 Linux |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.583 % | 9.040 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £393 | £553 |
| Average daily rate | £431 | £570 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £468 | £587 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.18 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 211 | 177 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.285 % | 0.175 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 54 | 63 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.08 | £21.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.88 | £22.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.67 | £24.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.70 | £22.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
