 Linux |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.048 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.83 % | 13.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £210 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £223 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £235 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.33 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.58 | £36.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.83 | £42.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.99 | £30.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 121 | 138 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.243 % | 0.173 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 48 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.21 | £25.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.38 | £27.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.55 | £29.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.69 | £21.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
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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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
