 Linux |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 32.73 % | 7.229 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -42.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.20 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.46 | £11.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +149.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.72 | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.34 | £33.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 55 | 83 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.077 % | 0.083 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £193 | £224 |
| Average daily rate | £205 | £227 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £216 | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.26 | £21.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.75 | £23.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
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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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
