 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 30 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2519 | 3757 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.358 % | 3.801 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.15 % | 18.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 797 | 1336 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £394 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 204 | 276 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.91 | £30.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.07 | £32.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.23 | £33.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.07 | £32.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13875 | 19939 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 18.49 % | 20.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3976 | 5505 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £414 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2141 | 2705 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.30 | £22.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.57 | £23.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.85 | £24.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
