 Linux |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.39 % | 5.600 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | - |
| Average daily rate | £433 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.67 | £33.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.67 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.07 | £32.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 125 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.105 % | 0.126 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £235 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £251 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £267 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.38 | £22.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £24.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.63 | £26.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
