| Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 65 | 44 | 70 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -21 |  +26 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 16 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey | 0.622 % | 1.749 % | 1.327 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 3.349 % | 8.939 % | 6.148 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £335 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £50.00 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.00 | £28.00 | £31.31 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 209 | 179 | 488 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey | 18.58 % | 19.56 % | 21.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 75 | 45 | 115 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £337 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £250 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £413 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 33 | 136 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.25 | £12.50 | £11.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £43.00 | £40.00 |
| 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 Solaris across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
