| Linux Engineer |
| 3 months to
19 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 172 | 182 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.042 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.461 % | 0.104 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £413 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £458 | £385 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £600 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +81.81 % |
| 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 | £38.88 | £38.56 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5853 | 5792 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 9.142 % | 6.301 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3079 | 2456 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £399 | £451 |
| Average daily rate | £433 | £477 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £466 | £503 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 267 | 229 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.76 | £22.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.69 | £23.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.62 | £25.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.35 | £24.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.45 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
