 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 78 | 86 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.104 % | 0.087 % |
| As % of the category below | 30.47 % | 30.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £240 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.71 | £29.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.54 | £31.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.38 | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.07 | £32.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 256 | 283 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.341 % | 0.286 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 42 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £242 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £266 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £291 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.14 | £19.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.14 | £21.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.15 | £22.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
