| Desktop Manager |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 179 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.053 % |
| 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 | £288 | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.20 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5500 | 5660 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.925 % | 6.178 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2840 | 2351 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £397 | £449 |
| Average daily rate | £431 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 242 | 234 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.73 | £22.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.61 | £24.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.49 | £25.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £23.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.43 % |
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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 Manager across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
