 IBM AIX |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 93 | 89 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.050 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.894 % | 6.547 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £521 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £547 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £573 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £404 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.89 | £33.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.25 | £36.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.61 | £38.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.73 | £35.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 509 | 779 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.688 % | 0.768 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 100 | 148 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £297 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 121 | 199 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.56 | £18.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.66 | £19.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.75 | £20.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.70 | £22.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 AIX across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
