 Linux |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.039 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.38 % | 35.92 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.80 % |
| 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 | £31.31 | £31.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.41 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 52 | 103 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.082 % | 0.110 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 38 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £353 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £318 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.08 | £16.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.46 | £17.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.84 | £18.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.95 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
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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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
