 Linux |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 34 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 35 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.035 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.48 % | 15.15 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | - |
| Average daily rate | £306 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £23.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.17 | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.33 | £29.22 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.35 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 248 | 231 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.327 % | 0.230 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £271 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £295 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 71 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.31 | £16.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.52 | £17.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.72 | £19.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
