 Sun Microsystems Solaris |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.883 % | 12.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £445 |
| Average daily rate | - | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £446 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £34.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.50 | £36.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £38.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.67 | £34.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 103 | 160 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.162 % | 0.171 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £170 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £177 |
| % change on same period last year | +117.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £398 | £184 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 35 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.10 | £25.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.28 | £28.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.47 | £30.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 Solaris across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
