| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 27 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.029 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.562 % | 3.409 % |
| 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 | £143 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.50 | £14.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.75 | £15.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | £15.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.90 | £15.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 712 | 792 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.129 % | 0.843 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 179 | 159 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £301 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 111 | 73 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.91 | £20.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.32 | £21.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.73 | £22.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
