| Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 57 | 66 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 | +6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire | 1.370 % | 0.650 % | 1.428 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 5.575 % | 3.051 % | 5.586 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | - | £400 | £331 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £325 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £15.30 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.00 | £15.30 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £24.50 | £15.30 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £23.50 | £33.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 287 | 295 | 734 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire | 24.57 % | 21.30 % | 25.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 106 | 65 | 155 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £350 | £335 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £258 | £290 | £263 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £403 | £525 | £415 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 63 | 49 | 214 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £32.50 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.05 | £13.74 | £11.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £42.50 | £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 Red Hat Linux across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
