| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 56 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.226 % | 0.338 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £165 | £169 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.07 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £13.89 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.71 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.68 | £15.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.39 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 372 | 592 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.520 % | 0.595 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 81 | 118 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 91 | 91 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.41 | £29.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.20 | £31.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.98 | £33.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.74 | £25.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
