 Linux |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 35.94 % | 27.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.05 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.30 | £29.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.60 | £30.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.90 | £32.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.35 | £32.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 68 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.068 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £276 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £284 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £391 | £291 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.48 | £21.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.28 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.08 | £23.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
