 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.632 % | 16.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £317 |
| Average daily rate | - | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £21.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £25.83 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| 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 | 114 | 122 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.150 % | 0.122 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 45 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.55 | £24.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.84 | £25.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.14 | £26.94 |
| 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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
