 UNIX |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.064 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.72 % | 45.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.93 | £31.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 71 | 141 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.099 % | 0.142 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 37 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £337 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.45 | £18.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.23 | £20.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.01 | £21.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
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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 Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
