 Linux |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.50 % | 22.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £275 |
| Average daily rate | - | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.91 | £32.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.024 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.90 | £28.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.25 | £29.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.60 | £30.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
