 IBM z/OS |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 138 | 173 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +35 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.784 % | 0.077 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £275 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 893 | 1295 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.257 % | 1.309 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 188 | 313 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 194 | 258 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.72 | £21.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.19 | £23.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.66 | £25.10 |
| 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 zOS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
