| Linux Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 251 | 264 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.042 % | 0.227 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £34.73 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.64 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £36.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £43.67 | £35.65 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.47 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 11819 | 16303 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 15.60 % | 16.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3042 | 4108 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1424 | 2031 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.18 | £25.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.67 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.16 | £28.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
