| Linux Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.532 % | 0.688 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | - |
| Average daily rate | £278 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £36.33 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.67 | £35.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.47 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 376 | 581 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.496 % | 0.579 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 77 | 133 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 77 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.74 | £28.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.60 | £30.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.47 | £31.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
