 UNIX |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 17 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 26.09 % | 4.762 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £268 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £285 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.68 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.85 | £31.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.73 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.021 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £264 | - |
| Average daily rate | £276 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £289 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.08 | £24.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.91 | £26.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.75 | £29.00 |
| 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 UNIX across the Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
