 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 38 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 22.61 % | 6.358 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £337 | £475 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| 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 | 115 | 173 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.153 % | 0.175 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.46 | £22.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.67 | £22.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.89 | £23.37 |
| 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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
