| Linux |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 13 | 24 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +11 |  -5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 16 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 9.020 % | 4.051 % | 6.217 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 34.33 % | 17.78 % | 33.98 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £300 | £490 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £313 | £300 | £400 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £525 | £300 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £305 | £362 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 67 | 90 | 103 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 26.27 % | 22.78 % | 18.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 31 | 26 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £318 | £460 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £234 | £366 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £400 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £308 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 4 | 33 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £13.00 | £28.52 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £10.30 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | £14.80 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
