 Red Hat Linux |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.564 % | 4.918 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | - |
| Average daily rate | £413 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £42.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.41 | £30.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 183 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.229 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.35 | £28.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £29.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.65 | £31.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.69 | £21.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
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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 Red Hat Linux across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
