| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 41 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.623 % | 0.336 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £120 |
| Average daily rate | - | £120 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £120 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £160 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.70 | £15.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 321 | 596 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.450 % | 0.611 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 145 | 291 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £407 | £467 |
| Average daily rate | £426 | £492 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £517 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.60 | £16.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.60 | £18.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.60 | £19.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.83 % |
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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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
