| Help Desk Support |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 76 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.131 % | 0.402 % |
| 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 | £97 | £122 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.69 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £13.56 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.44 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.18 | £11.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 657 | 994 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.888 % | 0.980 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 130 | 198 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 120 | 153 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.60 | £26.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.24 | £28.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.88 | £29.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Helpdesk Support across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
