 Linux |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 104 | 107 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.139 % | 0.107 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.67 % | 14.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | £278 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £331 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.56 | £28.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.52 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.48 | £36.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.12 | £32.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 624 | 750 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.832 % | 0.748 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 84 | 123 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 160 | 115 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.86 | £19.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.97 | £20.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.07 | £22.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.51 | £22.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
