 Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 80 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +42 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 34 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.09 % | 4.399 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £363 |
| Average daily rate | £394 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £358 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.50 | £18.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.50 | £19.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.87 | £36.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 199 | 341 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.320 % | 0.366 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 87 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.31 | £20.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.52 | £21.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.73 | £21.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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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 Red Hat Linux across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
