 Linux |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.571 % | 2.273 % |
| 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 | £336 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £28.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.31 | £32.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.048 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £239 | £266 |
| Average daily rate | £252 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £266 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.83 | £14.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.71 | £16.51 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.58 | £18.58 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.97 | £21.93 |
| % 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 Linux across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
