 Linux |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.226 % | 6.897 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.31 | £32.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.029 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.33 | £11.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.11 | £14.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +65.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.89 | £17.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.97 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
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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 Herefordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
