 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 25 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.00 % | 13.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £350 |
| Average daily rate | - | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.30 % |
| 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 | £31.41 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.17 | £16.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.25 | £16.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.33 | £16.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
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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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
