 Linux |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.108 % | 13.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £190 | - |
| Average daily rate | £190 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £190 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £26.83 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £28.08 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £29.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.18 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.100 % | 0.075 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £190 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £195 | £236 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £241 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.39 | £17.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.82 | £18.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.26 | £18.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.70 | £22.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
