| UNIX Support |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 92 | 120 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.417 % | 0.175 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £253 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £268 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £254 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £41.67 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £43.33 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +73.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.71 | £29.82 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2160 | 3424 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.054 % | 3.466 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 467 | 662 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £340 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 170 | 241 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.30 | £19.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.37 | £20.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.43 | £21.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.71 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.69 % |
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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 Support across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
