 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 92 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -29 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 88 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.089 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.331 % | 9.442 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £351 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.33 % |
| 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 | £32.19 | £31.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 616 | 932 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.871 % | 0.943 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 122 | 140 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £331 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 147 | 175 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.94 | £18.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.71 | £19.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.48 | £20.49 |
| 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 Solaris across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
