| UNIX |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 12 | 23 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +11 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 32 | 52 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 9.253 % | 4.923 % | 6.096 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 32.02 % | 20.65 % | 22.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 12 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £335 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £278 | £222 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £475 | £462 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £325 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £28.18 | £30.69 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 178 | 155 | 230 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 28.90 % | 23.85 % | 26.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 39 | 57 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £340 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £280 | £218 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £560 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 16 | 40 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £15.50 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £9.00 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £51.15 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 UNIX across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
