 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.039 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 31.65 % | 40.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £376 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £342 | £408 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.91 | £32.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.124 % | 0.070 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.24 | £30.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.61 | £30.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -42.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.99 | £30.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
