| Linux |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 56 | 50 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 1.235 % | 1.152 % | 1.861 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 8.725 % | 8.000 % | 10.63 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £350 | £263 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £305 | £362 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | - | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 149 | 125 | 320 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 14.15 % | 14.40 % | 17.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 16 | 63 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £280 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £125 | £150 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £376 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 17 | 55 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.50 | £11.46 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.80 | £8.50 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.40 | £25.00 | £33.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
