 Linux |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.39 % | 5.114 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £175 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £193 |
| % change on same period last year | +64.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £337 | £210 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £20.05 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.10 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.64 | £32.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 224 | 176 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.295 % | 0.187 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £270 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.01 | £15.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.10 | £16.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.18 | £17.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
