 Linux |
| 3 months to 7 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 25 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 148 | 151 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.195 % | 0.160 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.14 % | 20.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £332 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £391 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.50 | £37.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.59 | £38.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.68 | £40.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.52 | £32.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.16 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 613 | 736 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.807 % | 0.780 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 84 | 161 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 159 | 189 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.99 | £26.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.23 | £27.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.46 | £29.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.92 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.68 % |
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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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
