 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 11 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.05 % | 25.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £376 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £20.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.90 |
| 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 | 21 | 120 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.121 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 46 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £233 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £267 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.67 | £23.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.17 | £23.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.67 | £24.60 |
| 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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
