| UNIX System Administrator |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | 118 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.210 % | 0.663 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £304 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.00 % |
| 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 | £42.08 | £31.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3334 | 3919 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.507 % | 3.865 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 779 | 880 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 422 | 410 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.09 | £21.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.04 | £22.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Systems Administrator across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
