 Unix |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 32 | 19 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 60 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.050 % | 0.067 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.75 % | 26.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £388 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £31.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £31.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | £32.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.56 | £32.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 208 | 227 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.267 % | 0.255 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 45 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.97 | £22.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.39 | £23.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.81 | £25.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Unix across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
