 Linux |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 84 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.064 % | 0.084 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.14 % | 13.55 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £324 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £41.25 | £36.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £38.33 |
| 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 | 350 | 620 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.489 % | 0.623 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 159 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 84 | 146 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.75 | £18.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.08 | £19.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.41 | £20.24 |
| 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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
