 Linux |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 30.11 % | 28.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £208 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £215 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £15.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.75 | £16.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.50 | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.31 | £32.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 93 | 60 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.132 % | 0.061 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £209 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £232 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £299 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.54 | £12.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.48 | £13.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.42 | £14.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.97 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
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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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
