| Desktop Support |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.128 % | 10.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £173 |
| Average daily rate | - | £185 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £198 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £154 | £168 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £11.07 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.07 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £11.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.77 | £15.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.96 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 47 | 40 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.066 % | 0.040 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £229 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £242 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.15 | £18.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.18 | £21.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.21 | £24.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.71 | £25.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.69 % |
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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 Cumbria region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.