Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to 4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 198 | 242 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +44 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 419 | 527 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.680 % | 0.575 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.917 % | 2.915 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 190 | 207 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £384 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £404 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.62 | £33.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.37 | £35.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.11 | £37.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.67 | £36.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10698 | 18079 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 17.36 % | 19.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3059 | 4850 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1866 | 2938 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.74 | £20.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.99 | £22.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.23 | £23.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.97 | £21.93 |
| % 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 Red Hat Linux across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.