| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 23 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.563 % | 2.315 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £80 | - |
| Average daily rate | £80 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £80 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £157 | £164 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.75 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.50 | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.77 | £15.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 256 | 216 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.338 % | 0.215 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 87 | 62 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £337 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.55 | £20.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.74 | £20.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.92 | £21.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
