| HP-UX |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 60 | 53 | 66 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 0.762 % | 0.793 % | 1.429 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 5.369 % | 5.512 % | 8.176 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £350 | £428 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £33.65 |
| 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 | 149 | 127 | 318 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 14.19 % | 14.38 % | 17.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 18 | 61 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £265 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £125 | £150 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £376 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 17 | 54 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.50 | £11.46 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.80 | £8.50 | £10.97 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.40 | £25.00 | £34.29 |
| 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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
