Linux |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 212 | 181 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.280 % | 0.192 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.62 % | 15.92 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 37 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.36 | £27.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.95 | £28.84 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.55 | £29.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.64 | £32.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1028 | 1137 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.356 % | 1.206 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 255 | 291 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 182 | 215 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.36 | £20.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.73 | £22.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.10 | £23.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.