| Linux System Administrator |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 78 | 97 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.310 % | 0.057 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £238 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.67 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.66 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1292 | 1748 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.722 % | 1.744 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 480 | 712 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £409 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 158 | 189 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.25 | £24.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.39 | £25.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.54 | £26.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Systems Administrator across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
