| Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 42 | 46 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 | +28 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 0.240 % | 0.783 % | 0.089 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.917 % | 2.985 % | 0.305 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £296 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £325 | £398 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £23.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 109 | 134 | 328 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 26.20 % | 26.22 % | 29.13 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 28 | 69 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £283 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £132 | £170 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £338 | £340 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 26 | 91 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £19.50 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £10.40 | £11.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £45.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
