| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.353 % | 1.863 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £180 |
| Average daily rate | - | £190 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £200 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £134 | £161 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.42 | £13.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.31 | £14.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.21 | £15.96 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.59 | £15.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 595 | 805 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.193 % | 1.007 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 169 | 282 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £299 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 133 | 145 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.13 | £23.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.14 | £25.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.15 | £27.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.16 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
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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 Desktop Support across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
