 UNIX |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.045 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.61 % | 36.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.29 | £31.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 122 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.121 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £251 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £272 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £292 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £26.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £28.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.58 | £22.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.04 % |
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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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
