| Help Desk Support |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 46 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.857 % | 1.932 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £100 |
| Average daily rate | - | £100 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £100 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £102 | £127 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.50 | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.00 | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.40 | £12.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 817 | 828 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.078 % | 0.825 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 254 | 192 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 97 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.20 | £22.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.24 | £23.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.29 | £24.54 |
| 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 Helpdesk Support across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
