 Linux |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 57.14 % | 37.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +87.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.35 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.008 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.22 | £9.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.83 | £10.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +62.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.44 | £11.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Linux across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
