Embedded Linux |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 386 | 465 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +79 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.216 % | 0.040 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | - |
| Average daily rate | £414 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £446 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.30 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6032 | 10033 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.493 % | 10.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2386 | 3521 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £405 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £453 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 641 | 928 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.71 | £21.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.86 | £22.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.01 | £23.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 Embedded Linux across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.