 HP-UX |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 114 | 98 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.030 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.770 % | 4.184 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £330 |
| Average daily rate | - | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £404 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.00 | £34.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.92 | £38.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.83 | £41.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.55 | £31.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 452 | 717 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.602 % | 0.727 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 69 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £284 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 186 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.93 | £21.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.87 | £23.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.81 | £25.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.11 | £23.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 HPUX across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
