| HP-UX |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 73 | 71 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +28 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 0.463 % | 0.814 % | 0.792 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 3.211 % | 4.861 % | 4.414 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £275 | £295 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £42.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 218 | 288 | 589 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands | 14.43 % | 16.74 % | 17.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 70 | 79 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £253 | £323 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £149 | £190 | £125 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £350 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 60 | 172 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £15.00 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.50 | £11.00 | £10.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.50 | £22.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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.
