 Linux |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.056 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.02 % | 28.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £253 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £259 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.20 | £20.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.30 | £22.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.40 | £23.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.64 | £32.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.50 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 181 | 183 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.239 % | 0.194 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.49 | £18.62 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.15 | £19.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.82 | £20.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
