| Linux |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 37 | 45 | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +8 |  -8 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 16 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 3.551 % | 1.983 % | 2.912 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 22.30 % | 11.43 % | 15.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £350 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £224 | £308 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £299 | £350 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £305 | £362 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 139 | 140 | 222 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 15.92 % | 17.35 % | 18.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 39 | 23 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £350 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £100 | £125 | £215 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £450 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 26 | 46 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | £15.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.65 | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.50 | £32.50 | £26.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
