 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 38 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.52 % | 12.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £311 |
| Average daily rate | - | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.30 % |
| 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 | £31.41 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 58 | 103 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.103 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £204 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £207 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £209 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.23 | £21.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.98 | £25.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.73 | £29.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
