | 46 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 |  +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 53 | 100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 3.030 % | 2.327 % | 2.550 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 16.01 % | 16.51 % | 14.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 50 | 25 | 31 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £425 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £163 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £402 | £465 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | - | £57.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £26.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 431 | 321 | 668 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 18.93 % | 14.09 % | 17.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 196 | 87 | 117 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £320 | £326 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £212 | £125 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £450 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 60 | 115 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.50 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £10.42 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.85 | £32.50 | £32.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.75 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
