 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 453 | 560 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +107 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 83 | 84 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.133 % | 0.090 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.716 % | 0.430 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £431 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £392 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.33 | £38.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.67 | £44.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.02 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 11588 | 19522 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 18.62 % | 20.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3233 | 5170 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1988 | 3103 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.74 | £20.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.99 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £23.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
