 Linux |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 63.64 % | 52.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £355 |
| Average daily rate | - | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.40 | £14.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.40 | £14.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.40 | £14.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.09 | £31.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 23 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.025 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £337 |
| Average daily rate | - | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.67 | £12.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.02 | £12.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.38 | £13.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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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 Eastleigh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
