 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.696 % | 52.63 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £333 |
| Average daily rate | - | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £7.45 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £8.23 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £9.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.41 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.038 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.40 | £20.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £22.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.60 | £24.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
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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 Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
