 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 60 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 63 | 72 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.073 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.89 % | 8.696 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £254 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £301 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.75 | £23.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.50 | £24.90 |
| 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 | 530 | 828 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.706 % | 0.838 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 84 | 179 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £283 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £301 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 72 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.93 | £16.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.65 | £17.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.37 | £19.01 |
| 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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
