 Linux |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 58 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 35 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.050 % | 0.047 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.383 % | 10.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £261 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £28.68 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.05 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £31.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.11 | £32.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 373 | 443 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.532 % | 0.458 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 90 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £316 | £312 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 137 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.81 | £18.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.28 | £19.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.75 | £21.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.84 | £22.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.13 % |
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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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
