 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 39 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.039 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.434 % | 39.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £347 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| 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 | 53 | 100 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.071 % | 0.101 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £414 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £444 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.21 |
| 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 Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
