 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.871 % | 2.439 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -52.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £40.00 |
| 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 | 209 | 164 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.294 % | 0.166 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £279 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £297 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 62 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.86 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.01 | £15.51 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.16 | £16.52 |
| 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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
