| UNIX |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 40 | 28 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -12 | -10 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 69 | 234 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 2.754 % | 4.551 % | 6.650 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 19.09 % | 27.17 % | 34.36 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 14 | 45 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £330 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £273 | £215 | £274 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £530 | £375 | £530 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £325 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 21 | 54 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.97 | £27.83 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £28.18 | £30.69 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 220 | 254 | 681 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 14.43 % | 16.75 % | 19.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 42 | 95 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £278 | £330 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £170 | £125 | £150 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £367 | £443 | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 65 | 164 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.75 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.00 | £9.50 | £11.43 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.97 | £28.22 | £34.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 UNIX across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
