| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.177 % | 1.461 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £125 | £100 |
| Average daily rate | £133 | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £142 | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £161 | £166 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.08 | £13.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.83 | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £13.58 | £16.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.83 | £15.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 661 | 958 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.881 % | 0.956 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 135 | 198 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £356 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 115 | 153 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.28 | £26.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.94 | £27.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.60 | £28.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.79 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
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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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.