 Linux |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 58 | 112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.081 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 40.00 % | 52.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £303 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.75 | £30.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £34.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.25 | £38.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.34 | £33.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 145 | 212 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.203 % | 0.213 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £241 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £254 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £267 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.85 | £31.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.58 | £34.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.30 | £37.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
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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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
