| Linux |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 14 | 31 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +17 |  -8 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside | 4.972 % | 0.830 % | 3.371 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 31.03 % | 7.692 % | 17.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £305 | £362 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 29 | 26 | 68 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside | 16.02 % | 10.79 % | 19.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £140 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £106 | £103 | £270 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £320 | £252 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £18.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.20 | £18.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.20 | £22.00 | £25.00 |
| 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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
