 UNIX |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 43 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.044 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.05 % | 34.40 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.75 | £35.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.35 | £31.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 125 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.105 % | 0.126 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £235 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £251 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £267 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.38 | £22.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £24.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.63 | £26.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
