| Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 27 | 35 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +8 | +17 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 1.215 % | 0.256 % | 0.964 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 9.677 % | 3.125 % | 8.228 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £325 | £398 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £23.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 31 | 32 | 158 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 12.55 % | 8.205 % | 11.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £275 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £263 | £250 | £288 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £350 | £480 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.50 | £16.50 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 Red Hat Linux across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
