 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1391 | 2085 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.854 % | 2.109 % |
| As % of the category below | 21.71 % | 21.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 572 | 955 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £390 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £419 | £444 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £447 | £466 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 42 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.64 | £29.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.56 | £31.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.48 | £32.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.07 | £32.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6407 | 9891 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.540 % | 10.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2438 | 3469 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £453 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 649 | 852 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.38 | £21.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.55 | £22.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.71 | £23.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
