 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.049 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.42 % | 14.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £440 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £440 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £440 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.33 | £44.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £46.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -45.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.67 | £48.57 |
| 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 | 158 | 193 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.211 % | 0.195 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.48 | £30.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.02 | £31.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.57 | £32.77 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
